Abraham Rees (1743–1825), compiler of Rees's
Cyclopædia .
Jedediah Strutt, North Mill at Belper, Derbyshire. Rees's
Cyclopædia , 1802–1819. Drawn by John Farey, jr, and engraved by Wilson Lowry.
The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature is an important 19th century British encyclopaedia edited by Rev. Abraham Rees (1743–1825), a Presbyterian minister and scholar who had edited previous editions of Chambers's Cyclopædia . Many major scholars of the day contributed. Scientific theorising about the atomic system, geological succession, and earth origins; natural history (botany, entomology, ornithology and zoology); and developments In technology, particularly In textiles manufacture, are all reflected in the Cyclopædia .[1]
Serially published from 1802 to 1820, the Cyclopædia was criticised for its idiosyncratic topic selection and alphabetisation standards. Hostile reviews in the Anti-Jacobin Review (1802–1805) complained about its supposed antireligious aspects and radical standpoints attributed to its editor and contributors, and cited lack of article balance, confusing alphabetisation, and cross-references to then-unpublished volumes. The British Critic less stridently criticised lack of balance and confusion. The Quarterly Review [2] commented in 1863, "Rees is the most extensive cyclopædia in English with many excellent articles it has generally been condemned as on the whole too diffuse and too commonplace." In 1948 Percy Scholes published his biography The Great Dr Burney , 2 vol., and devoted a chapter to Charles Burney 's work for Rees, discussing in some detail the faults of the work, in particular, the way the serial production caused major problems when editors were faced with new knowledge that appeared after the volume containing the appropriate section had been issued.[3] They addressed this partially with an appendix in the last volume.
The Rees Project, was instigated by Professor June Zimmerman Fullmer , who independently indexed the Cyclopædia . After tapping the invisible college [4] [5] of scholars who knew of Rees, she convened a summer 1986 meeting in London, following which she wrote a proposal[6] to the American Foundation for the Humanities for funding to the project, setting out the object of producing a printed concordance to the contents of the Cyclopædia . This was intended to make Rees much more widely accessible to the modern reader. Funding was not forthcoming, and the matter lapsed.
The Cyclopædia lacks a classified index volume. In 1820, Philosophical Magazine analysed the work's contents by half-volume publication dates, as proper priority had not been given to serially published scientific discoveries.[7] The following are notable topics covered by the Cyclopædia (containing over 15 columns).
Notes: In the original Cyclopædia , the letters I and J are treated as identical, as are U and V, following ancient Latin conventions; each pair forms one sequence in the alphabetical order of the articles. Two-year dating of volumes indicates separate publication dates for half-volumes. Contributors' names have been attributed based on the 1820 analysis.[7]
Volume 1 [ ]
A – Amaranthides Vol 1, 1802
The title page from the work, issued 1919.
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Abyssinia
Geography
23.3
Academy
Miscellaneous
17.5
Aerostation
Natural Philosophy
27.2
Aetna
Geography
26.2
Affinity
Chemistry
26.9
Africa
Geography
18.3
Air
Physics
19.4
Alexander the Great
Biography
23.4
Algebra
Algebra
22.8
Algiers
Geography
23.0
Alleppo
Geography
19.5
Allium
Botany
18.6
William Wood [8]
Volume 2 [ ]
Amarantus – Arteriotomy Vol 2, 1802/3
