Download or read book Icenographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Vol. 1 of 4 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Icenographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Vol. 1 of 4: Literature Art The object steadily kept in View in preparing the iconographic encyclopedia has been to furnish a book to which the general reader may apply, for an explanation of the principal physical facts which come under his notice. To do this satisfactorily, pictorial representation is necessary, which it is hoped the five hundred quarto plates, with their figures, will abundantly furnish. Much of the utility of an Encyclopaedia depends on its arrange. Ment. The method which the Editor's experience of works of this kind has shown to be most convenient, is that of a systematic grouping of distinct treatises, according to their natural affinities. The work thus becomes, as it were, a series of text-books, capable of being used as such, and to which recourse may be had for all the general information required on a given subject. 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.