Encyclopaedia Britannica

Second Edition (1778)

The Second Edition contains 13,218 articles and 1,193 cross-references across 10 volumes (9,350,009 words total).

Volumes

Volume 1: ABATOR–ASSAYING
1,914 articles, 129 cross-refs , 23 treatises — 821.5K words
Volume 2: ATHENREE–BURTON
1,642 articles, 87 cross-refs , 21 treatises — 776.9K words

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Volume 3: CACTUS–CYAXARES
1,865 articles, 143 cross-refs , 24 treatises — 891.1K words
Volume 4: DAMASCENUS–FULLING
1,477 articles, 152 cross-refs , 34 treatises — 890.3K words

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Volume 5: GALLAND–JUGERUM
1,296 articles, 126 cross-refs , 28 treatises — 960.3K words
Volume 6: KEDES–MEAD
840 articles, 89 cross-refs , 23 treatises — 1.1M words
Volume 7: MELANCTHON–OPERA
858 articles, 77 cross-refs , 27 treatises — 873.1K words
Volume 8: ORCHIS–PNEUMATICS
708 articles, 69 cross-refs , 27 treatises — 875.4K words
Volume 9: POLISHER–SCORPENA
1,007 articles, 106 cross-refs , 25 treatises — 918.8K words
Volume 10: SEDLEY–ZAARA
1,611 articles, 215 cross-refs , 31 treatises — 1.3M words

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