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Excerpt from Elements of Science and Art, Vol. 1 of 2: Being a Familiar Introduction to Natural Philosophy and Chemistry; Together With Their Application to a Variety of Elegant and Useful Arts
In a book intended to exhibit only the popular elements Oi' science, it would be in vain to expect much original matter. To draw from authentic sources, and to arrange and-describe with clear ness and precision the principal known facts, ap pears to be all that the nature of the undertaking admits of. The following work, \therefore, is de rived from the discoveries of others; but it will be found upon perusal, that in several instances, Where the editor's, profession or opportunities of observation enabled him to add any thing to the stock of particular knowledge, he has not failed to make the attempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
