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was originally planned to encompassed 12 volumes, but by the time the final volume was published, in 1830, it counted 18 volumes. Some subjects, such as the
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The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature, Volume 18
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is generally considered to be strongest on scientific topics, where many of the articles were written by the editor.
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v.7 Columbus to Dividing of Instruments – 2 parts, 1813 & 1814, 761 pp + list of plates.
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A list of major contributors, with indications of their articles, was published in 1830.
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v.18 Sculpture to Zurich Machine – 2 parts, 1828 & 1830 847 pp + list of plates.
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v.17 Polar Regions to Scotland – 2 parts, 1825 & 1826, 679 pp + list of plates.
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v.3 Astrophanometer to Bosworth – 3 parts, 1810 & 1811, 776pp + list of plates.
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v 15 Musci to Organic Remains – 2 parts, 1821 & 1822, 756 pp + list of plates.
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v.13 Lighthouse to Medicine – 2 parts, 1818 & 1819, 739 pp + list of plates.
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The Literary gazette: A weekly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts
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v.8 Divination to England – 2 parts, 1814 & 1815, 761 pp + list of plates.
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v.2 Comparative Anatomy to Astronomy – 3 parts, 1810, 836pp + list of plates.
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Cambridge Before Darwin: The Idéal of Alihsral Education, 1800-1860
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between 1808 and 1830. In competition with the Edinburgh-published
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v.14 Medicine to Muscat – 2 parts, 1820, pp 743 + list of plates.
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v.10 Fuci to Herodotus – 2 parts, 1816, 757 pp + list of plates.
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v 16 Orissa to Poland – 2 parts, 1823, 738 pp + list of plates.
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Index

Edinburgh Encyclopaedia

William Blackwood
David Brewster
Encyclopædia Britannica
polarization of light
electromagnetism
Hans Christian Ørsted
Christopher Hansteen
William Elford Leach
Timeline of entomology – 1800–1850
Joseph Parker
Philadelphia
Whiting & Watson
New York City
American
Adam Anderson
Charles Babbage
Thomas Carlyle
Robert Gordon
Robert Edmond Grant
John Leslie
Henry Liston
John Gibson Lockhart
Thomas Telford
Thomas Allan
Adam Anderson
Alexander Annesley
Charles Babbage
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