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• A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes (2 text; 1 plates); London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1806-1807), by G. Gregory, illust. by Samuel John Neele, Robert Cooper, and Charles Heath
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • plate volume: multiple formats at archive.org
• A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second American edition from the last London edition; New York: Pub. for W.T. Robinson by Collins and Co., 1821-1822), by G. Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (16 volumes (13 dictionary and 3 atlas volumes), in French; 1844-1849), by Charles d' Orbigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Természettudományi Szóhalmaz (scientific dictionary between Hungarian and other languages; Budán: Magyar Királyi Egyetem, 1843), by Pál Bugát (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (second American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1818), by William Nicholson
  • Volume I (A - Are): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Are - Bub): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume III (Bob - Con): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume IV (Con - Ell): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Ell - Gib): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VI (Gif - Iro): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VII (Iro - Med): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VIII (Med - Nic): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume IX (Nic - Pho): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume X (Pho - Ryn): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XI (S - Sur): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XII (Sur - Zyg): page images at HathiTrust
• American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (third American edition, 12 volumes; Philadelphia: Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819-1821), by William Nicholson
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 1 (A - Areometer): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Areopagus - Bubon): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Bubroma - Conchoid): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Conchology - Ell): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Ellipsis - Gibbous): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (Gift - Iron): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (Iron-Foundery - Medallion): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 8 (Medeola - Nicandria): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 9 (Niceron - Phlogiston article start): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 10 (Phlogiston article end - Rynchops): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 11 (S - Surgery article start): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 12 (Surgery article end - Zygophyllum; corrections and additions): page images at HathiTrust
• The British Encyclopedia: or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge (6 volumes; London: Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman et al., 1809), by William Nicholson, illust. by Wilson Lowry and John Scott
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 1 (A - Bubon): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Bubroma - Ell): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Ellipsis - Irregular): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Irrigation - Nicandria): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Niceron - Rynchops, title page notwithstanding): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (S - Zygophyllum; corrections and additions): multiple formats at archive.org
• The micrographic dictionary; a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects (J. Van Voorst, 1883), by John William Griffith, T. Rupert Jones, M. J. Berkeley, and Arthur Henfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Natural history in Shakespeare's time; being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it. (E. Stock, 1896), by H. W. Seager (page images at HathiTrust)
• American edition of the British encyclopedia, or Dictionary of arts and sciences, comprising an accurate and popular view of the present improved state of human knowledge. (S. A. Mitchell & H. Ames, 1816), by William Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of biological terms; pronunciation, derivation, and definitions of terms in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, cytology, genetics, embryology, physiology (Van Nostrand, 1960), by I. F. Henderson, John H. Kenneth, and W. D. Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of natural history terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species. (L. Reeve & co., 1863), by David H. McNicoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• The micrographic dictionary : a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects (J. Van Voorst, 1871), by J. W. Griffith, T. Rupert Jones, M. J. Berkeley, P. Martin Duncan, and Arthur Henfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklærenden Anmerkungen (Nemnich; [etc., etc., 1793), by Philipp Andreas Nemnich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle (Chez Deterville, 1816), by Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences. (P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1894), by George M. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences ... (P. Blakiston's son & co., 1900), by George M. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. (F. G. Levrault;, 1816), by Frédéric Georges Cuvier, Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University), and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of scientific terms; pronunciation, derivation, and definition of terms in biology, botany, zoology and anatomy, cytology, embryology, physiology (D. Van Nostrand company, 1924), by I. F. Henderson and W. D. Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of scientific terms; pronunciation, derivation, and definition of terms in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, cytology, embryology, physiology (D. Van Nostrand company, inc., 1939), by I. F. Henderson, John H. Kenneth, and W. D. Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature : Rédigé par une société de naturalistes, sous la direction de M. F.-E. Guérin ... avec planches gravées sur acier d'après les dessins de MM. de Sainson et Fries ... (Au Bureau de souscription [Impr. de Cosson], 1835), by F.-É. Guérin-Méneville (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences ... (P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1910), by George M. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fondamenti della scienza fisico-chimica : applicati alla formazione dec̀orpi ed ai fenomeni della natura opera (Presso Giustino Pasquali q. Mario, 1802), by Vincenzo Dandolo (page images at HathiTrust)
• American edition of the British encyclopedia, or Dictionary of arts and sciences. (Mitchell, Ames and White, 1818), by William Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust)
• British encyclopedia; or, Dictionary of arts and sciences (Mitchell, Ames, and White;, 1819), by William Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The student's natural history (C. Griffin, 1863), by William Baird (page images at HathiTrust)
