Author: EncyclopaediasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Edinensis: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature
Author: EncyclopaediasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
A Universal and Critical Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Joseph Emerson WorcesterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
A Universal Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Including Scientific Terms
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary
Author: Robert HunterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Encyclopædic Dictionary
Author: Robert HunterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
A Critical and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Joseph Emerson WorcesterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850
Author: Georg LehnerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This book shows how knowledge about China became part of European general knowledge. It examines English, French, and German encyclopaedias published between 1700 and 1850 and explores the use and presentation of information on China in works of general knowledge. The first chapters explore the origins of early European perceptions of China until 1850, the development of European encyclopaedias, and the sources used for entries on China. The second major part of the book examines the ways in which encyclopaedias presented information on things Chinese (geography, government, economy, history, language and literature, arts and sciences) and how this information was shaped, expanded, perpetuated, revised, and updated.
Ordering the World in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Frank O'GormanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230518885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Eighteenth century is often represented, applying Tom Paine's phrase, as 'The Age of Reason': an age when progressive ideals triumphed over autocracy and obscurantism, and when notions of order and balance shaped consciousness in every sphere of human knowledge. Yet the debates which surrounded the development of Eighteenth-century thought were always open to troubling doubts. Was nature itself truly an ordered entity, as Newton had argued, or was it a mass of chaotic, randomly moving atoms, as some materialist thinkers believed? This book explores the tensions and conflicts in these debates through a series of interdisciplinary essays from leading international scholars, each challenging the idea that the Eighteenth century was an age of order.
A List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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