Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica.

STODDART'S

ENCYCLOPÆDIA AMERICANA

A DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE

AND COMPANION TO THE

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

(NINTH EDITION)

AND

TO ALL OTHER ENCYCLOPÆDIAS

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME I

NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, LONDON

J. M. STODDART

1883