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Synopsis A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art presented in 3 volumes comprises the definitions and derivations of the scientific terms in general use, together with the history and descriptions of the scientific principles of nearly every branch of human knowledge. This dictionary was designed to supply a want which could not be met by the larger Encyclopaedias like the Encyclopaedia Brittanica which are too expensive. On the other hand, Special Dictionaries, though they may exhaust some one branch of learning, are not intended to supply information on others. This Dictionary, possessing the comprehensive character of a general encyclopaedia without its Complitude, affords in a convenient form an abstract of the principles of every branch of science and an explanation of the various terms ordinarily met and adapted to the wants and means of all classes. It gives precise and accurate information on the all but infinite variety of subjects which it ambraces.