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Neil, Samuel5
Neil, Samuel (1825-1901)5
Brande, William Thomas (1788-1866)3
Cox, George W (1827-1902)3
Smellie, William (1740-1795)3
Hall, William Henry (1807)1
Harris, John (1667?-1719)1
Heslop, Richard Oliver1
Heslop, Richard Oliver (1842-1916)1
King'S College (University of Durham). Library1

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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan. In which the different sciences and arts are digested into distinct treatises or systems; and the various technical terms, &c. are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet. Illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates (v.1)

Smellie, William (1740-1795)

1771

Pagination errors: v. 1, p.454 misnumbered "546," insert A- E (10 p.) between p.586 and 587; v. 2: page numbers 175-176 repeated, numbering skips 311-410, page numbers 425-426 repeated, p.534-536 misn...

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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan. In which the different sciences and arts are digested into distinct treatises or systems; and the various technical terms, &c. are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet. Illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates (v.2)

Smellie, William (1740-1795)

1771

Pagination errors: v. 1, p.454 misnumbered "546," insert A- E (10 p.) between p.586 and 587; v. 2: page numbers 175-176 repeated, numbering skips 311-410, page numbers 425-426 repeated, p.534-536 misn...

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Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan. In which the different sciences and arts are digested into distinct treatises or systems; and the various technical terms, &c. are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet. Illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates (v.3)

Smellie, William (1740-1795)

1771

Pagination errors: v. 1, p.454 misnumbered "546," insert A- E (10 p.) between p.586 and 587; v. 2: page numbers 175-176 repeated, numbering skips 311-410, page numbers 425-426 repeated, p.534-536 misn...

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