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
America
History
30.7
Amphitheatre
Architecture
15.0
Amputation
Surgery
31.2
Anatomy, veterinary
Comparative anatomy
35.0
Anatomy
Anatomy
29.0
Aneurism
Surgery
18.9
Annuities
Annuities
16.0
William Morgan
Antimony
Chemistry
21.0
Arabia
Geography
27.3
Arsenic
Chemistry
20.6
Volume 3 [ ]
Artery – Battersea Vol 3, 1803/4
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Asia
Geography
25.1
Astronomy
Astronomy
18.3
Athens
Geography
80.5
Atmosphere
Natural Philosophy
38.1
Abraham Rees
Banks
Commerce
24.3
Barometer
Meteorology
68.2
Basso-Relievo
Sculpture
15.6
John Flaxman [9]
Battalion
War
64.2
Volume 4 [ ]
Battery – Bookbinding Vol 4, 1804/5
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Battle
War
22.2
Bees
Natural History
26.3
Bible
Scripture
78.5
Bird
Ornithology
125.8
Edward Donovan
Birman Empire
Geography
23.3
Bishop
Ecclesiastical History
21.3
Bleaching
Technology
25.4
Charles Taylor
Blindness
Medicine
17.3
Blowing & Blastfurnaces
Technology
45.2
David Mushet
Blowing Machine
Machine
29.1
David Mushet
Boat
Naval & Marine
23.6
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Book
Misc
25.2
Volume 5 [ ]
Book-keeping – Calvart Vol 5, 1805
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Book-keeping
Business
50.8
Bounty
Commerce
15.8
Brain
Anatomy
18.9
Bridge
Architecture
23.0
Calculus
Mathematics
24.6
Volume 6 [ ]
Calvary – Castra Vol 6, 1806
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Camelus
Zoology
18.6
Camp
War
18.2
Campanula
Botany
18.7
Canal
Civil Engineering
289.0
John Farey, Sr. ; the longest article in the work
Cancer
Zoology
32.0
Cannon
Artillery - War
60.4
Canon
Religion
21.8
Carabus
Entomology
22.0
Edward Donovan
Carduus
Botany
19.7
William Wood [8]
Carex
Botany
37.1
William Wood [8]
Carbon
Chemistry
18.5
Carriage
Artillery - War
26.6
James Glenie
Carthaginian
Ancient history
36.7
Volume 7 [ ]
Castramentation – Chronology Vol 7, 1806/7
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Castramentation
War
18.6
James Glenie ?
Cataract
Surgery
23.5
Catherine II
Biography
28.0
Cattle
Agriculture
38.9
Richard Watson Dickson
Cause
Philosophy
15.1
Center
Mechanics
49.1
Centaurea
Botany
20.5
William Wood [8]
Cerambyx
Entomology
37.2
Edward Donovan
Cervix
Zoology
16.0
Ceylon
Geography
33.6
Chance
Probabilities
44.0
Chimney
Architecture
14.8
China
Geography
65.0
Chronology
Chronology
110.0
Volume 8 [ ]
Chronometer – Colliseum Vol 8, 1807
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Chronometer
Horology
112.7
William Pearson [11]
Church
Religion
38.0
Cicero
Biography
20.6
Cimex
Entomology
15.5
Edward Donovan
Cipher
Cryptography
59.9
William Blair
Circle
Astronomy
70.5
William Pearson [11]
Circulation of the blood
Anatomy
24.2
Cistus
Botany
20.2
William Wood [8]
Classification
Natural history
75.0
Climate
Geography
26.6
Clock
Horology
118.6
William Pearson [11]
Clover
Agriculture
19.0
Richard Watson Dickson
Coal
Natural history
75.0
John Farey, Sr.
Coast
Geography
15.2
Cochin China
Geography
16.1
Coin
Commerce
23.
Patrick Kelly
Cold
Physiology
25.0
Volume 9 [ ]
Collision – Corne Vol 9, 1807/8
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Colony
Government
29.4
Colour-making in Calico Printing
Natural Philosophy
30.7
James Thomson
Coluber
Zoology
36.7
Columba
Orinithology
14.9
Edward Donovan
Comet
Astronomy
35.8
Commerce
Commerce
25.1
Common
Agriculture
27.3
Compass
Natural Philosophy
16.9
Compensation-Balance
Horology
31.1
William Pearson [11]
Composition in painting
Painting
15.6
John Flaxman [9]
Conchology
Conchology
64.1
Edward Donovan
Concord
Music
16.9
John Farey, Sr.
