Content Rees's_Cyclopædia

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1.1 citation style
1.2 references in rees s cyclopaedia articles
1.3 notable articles
1.4 biographical articles
1.5 music articles

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coincident appearance of volume 39, 39 volumes, through z, published set in 1819. primary publishers of set consortium of longman, hurst, rees (who apparently held equity share), orme, , brown, of paternoster row.

however, correct dating half-volume or fascicle (1802–1820) can have serious implications accuracy of citations modern writers, when discussing scientific priority: list compiled in 1820 in philosophical magazine designed give proper priority scientific discoveries. volumes of plates issued in blocks, , not texts refer.

botanical historian benjamin daydon jackson, unaware of list, attempted compile list based on contemporaneous advertisements in trade press, on dates appearing on plates (having assumed plates issued @ same time accompanying texts), , guesswork. published first list privately in 1877, issued corrected version in 1880, , final version appeared in journal of botany in 1896. 3 of jackson s dates accord 1820 dates listed above.

citation style

hundreds of articles in rees long, , work unpaginated, page reference not easy. following convention adopted rees project, , based on method described r. b. mckerrow. each gathering has 8 pages, , each page 2 columns. reference cited volume or half-volume details accurate date between 1802 , 1820, article title, , gathering s identifier, page, , column, separated colons. page containing gathering identifier (e.g., b ) page 1 in each gathering (e.g., page b:1 ). page 3 in each gathering typically contains gathering identifier plus figure 2 , should ignored (e.g., b2 appears on page b:3 ).

the account of bell-crank steam engine may referenced farey, jr., john (december 1816). steam engine . in rees, abraham. rees s cyclopædia. 34. london: andrew strahan. o:5:2.  ( o 8-page gathering s identifier.)

the gatherings in typical volume of rees identified follows. in each sequence letters j , w omitted , 1 letter u or v used not both together.

22 running b z
23 running aa zz
23 running 3a 3z
23 running 4a 4z
23 running 5a 5z or far needed

the david , charles reprint of of manufacturing articles paged, , many writers cite pagination, useless consulting original article full set. these reprints not comprehensive, omit short pieces under 350 words.

references in rees s cyclopaedia articles

the long encyclopaedic articles in rees commonly have note @ end of articles sources used in writing them. in other articles source references run text. these in short-title form need decoding. these in format of surname of author , 1 or 2 word abbreviation of book title. collected works treated.

thus, small example covering biography:

bayle = pierre bayle, dictionnaire historique et critique 1697
biog. brit. = william oldys, biographia britannica, 6 vol, 1774-1766
gen. biog. = john aikin et al. general biography or lives, critical , historical, of eminent persons of ages, countries, conditions, , professions, arranged according alphabetical order., 10 vol, 1799–1815
gen. dict. = thomas birch, general dictionary...[of biography], 10 vol, 1734–41
eloy, dict. hist. = nicholas francis joseph eloy, dictionnaire historique de la medicine ancienne @ moderne, 4 vol, 1778
haller, bib. bot. = albrecht von haller, bibliotheca botanica, 2 vol, 1771
haller, bib. chir. = albrecht von haller, bibliotheca chirurgica, 2 vol, 1774
haller, bib. anat. = albrecht von haller, bibliotheca anatomica, 2 vol, 1774
haller, bib. med. pract. = albrecht von haller, bibliotheca medicinae practicae, 4 vol, 1776–88
laborde = jean-benjamin françois de la borde, essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne 4 vol, 1780
moreri = louis moréri, le grand dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l histoire sacrée et profane 1674. encyclopaedia focused particularly on historical , biographical articles. translated english, german, italian, dutch , spanish. total of @ least 20 different editions published between 1674 (one volume) , 1759 (10 volumes).

other sources cited include philosophical transactions of royal society , similar scientific publications, commentaries relating biblical scholarship , accounts of travels.

notable articles

approximately 500 articles exceed 15 columns (11,000 words). longest article canal , john farey, sr., 289 columns (210,000 words). john landseer wrote 4 articles on schools of european engraving totalling on 600 columns (460,000 words).

biographical articles

rees s cyclopaedia has 3789 biographical articles half page (350 words) , longer, numerous briefer ones. range in time antiquity eighteenth century. benjamin heath malkin, , thomas rees noted having written biographical articles, there no information which. rest of authors cannot positively identified except william tooke, wrote catherine great. many of biographical articles sourced biographical reference books noted in 3.3 above. in cases christian names anglicised – john johannes, example.

the music articles

these written charles burney (1726–1814), additional material john farey, sr (1766–1826), , john farey, jr (1791–1851), , illustrated 53 plates numerous examples of music typset within articles. charles burney known author of general history of music, 4 vol 1776–1789 , 2 travel diaries recording musical tours collecting information in france , italy, , later germany, 1+2 vol, 1771 , 1773, commoration of handel, 1785 , musical memoirs of metastasio, 1796. john farey, sr polymath, known today work geologist , investigations of mathematics. interested in mathematics of sound, , schemes of temperamant used in tuning musical instruments then, , published in contemporary peridicals. son, john farey, jr, polymathic in interests. contributed numerous drawings illustrations of technological , scientific topics in rees, , have written descriptions of them. linked key-letters details of drawings. procedure have been farey make drawing first, after inspecting , measuring object, write description of it, key letters, engraved on plate final printing. plates dramatic machinery, organ , barrel organ him.