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PUBLISHED BY A. C. GOODMAN & CO.
1850.

BS D54

ON THK

IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY

BY THE

DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE:

AN ILLUSTRATION

OF THE

ADVANTAGES WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM A MORE GENERAL DISSEMINATION
OF RATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AMONG ALL RANKS

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

BY THOMAS DICK,

AUTHOR OF A VARIETY OF LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATAMI
IN NICHOLSON'S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, THE ANNALS

OF PHILOSOPHY, ETC. ETC.

Knowledge is power." Lord Bacon.

HARTFORD:

PUBLISHED BY A. C. GOODMAN & CO.

1850.

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