Conferva
Botany
16.8
William Wood [8]
Conic Sections
Mathematics
32.0
James Ivory
Construction
Military
65.3
James Glenie
Convolvulus
Botany
28.0
William Wood [8]
Conyza
Botany
15.5
William Wood [8]
Cook, James
Biography
43.9
Copper
Mineralogy
29.7
Corn Laws
Rural Economy
63.1
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Volume 10 [ ]
Cornea – Czyrcassy Vol 10, 1808
Volume 11 [ ]
D – Dissimilitude Vol 11, 1808
Volume 12 [ ]
Dissimulation – Eloane Vol 12, 1809
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Dog
Zoology
26.3
Dramatic machinery
Theatre
15.0
Dropsy
Medicine
17.6
Druids
Miscellaneous
18.6
Drunkenness
Physiology
15.2
Dublin
Geography
16.0
Duck
Ornithology
21.0
Edward Donovan
Dyeing
Dyeing (history of)
15.9
Charles Taylor
Dynamics
Physics
19.4
Tiberius Cavallo
Ear
Anatomy
43.8
Earth
Astronomy
71.0
Earthquake
Natural history
28.4
Eclipse
Astronomy
57.9
Egypt
Geography
33.0
Electrical experiments
Electricity
35.9
Electrical machine
Electricity
16.2
Volume 13 [ ]
Elocution – Extremities Vol 13, 1809
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Embankment
Agriculture
26.0
Richard Watson Dickson
Embryo
Anatomy
23.0
Enamelling
Arts - Technological
15.8
Edmund Turrell
England
Geography
38.8
Engraving
Arts - Technological
48.0
Entomology
Entomology
116.0
Signed D, for Donovan
Equations
Algebra
51.0
Equatorial instrument
Astronomy
68.0
William Pearson [11]
Escapement
Horology
47.7
William Pearson [11]
Exchange
Commerce
29.5
Patrick Kelly
Extremities
Anatomy
79.0
Volume 14 [ ]
Extrinsic – Food Vol 14, 1810
Volume 15 [ ]
Food – Generation Vol 15, 1810
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Force
Mechanics
39.7
John Pond
Foundry
Technology
16.3
Fracture
Surgery
71.2
Fragaria
Botany
15.5
James Edward Smith
France
History
42.6
French school of engraving
Arts
224.7
John Landseer
Function
Analysis
51.5
Fungus
Surgery
18.8
Furnace
Technology
16.2
Furs
Commerce
26.3
Galvanism
Electricity
17.2
Charles Sylvester
Gangrene
Medicine
16.1
Gate
Rural Economy
18.9
Richard Watson Dickson
Gems, engraving of
Arts
24.7
Charles Konig John Flaxman ?[9]
Gems
Miscellaneous
18.6
Charles Konig
Volume 16 [ ]
Generation – Gretna Green Vol 16, 1810–11
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Generation (Reproduction )
Physiology
131.5
Geometry
Geometry
26.0
Georgian planet (Uranus )
Astronomy
33.3
German School of Engraving
Arts
68.2
John Landseer
Germany
Geography
24.6
Gland
Anatomy
32.5
Glass
Chemistry
43.0
Gonorrhoea
Surgery
22.9
Gout
Medicine
24.0
Graduation of instruments
Astronomy
34.2
Graecia
Ancient geography
18.4
Grammar
Grammar
59.0
Grass
Agriculture
20.0
Richard Watson Dickson
Grassland
Rural Economy
19.4
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Gravitation
Natural Philosophy
29.0
Grazing
Agriculture
25.4
Richard Watson Dickson
Greek language
Language
22.0
Volume 17 [ ]
Gretry – Hibe Vol 17, 1811
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Gryllus
Entomology
25.1
Gun-shot wounds
Surgery
24.3
Gunnery
Warfare
19.4
James Glenie
Gunpowder
Manufactures
18.2
Gutta Serena
Surgery
24.0
Haemorrhage
Surgery
26.0
Heart
Anatomy
87.0
Heat
Natural philosophy
22.4
Helix
Conchology
24.8
Edward Donovan
Hernia
Surgery
81.6
Heron
Ornithology
15.0
Edward Donovan
Volume 18 [ ]
Hibiscus – Increment Vol 18, 1811
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Hindoostan
Geography
23.0
History
History
16.3
Hop
Agriculture
17.3
Horse
Menage
31.0
Hospital
Miscellaneous
27.6
Hunting
Sports & Games
25.6
Delabere Pritchett Blaine
Husbandry
Rural economy
38.1
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Hydrocele
Surgery
22.8
Hydrocephalus
Medicine
17.4
Hygrometry
Natural philosophy
16.0
Hydrophobia
Medicine
17.4
Hyperbolic logarithms
Mathematics
45.0
Jews
History
17.8
Imagination, Influence of, on the corporeal Frame
Medicine
20.9
Thomas Bateman
Volume 19 [ ]
Increments – Kilmes Vol 19, 1811
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Increments, Method of
Analysis
20.5
Incubation
Comparative anatomy
43.0
Infants, diseases of
Medicine
26.0
Inoculation
Surgery
23.4
Insects
Entomology
67.1
Edward Donovan
Insurance on lives
Insurance
15.1
Integuments
Anatomy
39.5
Intellectual education
Education
47.2
Interest
Commerce
21.3
Jones, Sir W.