• The young folks' cyclopædia of natural history (H. Holt and company, 1905), by John Denison Champlin and Frederic A. Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British cyclopædia of natural history : combining a scientific classification of animals, plants, and minerals : with a popular view of their habits, economy, and structure (Orr & Smith, 1835), by Charles Frederick Partington (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British cyclopædia of natural history: combining a scientific classification of animals, plants, and minerals. (Orr & Smith, 1835), by Charles Frederick Partington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire raisonné, etymologique, synonymique et polyglotte des termes usités dans les sciences naturelles ... (J.B. Baillière, 1834), by A. J. L. Jourdan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A cyclopeadia of the natural sciences. (R. Griffin and company, 1858), by William Baird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle ... (Renard, 1843), by Charles d' Orbigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• A lexicon of terms used in natural history; prepared for schools, colleges and families. (Lippincott, Grambo & co., 1850), by W. S. W. Ruschenberger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The micrographic dictionary; a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects. (J. Van Voorst, 1875), by John William Griffith, P. Martin Duncan, T. Rupert Jones, M. J. Berkeley, and Arthur Henfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire pittorosque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature ... (Paris, Au Bureau de souscription [Impr. de Cosson], 1834), by F.-É. Guérin-Méneville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles : présentant la définition, l'analyse et l'histoire de tous les êtres qui composent les trois règnes, leurs application générale aux arts, à l'agriculture, à la médicine, à l'économie domestique, etc. (Meline, Cans et Ce., 1853), by Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Buffon, Daubenton, Lacépède, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Latreille, De Jussieu, Brongniart, etc., etc. (E. Girard et A. Boitte, 1860), by Jean Charles Chenu and E. Desmarest (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mende natural history vocabulary. (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1913), by F. W. H. Migeod (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire raisonné universel d'histoire naturelle, contenant l'histoire des animaux, des végétaux et des minéraux, et celle des corps célestes, des météores, & des autres principaux phénomenes de la nature (Didot, 1764), by M. Valmont-Bomare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle (Rey et Gravier, Libraries-Editeurs, Auai des Augustins, no. 55; Baudouin Frèrer, Libraries-Editeurs, Imprimeurs de la société D'Histoire Naturelle, Rue de Vaugirard, no. 36, 1822), by M. Bory de Saint-Vincent and Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle (Au bureau principal des éditeurs, 1841), by Charles d' Orbigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopaedia of the Natural Sciences (London, C. Griffin, 1858), by William Baird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle : résumant et complétant tous les faits présentés par les encyclopédies, les anciens dictionnaires scientifiques, les Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, et les meilleurs traités spéciaux sur les diverses branches des sciences nautrelles ; donnant la description des etres et des divers phénomènes de la nature, l'étymologie et la définition des noms scientifiques, et les principales applications des corps organiques et inorganiques à l'agriculture, à la médecine, aux arts industriels, etc. (Au bureau principal des éditeurs, rue de Seine-St.-Germain, 47, 1842), by Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny and Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes . (F. G. Levrault;, 1816), by Frédéric Cuvier, Open Content Alliance, Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University), and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle: atlas. (L. Houssiaux et cie, 1861), by Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. (A. Pilon et cie, 1867), by Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny and Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wörterbuch der biologie. Von dr. Heinrich Schmidt. (A. Kröner, 1912), by Heinrich Schmidt and Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fondamenti della scienza chimico-fisica : applicati alla formazione de' corpi ed ai fenomeni della natura opera (Dalla Tipografia Milanese di Tosi e Nobile, 1802), by Vincenzo Dandolo (page images at HathiTrust)
• The micrographic dictionary : a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects (John Van Voorst, 1856), by J. W. Griffith, Arthur Henfrey, Shiu-min Block, and David M. Block (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, résumant et complétant tous les faits présentés par les encyclopédies ... (L. Houssiaux et cie, 1861), by Charles d' Orbigny (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles : présentant la définition, l'analyse et l'histoire de tous les être qui composent les trois règnes ... résumant tous les faits présentés par les dictionnaires d'histoire naturelle, augmenté des nombreuses découvertes aquises depuis la publication de ces ouvrages (Meline, cans et compagnie, 1837), by Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez and M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handwoerterbuch der Naturwissenschaften. (G. Fischer, 1912), by Gottlob Eduard Linck and E. Korschelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle, et des phʹenomènes de la nature. (Au Bureau de souscription [Impr. de Cosson], 1833), by F.-E. Guérin-Méneville (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences : including the pronunciation, accentuation, derivation, and definition of the terms used in medicine, anatomy, surgery ... etc., and the various sciences closely related to medicine, bacteriology, parasitology, microscopy, botany, zoölogy, dentistry, pharmacy, chemistry, hygiene, electricity, veterinary medicine, etc. (P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1903), by George M. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle; ou, traité complet de cette science d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Buffon, Daubenton, Lacépède, G. Cuvier, F. Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Latreille, De Jussieu, Brongniart, etc. (Marescq, etc., pref., 1860), by Jean Charles Chenu and E. Desmarest (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's encyclopedia of natural history : profusely illustrated. (Published for the Booksellers Union, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle. Table alphabétique des noms vulgaires et scientifiques de tous les sujets décrits et figurés dans cette encyclopédie. (Firmin Didot Frères, 1874), by Jean Charles Chenu (page images at HathiTrust)
• The micrographic dictionary : a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects (John van Voorst, 1860), by John William Griffith (page images at HathiTrust)
• An illustrated dictionary of medicine, biology and allied sciences : including the pronunciation, accentuation, derivation, and definition of the terms used in medicine, anatomy, surgery ... (P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1896), by George M. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionnaire-manuel-illustré des sciences usuelles: astronomie, mécanique, art militaire, physique, météorologie, chimie, biologie, anatomie, physiologie, zoologie, botanique, géologie, minéralogie, microbiologie, médecine, hygiène, agriculture, industrie. (Colin, 1917), by Emile Bouant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles : présentant la définition, l'analyse et l'histoire de tous les êtres qui composent les trois règnes, leur application générale aux arts, à l'agriculture, à la médecine,à l'économie domestique, etc.; résumant tous les faits présentés par les dictionnaires d'histoire naturelle; augmenté des nombreuses découvertes acquises depuis la publication de ces ouvrages (Meline, Cans, 1837), by Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez, Bory de Saint-Vincent (Jean Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin), Cans, and Meline (page images at HathiTrust)
• The micrographic dictionary : a guide to the examination and investigation of the structure and nature of microscopic objects (J. Van Voorst, 1883), by J. W. Griffith, T. Rupert Jones, M. J. Berkeley, and Arthur Henfrey (page images at HathiTrust)

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