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The ''English Cyclopaedia'': A new dictionary of universal knowledge (London, 1854–1862, 4to, 23 vols., 12,117 pages; supplements, 1869–1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), was published by Charles Knight, based on the ''Penny Cyclopaedia'', of which he had the copyright. He was assisted by Alexander Ramsay and James Thorne.〔http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076533189?urlappend=%3Bseq=372〕 It is in four divisions, each alphabetical, and very unequal: # Geography (4 volumes and supplement) # Natural history (4 volumes and supplement) # Biography (with 703 lives of living persons; 6 volumes and supplement) # Arts and sciences (8 volumes and supplement) The synoptical index, 168 pages, has four columns on a page, one for each division, so that the order is alphabetical and yet the words are classed. ==See also== *''English Encyclopaedia'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English Cyclopaedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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