Biography
15.3
Ireland
Geography
31.0
Iron
Technology
38.8
David Mushet
Isoperimetry
Mathematics
18.4
Italian school of engraving
Arts
127
John Landseer
Kidney
Anatomy
25.5
Volume 20 [ ]
Kiln – Light Vol 20, 1812
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Labour
Mid-wifery
16.5
Robert Bland
Lacedaeminians
Antiquity
22.8
Language
Miscellaneous
39.2
Larynx
Anatomy
24.2
Latitude
Astronomy
22.7
Lava
Mineralogy
16.3
Laying-down to Grass
Agriculture
16.6
Richard Watson Dickson
Leaf
Botany
15.9
James Edward Smith
Leprosy
Medicine
22.7
Lichenes
Botany
16.5
James Edward Smith
Life-annuities
Insurance
38.9
William Morgan
Life
Physiology
32.0
Light, exhibition of by living animals
Zoology
22.6
Light
Natural philosophy
40.8
Volume 21 [ ]
Light-house – Machinery Vol 21, 1812
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Lime
Mineralogy
47.2
Linen
Manufactures
24.1
Lithotomy
Medicine
33.7
Liver
Anatomy
26.0
Lizard
Natural History
20.1
Logarithms
Mathematics
53.0
London
Geography
62.9
Longitude
Geography
111.7
Low countries, engraving of
Art
191.8
John Landseer
Lues Veneria
Medicine
54.7
Lungs
Anatomy
48.1
Luxation
Medicine
44.6
Machine
Mechanics
15.7
Machinery
Mechanics
43.3
Volume 22 [ ]
Machinery – Mattheson Vol 22, 1812
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Machinery for manufacturing ships' blocks
Manufactures
36.1
John Farey, Jr.
Magnet
Natural philosophy
28.1
Mammalia, anatomy of
Comparative anatomy
171.9
Man
Natural History
111.7
Manufacture of cotton
Manufactures
54.7
James Thomson and John Farey, Jr. ; revisiting 1808's "Cotton manufacture "[3]
Manure
Agriculture
47.2
Richard Watson Dickson
Marble
Mineralogy
30.5
Mars
Astronomy
55.0
Materia Medica
Materia Medica
46.6
Mathematics
Mathematics
20.1
Volume 23 [ ]
Matthew – Monsoon Vol 23, 1812/3
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Medals
Commerce
43.6
Medicine
Medicine
43.6
Membrane
Anatomy
35.5
Mercury
Astronomy
26.0
Mercury
Chemistry
21.0
Meridional parts
Navigation
16.4
Andrew Mackay
Metastasio
Biography
17.8
Charles Burney
Mexico
Geography
31.7
Microscope
Miscellaneous
29.9
Mill-work
Technology
16.8
John Farey, Jr.
Mill
Technology
15.0
John Farey, Jr.
Milton, J.
