Completeness is a virtue which this little Blue Book cannot, in the nature of things, possess. If any reader is disappointed not to find it here, I must respectfully direct his attention to the three ponderous tomes which make up a well-known dictionary of chemistry, to the still larger and more numerous volumes devoted to a dictionary of applied physics, and to other similar works. The sciences are many, and the words which they employ exclusively or in senses peculiar to themselves are exceedingly numerous. Physics, chemistry, and biology contribute the greatest number of words to the present dictionary. A few terms used in other sciences are included, chiefly to show what I believe the p…
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