Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680 – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Chambers' Cyclopædia is known as the original source material for the French Encyclopédie that started off as a translation of Cyclopædia. (From Wikipedia)
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Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740: Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (original 2-volume edition, 1728, plus 1753 supplements) (searchable page images at Wisconsin)- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740: Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Knapton et al., 1728)
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740: Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explication of the Terms, and an Account of the Things Signified Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine (sixth edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al., 1750)
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, ed.: The Philosophical History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris: or, An Abridgment of All the Papers Relating to Natural Philosophy, Which Have Been Publish'd by the Members of That Illustrious Society from the Year 1699 to 1720; With Many Curious Observations Relating to the Natural History and Anatomy of Animals, &c. (5 volumes; London: J. and P. Knapton, 1742), by Académie des Sciences (France), also ed. by John Martyn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, trans.: The Practice of Perspective: or, An Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects According to the Rules of Art (third edition; London: Printed for T. Bowles and J. Bowles, 1743), by Jean Dubreuil
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, trans.: The Practice of Perspective: or, An Easy Method of Representing Natural Objects According to the Rules of Art (fourth edition; includes Hodgson's "Theory of Perspective"; London: Printed for J. and C. Bowles, 1765), by Jean Dubreuil, contrib. by James Hodgson
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, contrib.: A Supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al, 1753), ed. by George Lewis Scott
- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, trans.: A Treatise of Architecture: With Remarks and Observations, Necessary for Young People Who Would Apply Themselves to That Noble Art (London: R. Ware, 1732), by Sébastien Le Clerc, illust. by John Sturt
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Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740: Chambers's encyclopædia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. (J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)- Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740: Literary magazine, or, Select British library (s.n.], 1735) (page images at HathiTrust)
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