#ephraim chambers

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[lindahall]

Ephraim Chambers – Scientist of the Day

Ephraim Chambers, an English encyclopedist, died on May 15, 1740.  

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Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia.

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CYCLOPÆDIA: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Containing the Definitions of the Terms; and Accounts of The Things signify’d thereby, In the several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the several Sciences, Human and Divine; The Figures, Kinds, Properties, Production, Preparations, and Uses, of Things Natural and Artificial; The Rise, Progress, and State of Things Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial; With the several Systems, Sects, Opinions, &c. among Philosophers, Divines, Mathematicians, Physicians, Antiquaries, Criticks, &c. The Whole intended as a Course of Antient and Modern Learning. Compiled from the best Authors, Dictionaries, Journals, Memoirs, Transactions, Ephemerides, &c. in several Languages. In Two Volumes. By E. Chambers Gent.

This is the title page of the first edition (1728) of Ephraim Chambers’ landmark encyclopedia, which was both immense and immensely popular. Learn more at everyone’s favorite online encyclopedia, where you’ll find a brief publication history and links to the full digitized text. (Image is in the Public Domain. From Wikimedia Commons.)

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Entry on Mineralogy, Entry on Horseback Riding, Entry on Glassblowing, Entry on Anatomy & Entry on Natural History; Andre Le Breton's Encyclopédie; Denis Diderot & Jean-Baptiste le Rond d’Alembert, Paris, 1751.

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Ephraim Chambers

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Ephraim Chambers, "Table of Fortifications" from Cyclopaedia, 1728