Rees's Cyclopædia, in full The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, was an important 19th-century British encyclopaedia...
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Cyclopedia (redirect from Cyclopædia)
to: Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1728, edited by Ephraim Chambers Rees's Cyclopædia, 1802–20, edited by Abraham Rees Penny...
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Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopædia (in 45 volumes). He was the second son of Esther...
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This article is a list of music plates in Rees's Cyclopaedia. They were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey,...
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Readers' Guide to Rees's Cyclopædia". Self-published in limited-circulation typescript. Anonymous (1820). "Notices of New Books: The Cyclopædia ...". Philosophical...
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The music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia were Charles Burney's (1726-1814) final literary production, and form in effect the Dictionary of Music he never...
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Cyclopædia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is a British encyclopedia prepared by Ephraim Chambers and first published in 1728; six more...
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was started in 1802. In 1802 appeared the first part of Rees's Cyclopædia, edited by Abraham Rees. This was completed in 39 volumes plus 6 volumes of plates...
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that the picture was plagiarised from a picture of a golden eagle in Rees's Cyclopædia. It was actually a genuine species, but it was rare and became extinct...
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There were about 100 contributors to Rees's Cyclopædia, most of whom were Nonconformists. They were specialists in their fields, covering science, technology...
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