Biography
15.0
Mineralogy
Mineralogy
16.8
Mining, history of
Technology
24.8
John Taylor
Money
Commerce
35.5
Volume 24 [ ]
Monster – Newton-in-the-Willows Vol 24, 1813
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Monster
Anatomy
28.9
Moon
Astronomy
40.4
Moory Earth
Agriculture
18.8
Richard Watson Dickson
Moral Education
Education
65.9
Morocco
Geography
21.5
Mortality, bill of
Law
16.0
Mossy Land
Agriculture
16.1
Richard Watson Dickson
Motacilla
Ornithology
18.7
Motion
Physics
15.7
Mountain
Geography
22.6
Musca
Entomology
28.6
Muscle
Anatomy
80.6
Nervous system
Anatomy
106.2
Volume 25 [ ]
Newtonian Philosophy – Ozunusze Vol 25, 1813
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Norfolk
Geography
20.0
Norwich
Geography
19.1
Notation
Arithmetic
19.1
Number
Arithmetic
18.0
Numbers, planetary
Astronomy
40.3
William Pearson [11]
Oak-tree
Agriculture
16.1
Richard Watson Dickson
Observatory
Astronomy
22.6
William Pearson [11]
Ogham characters
Cryptology
16.2
William Blair
Ophthalmy
Medicine
20.6
Organ
Music
22.1
Orkney Islands
Geography
15.5
Orrery
Astronomy
63.3
William Pearson [11]
Ossian
Poetry
16.8
Otaheite
Geography
15.8
Oxford
Geography
42.8
Volume 26 [ ]
P – Perturbation Vol 26, 1813/4
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Painting, the art of
Art
69.2
Paper
Manufactures
47.0
Papilio
Entomology
53.8
Edward Donovan
Paring & Burning
Agriculture
22.7
Richard Watson Dickson
Paris
Geography
15.3
Passiflora
Botany
16.5
James Edward Smith
Passion
Philosophy
17.3
Pelargonium
Botany
15.5
James Edward Smith
Pendulum
Dynamics
25.2
Persia
Geography
20.7
Perspective
Art
56.3
Peter Nicholson
Volume 27 [ ]
Pertussis – Poetics Vol 27, 1814
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Peru
Geography
22.8
Petrifications
Natural history
16.5
Phalaena
Entomology
26.8
Philosophy
Philosophy
215.7
Phosphorus
Chemistry
25.9
Physical education
Education
44.5
Picture
Arts
15.8
Plague
Medicine
24.0
Planetarium
Astronomy
28.3
William Pearson
Planetary machines, an historical account of
Astronomy
30.2
William Pearson
Planet
Astronomy
19.5
Plantation
Rural economy
15.5
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Plants
Botany
71.2
James Edward Smith
Platonism
Philosophy
17.8
Plough
Agriculture
20.5
Richard Watson Dickson
Volume 28 [ ]
Poetry – Punjoor Vol 28, 1814
Volume 29 [ ]
Punishment – Repton Vol 29, 1814/5
Volume 30 [ ]
Republic – Rzemien Vol 30, 1815
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Resistance of fluids
Mechanics
16.0
Respiration
Physiology
43.6
Revenue
Government
18.4
Revolution
Politics
21.9
Rigging
Naval matters
28.7
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Road
Rural Economy
31.6
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Rock
Geology
17.6
Rome, Roman Empire, etc
History
43.3
Roof
Architecture
24.1
Root
Arithmetic
27.9
Rope-making
Manufactures
35.4
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Rosa
Botany
21.9
James Edward Smith
Rotation
Mechanics
18.1
Rubus
Botany
17.5
James Edward Smith
Russia
Geography
56.7
Volume 31 [ ]
S – Scotium Vol 31, 1815
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Sail and sail-making
Naval affairs
51.3
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Sailing
Naval affairs
27.2
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Salix
Botany
43.1
James Edward Smith
Salt
Manufactures
27.7
Salt-Brine Springs
Rural economy
15.5
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Salt, as manure
Agriculture
18.7
Richard Watson Dickson
Salts
Chemistry
30.3
Satellites
Astronomy
157.2
William Pearson
Saturn
Astronomy
46.1
Saxifraga
Botany
16.2
James Edward Smith
Saxons
History
