English Cyclopaedia

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The English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge (London, 1854–1862, 4to, 23 vols., 12,117 pages; supplements, 1869–1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), was published by Charles Knight, based on the Penny Cyclopaedia, of which he had the copyright. He was assisted by Alexander Ramsay and James Thorne. It was sometimes popularly referred to as Knights Encyclopedia. It is in four divisions, each alphabetical, and very unequal: rdf:langString
L'English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge (Londres, 1854-1862, in-4, 23 vols., 12 117 pages; suppléments, 1869-1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), est une encyclopédie en anglais créée sous la direction de Charles Knight et basée sur la Penny Cyclopaedia, dont il avait le droit d'auteur. Il était assisté par Alexander Ramsay et James Thorne. Elle est divisée en quatre parties, chacune alphabétique, et très inégales : rdf:langString
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rdf:langString English Cyclopaedia
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rdf:langString The English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge (London, 1854–1862, 4to, 23 vols., 12,117 pages; supplements, 1869–1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), was published by Charles Knight, based on the Penny Cyclopaedia, of which he had the copyright. He was assisted by Alexander Ramsay and James Thorne. It was sometimes popularly referred to as Knights Encyclopedia. It is in four divisions, each alphabetical, and very unequal: 1. * Geography (4 volumes and supplement) 2. * Natural history (4 volumes and supplement) 3. * Biography (with 703 lives of living persons; 6 volumes and supplement) 4. * Arts and sciences (8 volumes and supplement) A supplement in four volumes, one for each section, was published between 1869 and 1873, together with a synoptical index. No further editions of the English Cyclopaedia, however, it served as the basis of the Everyman's Encyclopaedia in 1913.
rdf:langString L'English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge (Londres, 1854-1862, in-4, 23 vols., 12 117 pages; suppléments, 1869-1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), est une encyclopédie en anglais créée sous la direction de Charles Knight et basée sur la Penny Cyclopaedia, dont il avait le droit d'auteur. Il était assisté par Alexander Ramsay et James Thorne. Elle est divisée en quatre parties, chacune alphabétique, et très inégales : 1. * Géographie (4 volumes et un supplément) 2. * Histoire naturelle (4 volumes et un supplément) 3. * Biographie (avec 703 biographies; 6 volumes et supplément) 4. * Arts et sciences (8 volumes et supplément) L'index synoptique, 168 pages, comporte quatre colonnes sur une page, une pour chaque division, de sorte que l'ordre est alphabétique et pourtant les mots sont classés.
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