THE

LONDON ENCYCLOPÆDIA.

VOL. VI.

CLERGY TO CUSTOMS.

J. Haddon, Priater, Castle Street, London.

THE

LONDON ENCYCLOPÆDIA,

OR

UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY

OF

SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, AND PRACTICAL MECHANICS,

COMPRISING A

POPULAR VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE.

ILLUSTRATED BY

NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, A GENERAL ATLAS,

AND APPROPRIATE DIAGRAMS.

Ste oportet ad ubrum, presertim miscellanei generis, legendum accedere lectorem, ut soli ad convijum conriva civilts.
Convirator an aititur omnibus satisfacere; et tamen så you apponitur, quod hujus aut illius palato non respondeat, et hic et ille
urbane dissimulant, et alla fercula probant, ne quid contristent convivatorem.

Erasmus.
A reader should át down to a boos, especia.ly of the miscellaneous kind, as a well-behaved visitor does to a banquet. The
Master of the feast exerts nimself to satisfy his guests ; but tf. after a!l his care and pains, something should appear on the table
that does not suit this or that person's taste, they politely pass it over without notice, and commend ouier dishes, that they may not
dures a kiod hool.

Translation.

BY THE ORIGINAL EDITOR OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA METROPOLITANA,

ASSISTED BY EMINENT PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER GENTLEMEN.

IN TWENTY-TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

LONDON:

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SOLD BY N. HAILES, PICCADILLY; E. WILSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE ; J. MASON, CITY ROAD;

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1829.