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Croker, Temple Henry and Williams, Thomas and Clark, Samuel (1764-1766): The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, wether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner. Among the various branches of Literature explained in this work are the following, viz: Agriculture, Algebra, Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Botany, Catoptrics, Chemistry, Chronology, Commerce, Conics, Cosmography, Dialling, Dioptrics, Ethics, Fluxions, Fortification, Gardening, Gauging, Geography, Geometry, Grammar, Gunnery, Handicrafts, Heraldry, History, Horsemanship, Husbandry, Hydraulics, Hydrography, Hydrostatics, Law, Levelling, Logic, Maritime and Military Affairs, Mathematics, Mechanics, Merchandize, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Music, Navigation, Optics, Painting, Perspective, Pharmacy, Philology, Philosophy, Physic, Pneumatics, Rhetoric, Sculpture, Series, Statics, Statuary, Surgery, Surveying, Theology, &c. 3 vols, 1st ed., vol. 1: [2], [XVI], [702] p.; vol. 2: [783] p.; vol. 3: [648] p., London. Vol. 1: Frontispiece: Genius conducting Taste to the Temple of Arts & Sciences; untitled plates with several figures; Vol. 2: untitled plates with several figures; Vol. 3: untitled plates with several figures., folio,