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    Rees's Cyclopædia, in full The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, was an important 19th-century British encyclopaedia...
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  • Cyclopedia (redirect from Cyclopædia)
    to: Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1728, edited by Ephraim Chambers Rees's Cyclopædia, 1802–20, edited by Abraham Rees Penny...
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    Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopædia (in 45 volumes). He was the second son of Esther...
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  • This article is a list of music plates in Rees's Cyclopaedia. They were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey,...
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    Readers' Guide to Rees's Cyclopædia". Self-published in limited-circulation typescript. Anonymous (1820). "Notices of New Books: The Cyclopædia ...". Philosophical...
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  • The music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia were Charles Burney's (1726-1814) final literary production, and form in effect the Dictionary of Music he never...
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    There were about 100 contributors to Rees's Cyclopædia, most of whom were Nonconformists. They were specialists in their fields, covering science, technology...
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    Cyclopædia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is a British encyclopedia prepared by Ephraim Chambers and first published in 1728; six more...
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    was started in 1802. In 1802 appeared the first part of Rees's Cyclopædia, edited by Abraham Rees. This was completed in 39 volumes plus 6 volumes of plates...
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    that the picture was plagiarised from a picture of a golden eagle in Rees's Cyclopædia. It was actually a genuine species, but it was rare and became extinct...
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    Rees articles about Mozart. Roger Lonsdale, Dr Charles Burney: a Literary Biography, OUP 1965, pp. 407–431, Chapter X, "Burney and Rees's Cyclopædia"...
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    music and mathematics to pacifism. He was an important contributor to Rees's Cyclopædia with articles on canals, mineralogy, surveying and a number of the...
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  • David Rees Rees's Cyclopædia, a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, particularly rich in coverage of science and technology Search for "rees" on Wikipedia...
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  • book of Deuteronomy Ree, a phrase commonly associated with Pepe the Frog, a comic book character and Internet meme Rees's Cyclopædia, a nineteenth-century...
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    continued the family tradition and is noted for the American printing of Rees's Cyclopædia. The following obituary of Bradford was published in The Maryland...
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    England: Jakeman & Carver. pp. 42. "CYDER-MILL". Rees's Cyclopædia. Vol. 10. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. 1808. Lloyd, F.J. (1903). Report...
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    Edward Smith changed the name to Hibbertia cuneiformis in Abraham Rees's Cyclopædia. The specific epithet (cuneiformis) means "wedge-shaped". Hibbertia...
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    Dictionary. Retrieved 29 January 2017. "Waggon". Rees's Cyclopædia. Vol. 37. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. 1817–1818. "4,000 Years Old Wagons...
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  • The music articles in the Rees's Cyclopaedia were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey Sr (1766–1826), and John...
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  • The music articles in Rees's Cyclopaedia were written by Charles Burney (1726–1814), with additional material by John Farey Sr. (1766–1826), and John Farey...
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  • encyclopaedias competed throughout this period, among them editions of Abraham Rees's Cyclopædia and Coleridge's Encyclopædia Metropolitana and David Brewster's Edinburgh...
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    July 2024. Brown, Robert (1811). "Jacksonia". Rees's Cyclopædia. Vol. 18. London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. ANBG staff (1972). "Jacksonia scoparia"...
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    He also provided drawings for encyclopedias such as Pantologia and Rees's Cyclopædia. He completed a number of parrot illustrations between 1810 and 1812...
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  • England. Rees is also a German surname. Notable individuals named Rees include the following: Abraham Rees (1743–1825), compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia and...
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  • This is a list of the longer biographical articles from Rees's Cyclopaedia, 4 columns or more (3000 words appx.) The longest is that of Captain Cook (43...
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    convenient than his own cumbersome system of circular symbols. For Rees's Cyclopædia Dalton contributed articles on Chemistry and Meteorology, but the...
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  • obstetrician and was invited to write all midwifery articles for Rees's Cyclopædia. The plates for these were suppressed. Robert Bland died at Leicester...
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    Farey was commenced to make drawings for the illustrative plates of Rees's Cyclopædia and the 'Edinburgh' encyclopedias, 'Tilloch's Magazine,' Gregory's...
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    leaf points. It was first validly described in an 1819 volume of Rees's Cyclopædia by James Edward Smith as D. dichotoma, based on the description by...
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    until 1965, when computers rendered them obsolete. He contributed to Rees's Cyclopædia articles on Algebra, Analysis, Geometry and Strength of Materials...
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