In part, it was conceived in reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d ' Alembert ( published 1751 – 1772 ), which had been inspired by Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( first edition 1728 ).

The Encyclopédie was originally conceived as a French translation of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( 1728 ).

Longman entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Osborn, who held one-sixth of the shares in Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( 1728 ).

Among the precursors of Chambers's Cyclopaedia was John Harris's Lexicon Technicum, of 1704 ( later editions from 1708 through 1744 ).

* Yeo, Richard R. " A Solution to the Multitude of Books: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia ( 1728 ) as " the Best Book in the Universe.

The Lexicon Technicum was long very popular, enduring through at least 1744 as the main rival of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia.

* Chambers, Robert ( 1880 ), Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature, ( New York: American Book Exchange )

He also produced novels, plays and scientific works ; and was a major contributor to the supplement of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia.

Chambers, Robert ( 1880 ), Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature, New York ; American Book Exchange.

Initially, the International Cyclopaedia was largely a reprint of Alden's Library of Universal Knowledge, which was a reprint of the British Chambers's Encyclopaedia with American additions ( including many biographical entries for Americans ).

Groome later became sub-editor of Chambers's Encyclopaedia ; joint-editor of the 1897 edition of Chamber's Dictionary of Biography and is perhaps best remembered for his six volume Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland which appears in full at the Gazetteer of Scotland Web Site.

Although none of the characters in Chambers's book describe the plot of the play, Kevin Ross fabricated a plot for the play within the Call of Cthulhu mythos.

Her last work was a sketch of the " History of the Jews in England ," written for " Chambers's Miscellany.

An admission of this motive appears in the preface to Chambers's 1964 mathematical tables: " those that are known to exist form an uncomfortable trap for any would-be plagiarist ".

According to the writers of Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Orffyreus's wheel, " but for its strange effect on's Gravesande, would have been forgotten long ago ".

He wrote many articles for Chambers's Encyclopaedia, and two-" Palimpsests " and " Papyrus "-for the Encyclopædia Britannica.

For his design for the building, architect Charles Bulfinch was inspired by two buildings of London: William Chambers's Somerset House, and James Wyatt's Pantheon.

The day arrives for Mr. Chambers's excursion to the Kanamits ' planet.

Andrew Findlater ( 1810-1 January 1885 ) was a Scottish editor notable for his work on Chambers's Encyclopaedia.

In this capacity he gave evidence of qualities and acquirements that marked him as a suitable editor for Chambers's Encyclopaedia, then projected, and his was the directing mind that gave it its character.

Charles Knight created it for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in response to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which started two months earlier.

Also, the " Temple of Bellona " was a popular choice of name for the small mock-temples that were a popular feature of eighteenth and nineteenth century English landscaped gardens ( e. g. William Chambers's 1760 Temple of Bellona for Kew Gardens, a small Doric temple with a four-column facade to contain plaques honouring those who served in the Seven Years War of 1756 – 64 ).

The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d ' Alembert owed its inception to a French translation of Chambers's work.

He read biology articles in the Chambers's Encyclopaedia, which introduced him to the work of Charles Darwin.

However, it was Chambers's palladian and neoclassical concepts which most influenced the young Gandon.

In 1825 he published an edition of Sir William Chambers's Treatise on Civil Architecture ; and among his other principal contributions to the literature of his profession are a translation of the Architecture of Vitruvius ( 1826 ), a Treatise on the Rudiments of Architecture, Practical and Theoretical ( 1826 ), and his valuable Encyclopaedia of Architecture ( 1842 ), which was published with additions by Wyatt Papworth in 1867.

" Especially are we indebted to the famous Chambers's Encyclopaedia ... With its publishers we have arranged to draw upon its stores as freely as we have found it of advantage so to do.

In June 1775, soon after the Battle of Lexington, local troops were raised to fight the British in the American Revolution under the command of Benjamin Chambers's eldest son Captain James Chambers, as part of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.

Chambers's biographer Sam Tanenhaus wrote that Lenin's authoritarianism was " precisely what attracts Chambers ...

Only in November 1945, when Elizabeth Bentley defected and corroborated much of Chambers's story, did the FBI begin to take Chambers seriously.

* Chambers's Encyclopædia, W. and R Chambers, London 1863, Vol V. Page 729.

The Chambers Dictionary ( TCD ) was first published by W. and R. Chambers as Chambers's English Dictionary in 1872.

One of Chambers's most famous pupils, Thomas Hardwick Jr, helped build parts of the building during his period of training and later wrote a short biography of Chambers.

Chambers's Encyclopaedia was founded in 1860 by W. & R. Chambers.

Its synopsis is similar to Chambers's imaginary play: a masquerade is held by decadent members of the aristocracy.

Because Chambers's fort was otherwise lightly defended, the authorities attempted to remove the cannons to prevent them from being captured by Indians and used against other forts.

The same story pattern appears in numerous other cultures: Tom Tit Tot in England ( from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs ), Whuppity Stoorie in Scotland ( from Robert Chambers's Popular Rhymes of Scotland ), Gilitrutt in Iceland, Joaidane جعيدان in Arabic ( he who talks too much ), Khlamushka Хламушка ( junker ) in Russia, Rampelnik in Czech Republic, Martinko Klingáč in Slovakia, Ruidoquedito ( meaning " little noise ") in South America, Pancimanci in Hungary ( from A Csodafurulya by Kolozsvari Grandpierre Emil ), Cvilidreta ( whine-screamer ) in Croatia, Tremotino in Italy, Ootz-li Gootz-li עו ּ ץ-לי גו ּ ץ-לי in Israel ( a compact and rhymy touch to the original sentence and meaning of the story, " He advised me and then turned me into a joke "), Daiku to Oniroku ( daiku means " a carpenter ", to means " and ", and Oniroku is an ogre's name ), or " 大工と鬼六 " in Japan.

The forecourt was bounded by the house on one side, with wings of fake doors and windows extending to form the court, all accessed by Chambers's repositioned arch, crowned by a copy of the life-size equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.

It was an expanded version of Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of 1867, compiled by James Donald.

A second edition came out in 1898, and was followed in 1901 by a new compact edition called Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary.

The modern Chambers's was published in 15 volumes in 1950 by George Newnes.

Both Chambers's and Bentley's defection were probably in part motivated by fear of the example set in the Juliet Poyntz case.