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THE

FAMILY ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE

AND

GENERAL LITERATURE.

BY THE REV. J. L. BLAKE, A. M.

AUTHOR OF THE FIRST BOOK IN ASTRONOMY, THE FIRST BOOK IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE HIGH
SCHOOL READER, AND OTHER WORKS ON EDUCATION.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY PETER HILL, NO. 94 BROADWAY.

SOLD ALSO BY COLLINS & HANNAY, G. & C. & H. CARVILL, J. B. COLLINS, AND N. & J. WHITE.-PHILADEL-
PHIA: GRIGG & ELLIOT, T. T. ASH, AND E. L. CAREY & A. HART.-BOSTON: CARTER, HENDEE & CO.
ALLEN & TICKNOR, AND CHARLES STIMPSON, Jun.-BALTIMORE: FIELDING LUCAS, JUN. AND W. & J.
NEAL-ALBANY: O. STEELE; AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED

STATES.

1834.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by Peter Hill, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.

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