ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA:

SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME.

Α

POPULAR DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE, HISTORY,
POLITICS, AND BIOGRAPHY.

VOL. XIV.

EDITED BY

HENRY VETHAKE, LL. D.

VICE-PROVOST AND PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA;
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; AUTHOR of
"A TREATISE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA AND BLANCHARD.

1847.

OHIO STATE

ALISHANG