16.4
Scarabaeus
Entomology
20.8
Edward Donovan
Schools
Education
22.0
Volume 32 [ ]
Scotland – Sindy Vol 32, 1815/6
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Scotland
Geology
60.8
Sculpture
Arts
74.8
Scurvy
Medicine
16.8
Series
Analysis
32.5
Shakespeare, Wm
Biography
20.5
Sheep
Agriculture
119.2
Robert Bakewell
Ship-building
Naval affairs
161.3
George Glover; possibly pseudonymous[10]
Silene
Botany
16.1
James Edward Smith
Silver
Mining
18.5
Volume 33 [ ]
Sines – Starboard Vol 33, 1816
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Sines
Mathematics
81.0
Slave trade
Miscellaneous
36.1
Small-pox
Medicine
26.0
Soil
Agriculture
41.2
Richard Watson Dickson
Spain
Geography
26.1
Speculum
Astronomy
14.9
William Pearson [11]
Spine
Anatomy
21.9
Springs
Natural History
48.0
Standard
Commerce
15.6
Patrick Kelly
Star
Astronomy
65.4
Volume 34 [ ]
Starch – Szydlow Vol 34, 1816
Volume 35 [ ]
T – Toleration Vol 35, 1817
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Tax
Government
15.0
Teeth, diseases of
Physiology
20.0
Telegraph
Miscellaneous
22.2
Telescope
Astronomy
161.8
William Pearson [11]
Theodolite
Surveying
16.1
William Pearson .[11] Plate X for "Surveying - Theodolite" is an 1811 survey of Pearson's estate in Mortlake , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , which became Temple Grove School .[13]
Thermometer
Natural philosophy
42.8
Tides
Natural philosophy
24.1
Timber
Rural economy
34.8
Richard Watson Dickson
Tithes, as Obstructions to Agriculture
Agriculture
17.0
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Volume 36 [ ]
Tolerium – Vermelho Vol 36, 1817
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Trifolium
Botany
28.5
James Edward Smith
Trigonometry
Triginometry
27.4
Tumours
Surgery
18.6
Turning
Manufactures
19.6
Turnip
Agriculture
26.9
Richard Watson Dickson
Variation of magnetic needle
Naval affairs
25.0
Veins, metallic and mineral
Geology
16.1
Venus
Astronomer
23.7
Volume 37 [ ]
Vermes – Waterloo Vol 37, 1817/8
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Vermes
Anatomy
87.5
Veronica
Botany
25.0
James Edward Smith
Versification
Poetry
53.5
Henry Parker
Viola
Botany
24.0
James Edward Smith
Vitis
Gardening
24.4
Richard Watson Dickson ?
Ulcer
Surgery
30.5
Union
Government
32.3
United States
Geography
23.5
Volcano
Geology
51.0
Urethra, strictures
Medicine
20.0
Urinary calculi
Surgery
15.0
Urine, incontinence
Surgery
32.0
Urtica
Botany
18.4
James Edward Smith
Watches
Horology
33.8
William Pearson
Water
Geography
20.7
Volume 38 [ ]
Water – Wzetin Vol 38, 1818
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Waters, Natural
Chemistry
17.2
Water, Raising of
Manufactures
201.5
John Farey, Jr.
Watering of land
Agriculture
22.4
Richard Watson Dickson
Watson, Richard
Biography
18.3
Weaving
Manufactures
28.0
John Duncan
Weed
Agriculture
27.9
Richard Watson Dickson
Weight
Physics
21.3
Westminster
Geography
21.7
Wheat
Agriculture
25.6
Richard Watson Dickson
Wheel
Manufactures
29.2
White-swelling
Surgery
15.4
Wind-mill
Manufactures
14.6
John Farey, Jr.
Wind
Meteorology
20.3
Wine
Manufactures
28.9
Wollen manufacture
Manufactures
75.8
Robert Bakewell
Wool
Manufactures
30.7
Robert Bakewell
Worsted manufacture
Manufactures
20.1
Robert Bakewell
Wounds
Surgery
98.7
Volume 39 [ ]
X – Zytomiers with Addenda and Corrigenda Vol 39, 1818–20
Article
Classification
Columns
Contributor/Notes
Zenith
Astronomy
21.1
Anemone
Botany
17.0
James Edward Smith
Crystallography
Crystallography
23.0
Mineralogy
Mineralogy
74.4
Printing, Calico
Manufactures
18.7
James Thomson
Quarantine
Medicine
20.0
See also [ ]
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