enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: history of the encyclopedia britannica 4th grade pdf passages printable
  2. It’s an amazing resource for teachers & homeschoolers - Teaching Mama

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of English-language 20th-century general encyclopedias

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language...

    Anglo-American Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1902) - an unauthorized reprint of portions of the Encyclopedia Britannica with an unrelated dictionary attached. (Link includes vols. 2-4, 6-9, 11-12) New American Comprehensive Encyclopedia (1906) (Link includes vols. 1, 3 and 4) Century Book of Facts (1902) a quasi-annual one volume work

  3. History of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the...

    Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).

  4. Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Britannica

    Throughout history, the Britannica has had two aims: to be an excellent reference book, and to provide educational material. [130] In 1974, the 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematize all human knowledge. [15] The history of the Britannica can be divided into five eras, punctuated by changes in management, or reorganization of the ...

  5. History of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_encyclopedias

    The encyclopedia of Suda, a massive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia, had 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. The text was arranged alphabetically with some slight deviations from common vowel order and place in the Greek alphabet.

  6. 10 Eventful Years - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Eventful_Years

    10 Eventful Years is the title of the 1947 Encyclopædia Britannica compilation, spanning ten years, 1937 through 1946. The books were commissioned and edited by Walter Yust, the editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica and were partly based on the Encyclopedia's annual Year Book.

  7. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Britannica,_Inc.

    Britannica acquired Merriam-Webster in 1964 and Compton's Encyclopedia as well in the early 1960s. [3] [4] Benton died in 1973, before the fifteenth edition was published in 1974. The newly titled Britannica 3 was composed of a ten-volume Micropædia, a 19-volume Macropædia and a one-volume guide to the encyclopædia's use, called Propædia.

  8. Encyclopedism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedism

    The most massive encyclopedia of the Middle Ages was Speculum Maius (The Great Mirror) by Vincent of Beauvais. It was 80 books long and was completed in 1244. With a total of 4.5 million words, the work is presumably the product of an anonymous team. [42] (By comparison, the current edition of Britannica has 44 million words. [43]) It was ...

  9. Encyclopædia Universalis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Universalis

    The Encyclopædia Universalis was originally published by the publishing company Encyclopædia Universalis SA. This company was created in 1966 by a specialist in publishing and selling books and collections by mail order, the French Book Club (CFL), owned by the Aubry family, as well as Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. (publisher of the Encyclopædia Britannica), the most famous English-language ...

  1. Ads

    related to: history of the encyclopedia britannica 4th grade pdf passages printable