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A CONCISE VIEW OF THE LATEST DISCOVERIES, INVENTION
AND IMPROVEMENTS,

CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

TOGETHER WITH

DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOST INTERESTING OBJECTS OF NATURE AND ART;
THE HISTORY OF MEN AND ANIMALS, IN A STATE OF HEALTH OR
DISEASE; AND PRACTICAL HINTS RESPECTING THE ARTS AND

MANUFACTURES, BOTH FAMILIAR AND COMMERCIAL.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND CUTS.

SOCIETY

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOLUME V.

BY A. F. M. WILLICH, M. D.

AUTHOR OF THE LECTURES ON DIET AND REGIMEN, &c. &c.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; WITH ADDITIONS,
APPLICABLE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE UNITED STATES:
BY JAMES MEASE, M.D.

AND FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

CPHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM YOUNG BIRCH, AND ABRAHAM SMALL,
NO. 17, SOUTH SECOND-STREET.

ROBERT CARR, PRINTER.

1804.

District of Pennsylvania: to wit.

Be it remembered, That on the eighth day of April, in the twentyseventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America, William Young Birch, and Abraham Small, of the said District, have deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

to

"The Domestic Encyclopædia; or, A Dictionary of Facts, and Useful "Knowledge. Comprehending, a concise View of the latest Dis"coveries, Inventions, and Improvements; chiefly applicable “Rural and Domestic Economy. Together with Descriptions of the "most interesting Objects of Nature and Art; the History of Me “and Animals, in a State of Health or Disease; and practica "Hints respecting the Arts and Manufactures, both familiar commercial. Illustrated with numerous Engravings and Cut "In Five Volumes. Volume I. By A. F. M. Willich, M. "Author of the Lectures on Diet and Regimen, &c. &c.

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"American Edition; with Additions applicable to the present situ ❝tion of the United States. By James Mease, M. D. and Fellow

"the American Philosophical Society.”

In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entituc "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies

Act,

Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of
Copies during the times therein mentioned," and also, to an
tuled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entituled, an Act for

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Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charand Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during

Times therein mentioned. And extending the Benefits thereof to

Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other Prints

(L. S.)

D. CALDWELL,

Clerk of the District of Pennsylvanių.