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Excerpt from A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Knowledge: Comprising the Pure Sciences of Mathematics, Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra, &C.; The Mixed Sciences of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy
Europe, the wrecks of knowledge lay buried in the convents; mental darkness brooded over the fairest lands of Christendom, and the more active spirits wasted their energies in brutal sports and savage depredations.
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