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Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

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The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences was an encyclopedia edited by Temple Henry Croker. It is notable for being published in Coventry – the first English encyclopedia published outside London.[1]

Publication began in April 1765 with the issuance of the first of what were eventually 150 three-page sheets that were eventually collected into a folio dated 1764–1766.[1]

Other contributors included Thomas Williams, MD, who provided articles on medicine, anatomy and chemistry, and Samuel Clark who provided articles on mathematics. Nevertheless, the work was largely a plagiarization of Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia, or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Collison, Robert Lewis. Encyclopaedias: Their History throughout the Ages; a Bibliographical Guide with Extensive Historical Notes to the General Encyclopaedias Issued throughout the World from 350 B.C. to the Present Day. New York, Hafner, 1966, p. 108.
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