The imperial encyclopaedia

Or, dictionary of the sciences and arts. Comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature. In this work all the sciences are digested in a systematic form, and exhibited according to the present highly improved state of knowledge, and every term of art amply explained in alphabetical order. The whole including all the modern discoveries in astronomy, chemistry, electricity, galvanism, geography, domestic and political oeconomy, &c. &c. &c. with a general view of all empires, kingdoms, states, countries, mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, &c. &c. and a concise account of patriarchs, prophets, apostles, philosophers, poets, painters, authors and their works, heroes, lawyers, and statesmen, with every other topic of information essential to a work of this nature

By the rev. W. M. Johnson, A. M, curate of Henbury, and chaplain to the right honourable Lord Hutchinson; and Thomas Exley, A. M., teacher of the mathematics Bristol