Popular science, Arthur Mee, 1912.

Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences ... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages / By E. Chambers.

Liber de proprietatibus rerum / Bartholomei anglici.

Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

Everyman's encyclopaedia / edited by D.A. Girling.

Science and technology / Andrew Langley.

xxvii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Science in the Enlightenment : an encyclopedia / William E. Burns.

255 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm

Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments / by John FitzMaurice Mills.

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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

Everyman's encyclopaedia / edited by D.A. Girling.

Science and technology / Andrew Langley.

Science in the Enlightenment : an encyclopedia / William E. Burns.

Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments / by John FitzMaurice Mills.

Encyclopedias

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Encyclopedia of exploration, 1800 to 1850 : a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization between the years 1800 and 1850 / Raymond John Howgego.

Everyman's encyclopaedia / edited by D.A. Girling.

Science and technology / Andrew Langley.

Science in the Enlightenment : an encyclopedia / William E. Burns.

Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments / by John FitzMaurice Mills.

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