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See also: CHAMBERS, See also:EPHRAIM (d. 1740) , See also:English encyclopaedist, was See also:born at See also:Kendal, See also:Westmorland, in the latter See also:part of the 17th See also:century. He was apprenticed to a globe-maker in See also:London, but having conceived the See also:plan of his Cyclopaedia, or Universal See also:Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, he devoted himself entirely to it. The first edition appeared by subscription in 1728, in two vols. fol., and dedicated to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king (see See also:ENCYCLOPAEDIA). The Encyclopedie of See also:Diderot and d'See also:Alembert owed its inception to a See also:French See also:translation of Chambers's See also:work. In addition to the Cyclopaedia, Chambers wrote for the See also:Literary See also:Magazine (1735-1736), and translated the See also:History and See also:Memoirs of the Royal See also:Academy of Sciences at See also:Paris (1742), and the Practice of See also:Perspective from the French of See also:Jean Dubreuil. He died on the 15th of May 1740.
End of Article: CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
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