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THE

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

ELEVENTH EDITION

FIRSTedition,published inthreevolumes,1768-1771.
SECOND””ten”1777-1784.
THIRD””eighteen”1788-1797.
FOURTH””twenty”1801-1810.
FIFTH””twenty”1815-1817.
SIXTH””twenty”1823-1824.
SEVENTH””twenty-one”1830-1842.
EIGHTH””twenty-two”1853-1860.
NINTH””twenty-five”1875-1889.
TENTH”ninth edition and eleven supplementary volumes,1902-1903.
ELEVENTH”published in twenty-nine volumes,1910-1911.

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