Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia was founded in 1860 by W. & R. Chambers. It is not related to the 18th-century Chambers' Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences of Ephraim Chambers.
History
The first edition was based on a translation into English of the 10th edition of the German-language Konversations-Lexikon, which became the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.[1] It was edited in part by the publishers, under the charge of Andrew Findlater as acting editor, and appeared between 1860 and 1868 in ten octavo volumes, a total of 8,283 pages. A revised edition appeared in 1874, with 8,320 pages. The index of matters not having special articles contained about 1,500 headings. The articles were generally excellent, especially on Jewish literature, folk-lore and practical science; but, as in Brockhaus, the scope of the work did not allow extended treatment.
An entirely new edition was published 1888-1892 in ten volumes edited by David Patrick.[2] Further new editions appeared in 1895, 1901 and 1906.
The modern Chambers's was published in 15 volumes in 1950[1] by George Newnes.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Chambers’s Encyclopaedia." Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/105004/Chamberss-Encyclopaedia>.
- ^ John W. Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (1910)
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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| Volume | From | To |
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| Volume 1 | A | Beaufort |
| Volume 2 | Beb | Ch |
| Volume 3 | Catari | Dion |
| Volume 4 | Dip. | Fric. |
| Volume 5 | Friday | Humanitarians |
| Volume 6 | Hun | Mai |
| Volume 7 | Maltebrun | Peary |
| Volume 8 | Peasant | Roumelia |
| Volume 9 | Round | Swansea |
| Volume 10 | Sy | Z |
| Volume | From | To |
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| Volume 2 | Belgium | Chivalry |
| Volume 5 | Good | Labourers |
| Volume 8 | Puerto Bello | Sound |
| Volume | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | A | Belgiojoso |
| Volume 3 | Chivasso | Elephant, Sea |
| Volume 4 | Elephant | Gonzalvo di Cordova |
| Volume 7 | Numismatics | Puerperal Mania |
| Volume 8 | Puerto Bello | Sound |
| Volume 6 | Labrador | Numidia |
| Volume 2 | Belgium | Chivalry |
| Volume 5 | Good | Labourers |
| Volume 9 | Sound | Vitaobis |
| Volume 10 | Vital Statistics | Zoeteope |