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LEXICON TECHNICUM

Or, An UNIVERSAL

English Dictionary

OF

ARTS and SCIENCES:

EXPLAINING

Not Only the TERMS of ART, but the ARTS Themselves.

VOL. II

BY

JOHN HARRIS, D.D. late Secretary to the Royal Society and Chaplain to the Lord High Chancellor of GREAT BRITAIN.

The SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for D. BROWN, J. WALTHOE, J. KNAPTON, B. and S. TOOKE, D. MIDWINTER, B. COWSE, T. WARD, E. SYMON, E. VALENTINE, AND J. CLARKE.

MDCCXXIII

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM Lord COWPER

Baron of WINGHAM

AND

Lord High-Chancellor

OF

GREAT BRITAIN

MY LORD,

THE great Honour and Advantage which the former Volume of this Work receiv'd from the Patronage of His Royal Highness, the late Prince George of Denmark, encourages me to Dedicate This to Your Lordship; as I am also oblig'd in Duty and Gratitude to do, for the many Favours I have receiv'd from You; and especially for the great Honour and Happiness of having been so long known, and so near to You: For this, my Lord, will save me from the Fate of those Dedicators, who attempt Characters above Panegyrick: The Publick Part of Your Lordship's all the World knows and admires; and tho I see every Day That which renders Your Lordship the Instruction, as well as the Delight of all that have the Honour of Your Conversation, yet I can no more describe it, than I dare attempt it. I shall therefore, my Lord, entirely forbear; fearing as much doing Violence to Your Modesty, as Injustice to Your Merit.

I am,

My LORD,

Your Lordship's

Most Dutiful, and

Most Humble Servant,

JOHN HARRIS.