The Imperial Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of the Sciences and Arts, Vol. 4 of 4

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Imperial Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of the Sciences and Arts, Vol. 4 of 4: Comprehending Also the Whole Circle of Miscellaneous Literature It gives the enemy an opportunity of completely disabling it, be fore it can attain its wished-for station. For each ship in the lee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.