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  2. History of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Tytler wrote many science and history articles and almost all of the minor articles; by Robert Burns' estimate, Tytler wrote more than three-quarters of the second edition. [4] Compared to the first edition, the second had five times as many long articles (150), including "Scotland" (84 pages), "Optics" (132 pages), and "Medicine" (309 pages ...

  3. Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Throughout history, the Britannica has had two aims: to be an excellent reference book, and to provide educational material. [127] In 1974, the 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematize all human knowledge. [14] The history of the Britannica can be divided into five eras, punctuated by changes in management, or reorganization of the ...

  4. Editor-in-chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    The Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in three volumes, with printer William Smellie serving as its principal editor. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By 1988, the encyclopedia grew to consist of 32 volumes in total, [ 2 ] but later stopped printing physical copies to focus on the online edition in 2012. [ 4 ]

  5. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    Cyclopaedia of Political Science - Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers] (1881–1899), John J. Lalor; The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908, mainly self-published)

  6. Great Books of the Western World - Wikipedia

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    They grouped the topics into 102 chapters, for which Adler wrote the 102 introductions. Four colors identify each volume by subject area—Imaginative Literature, Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, History and Social Science, and Philosophy and Theology. The following list of Volumes 1 - 54 is for the first edition (1952).

  7. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time.

  8. History of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    The Siribhoovalaya (Kannada: ಸಿರಿಭೂವಲಯ), dated between 800 AD to 15th century, is a work of kannada literature written by Kumudendu Muni, a Jain monk. It is unique because rather than employing alphabets, it is composed entirely in Kannada numerals. Many philosophies which existed in the Jain classics are eloquently and ...

  9. Rees's Cyclopædia - Wikipedia

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    Rees's Cyclopædia, in full The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, was an important 19th-century British encyclopaedia edited by Rev. Abraham Rees (1743–1825), a Presbyterian minister and scholar who had edited previous editions of Chambers's Cyclopædia.