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    Chambers's Encyclopaedia was founded in 1859 by William and Robert Chambers of Edinburgh and became one of the most important English language encyclopaedias...
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    Encyclopedia (redirect from Encyclopædia)
    An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopaedia (British English) (from Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία meaning 'general education') is a reference work or...
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    Andrew Findlater (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    1 January 1885) was a Scottish editor notable for his work on Chambers's Encyclopaedia. He was born near Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a small farmer...
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  • William Chambers and Robert Chambers. George G. Harrap and Co. The Chambers Dictionary Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Chambers's Encyclopaedia Harrap's...
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  • The Chambers Dictionary (TCD) was first published by William and Robert Chambers as Chambers's English Dictionary in 1872. It was an expanded version of...
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    French translation of Chambers's work begun in 1744 by John Mills, assisted by Gottfried Sellius. The later Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1860–1868) had no connection...
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  • Publishers Chambers Dictionary, first published 1872 Chambers Biographical Dictionary, first published in 1897 Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 1859–1979 Chambers Communications...
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  • encyclopedia was based upon Chambers's Encyclopaedia: "Especially are we indebted to the famous Chambers's Encyclopaedia ... With its publishers we have...
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    EPHRAIM CHAMBERS. The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert owed its inception to a French translation of Chambers's work. Chambers's Encyclopaedia – a work...
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    writer and editor. He edited Chambers's Encyclopaedia from 1888 to 1892, Chambers's Biographical Dictionary in 1897 and Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature...
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  • metals Alkaline earth metals Alkaline magma series Base (chemistry) Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge, Volume 1. J.B. Lippincott...
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  • The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia...
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  • English Cyclopaedia (1854–1862, supp. 1869–1873) Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1860; no relation to Chambers's Cyclopaedia of the 18th century) Brewer's Dictionary...
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  • Universal Knowledge, which itself was a reprint of the British Chambers's Encyclopaedia. The title was changed to The New International Encyclopedia in...
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    1719). "Perpetual Motion", Chambers's encyclopædia: a dictionary of universal knowledge, vol. 7, (London: W. and R. Chambers, 1868), pp. 412-415. Wikimedia...
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  • the more like water, the higher the quality. The 1753 edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia states "The first water in Diamonds means the greatest purity and...
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    ISBN 978-0-8368-6857-9. Retrieved 26 January 2012. Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge. W. & R. Chambers, Limited. 1901. pp. 321–. Retrieved...
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    Richard Guyon (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Debaufre". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This article incorporates text from the Chambers's Encyclopaedia 1863 edition...
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    Ambrosia (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    rosemary; these uses were noted by Wright 1917:6. "Ambrosia" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 315. Carl A. P. Ruck and...
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  • Eric W. "Corollary". mathworld.wolfram.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27. Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 3. Appleton. 1864. p. 260. "Mathwords: Corollary". www.mathwords...
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    ). Oxford: Clarendon. ISBN 9780198611868. Chambers, W.R., ed. (1901). "Crofter". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Vol. 3 (revised ed.). p. 575. Retrieved 25...
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    sometimes also called 'bluegowns' from the colour of their cloaks. Chambers's Encyclopaedia of 1892 offers a derivation from the Spanish word 'gaban' (the...
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  • Abiyamimu, and Akirum. Nephilim eastons-bible-dictionary "Anakim" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 397. "How did the ten...
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    Neumann, M.D.,2nd Ed., Vol 3, London, 1773 p.55 Newnes, G., ed., Chambers's encyclopædia, Volume 9, 1959 The Plant List. 2013. Version 1.1. Published on...
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    Convention Parliament (England) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    discussed in parliament—e.g., a change of the reigning dynasty. — Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1870) Blackstone points out that the 1689 parliament had to assemble...
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    papers on spiritualism. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. 1832 ff. Chambers's Information for the People. 1833–1835. Chambers's Educational Course. 1835...
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    and the Borgata reached a settlement in July 2020. "Baccarat" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, pp. 32–33. Parlett, David...
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    alternative for the angler when game fish such as trout will not rise. Chambers's encyclopædia, vol. 3, 1868, p. 780 Daniel Beard (1886), Boy's Book of Sports...
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    Chinese governor and duke of Xiping (b. 255) "Arles, Synod of" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 597. Paulkovich, Michael...
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  • 2020), ISBN 978-0525507376, p. 141 "Arrhenius, Svante August" in Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Vol. 1 (London: George Newnes Ltd, 1961), p. 635 Antonio Giangrande...
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