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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 3 ...
17 August – Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis. 16 November – During the night, Solway Moss, on the Cumberland border, bursts, flooding local farms and settlements. [1] 26 November – First section of Monkland Canal opened. Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition completes publication in Edinburgh.
Pages in category "1768 in Scotland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... 1768 in Scotland; E. Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition
William Smellie (1740–1795) was a Scottish printer who edited the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was also a naturalist and antiquary. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, co-founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and a friend of Robert Burns.
The first edition was reprinted in London, with slight variants on the title page and a different preface, by Edward and Charles Dilly in 1773 and by John Donaldson in 1775. [3] On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the 1st edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. published a facsimile of the 1st edition, even including "age spots" on the ...
The Encyclopédie in turn inspired the venerable Encyclopædia Britannica, which had a modest beginning in Scotland: the first edition, issued between 1768 and 1771, had just three hastily completed volumes – A–B, C–L, and M–Z – with a total of 2,391 pages. By 1797, when the third edition was completed, it had been expanded to 18 ...
The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1768–81) [66] The first English textbook on surgery (1597) [67] The first modern pharmacopaedia, William Cullen (1776). The book became 'Europe's principal text on the classification and treatment of disease'. His ideas survive in the terms nervous energy and neuroses (a word that Cullen coined).
Pages in category "Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .