4
Chambers’s dict. of arts & sciences.
2. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 36, as above.
CHAMBERS,
Ephraim.
Cyclopaedia, or An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences . . . The
Seventh Edition, corrected and amended.
London: Printed for
W. Innys [and others],
1751-2.
2 vol. Folio. Frontispiece, plates, diagrams. A copy of this edition was not seen.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Ephraim Chambers, c. 1680-1740, English encyclopedist, issued the first edition of his
Encyclopaedia by subscription in 1728. This work procured for the compiler his election as a member of the Royal Society, and was several
times reprinted. A French translation of this work gave rise to the
Encyclopédie
of Diderot and D’Alembert, q.v. no. 4890.
[4892]
5
Dictionary of arts & sciences.
4. v.
8
vo.
Owen.
1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 6, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Oven.
[
sic
--
Ed.
] 4 v 8vo.
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All The Branches of Useful Knowledge, with Accurate Descriptions
as well of the various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes necessary for illustrating them, as of The Classes,
Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, or Fluids; Together
with The Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and other remarkable Places throughout the World. Illustrated with above Three
Hundred Copper-Plates, engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty. The Whole extracted from the Best Authors in all Languages. By a Society of Gentlemen. The
Second Edition, With many Additions, and other Improvements . . . Vol I. [-IV.]
London: Printed for
W. Owen, at Homer’s Head, in Fleet-street.
m dcc lxiii. [-
m dcc lxiv.]
[1763-1764.]
AE5 .N43 1764
4 vol. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece in Vol. I by C. Grignion after S. Wale, full-page and folded plates throughout by T. Jefferys, folded printed table in Vol. I, signatures and pagination continuous throughout the 4 volumes.
This work is entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
50., and was therefore probably acquired when he was in Paris.
It was in use by him before October 2, 1785, on which day he wrote from Paris to the Rev. James Madison at William & Mary
College: “
I have duly received your favor of April 10. by m(
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r)
Mazzei. you therein speak of a new method of raising water by steam which you suppose will come into general use. I know
of no new method of that kind and suppose, (as you say that the account you have received of it as very imperfect)
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
that some person has represented to you as new a fire engine erected at Paris & which supplies the greater part of the town
with water. but this is nothing more than the fire engine you have seen described in the books of Hydraulics & particularly
in the dict. of arts and sciences published in 8
vo. by Owen, the idea of which was first taken from Papin’s digester. it would have been better called the Steam engine. the
force of the steam of water you know is immense. in this engine it is made to exert itself towards the working of pumps. that
of Paris is I believe the largest known, raising 400,000 cubic feet (French) of water in 24 hours: or rather, I should have
said, those of Paris, for
