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THE

CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER:

OR,

THE CONNECTION OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY WITH
RELIGION.

BY

THOMAS DICK, LL.D., & F.R.A S.

AUTHOR OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION,' 'THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE!'
DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE,'

MORAL IMPROVEMENT OF MANKIND,' ETC.

Illustrated

WITH UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ENGRAVINGS.

TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION.
REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

LONDON:

CHARLES GRIFFIN AND COMPANY.

1869.

PREFACE TO THE TWENTY-FIRST EDITION.

In consequence of the progress of the Arts and Sciences since the fist Editions of the following Work were published, and the liberal patronage bestowed upon it by the Public—it has been deemed expedient to make a thorough revision of the whole, so as to embrace the latest improvements and discoveries in the different departments to which its diversified subjects refer. The present Edition has accordingly been carefully revised in every portion of the Work, and very large additions made to its several departments; besides the introduction of nearly two hundred Woodcuts, illustrative of its multifarious subjects. The department of Natural History has been considerably enlarged, by various additional illustrations. The article GEOLOGY has been almost entirely re-written, and enlarged to more than triple its former extent. The department of GEOGRAPHY has been extended to more than double the space it formerly occupied. The articles ASTRONOMY, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, HISTORY, PRINTING, MARINER'S COMPASS, TELESCOPE, AIR BALLOONS, STEAM NAVIGATION, ETC., have likewise been very considerably enlarged. To the former subjects are now added. comprehensive sketches of the following recently discovered departments of Science and Art:-The DAGUERREOTYPE, ELECTROTYPE, ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, Railroads, 3 3762

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