The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Vol. 3

Excerpt from The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Vol. 3: Intended to Exhibit a View of the Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Mechanics, Chemistry, Geology and Mineralogy, Natural History, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Geography, Statistics, and the Fine and Useful Arts; Oct. 1825 to Dec. 1826 His family had long resided in the capital, and several of his ancestors had distinguished themselves at the bar. One of them, during the reign of Charles 1x. Was honored with the epithet of fort decus. 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.