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Rise and Fall of Encyclopedias

Patented: History of Inventions

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The Importance of an Alphabetical Dictionary

He knew that by doing an alphabetical book it would sort of be compared to a dictionary, so he did call it a universal dictionary. The single illustration for me that makes it work as an encyclopedia rather than just a dictionary is they've got a fantastic back and front illustration of the human body stripped,. not quite skeletal form, so there is still skin on. And basically it's a numbered thing which I imagine did exist before but maybe not in this kind of detail.

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