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Britannica had, for example, published the second multimedia encyclopedia titled Compton's MultiMedia Encyclopedia as early as 1989 (the first one being the Academic American Encyclopedia published by Grolier), but did not launch Britannica CD until 1994, a year after Microsoft launched their Encarta encyclopedia. McHenry believes these ...
The Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition (1768–1771) is a 3-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell , in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription format over a period of ...
My First Britannica is aimed at children ages six to 12, and the Britannica Discovery Library is for children aged three to six (issued 1974 to 1991). [51] Compton's by Britannica, first published in 2007, incorporating the former Compton's Encyclopedia, is aimed at 10- to 17-year-olds and consists of 26 volumes and 11,000 pages. [52]
Britannica acquired Merriam-Webster in 1964 and Compton's Encyclopedia as well in the early 1960s. [2] [3] 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.
The Encyclopædia Britannica is an English-language general reference encyclopedia, published since 1768. [1] The Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in three volumes, with printer William Smellie serving as its principal editor. [2] [3] By 1988, the encyclopedia grew to consist of 32 volumes in total, [2] but later stopped ...
Colin Macfarquhar (1744/5 – 2 April 1793) [1] [2] was a Scottish bookseller and printer who is most known for co-founding Encyclopædia Britannica with Andrew Bell, first published in December 1768. [3] [4] The dates of his birth and death remain uncertain, even to Britannica itself. [1]
He began the production of the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition which was published 1910–11. This was published in two blocks of volumes instead of the volumes appearing serially during a number of years. Hooper established the Britannica Year-Book, the first volume being published in 1913.
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition First page of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition Language British English Release number 11 Subject General Publisher Horace Everett Hooper Publication date 1910–1911 Publication place United States Media type Print and digital Preceded by Encyclopædia Britannica Tenth Edition Followed by Encyclopædia Britannica Twelfth Edition ...