Encyclopaedia Britannica

Third Edition (1797)

The Third Edition contains 16,017 articles and 1,292 cross-references across 18 volumes (15,999,831 words total).

Volumes

Volume 1: ABALLABA–ANDROIDES
1,306 articles, 67 cross-refs , 24 treatises — 865.3K words
Volume 2: ANGURIA–BANIANS
1,321 articles, 82 cross-refs , 24 treatises — 892.1K words
Volume 3: BARDESANISTS–BUSTUARIAE NOCHAE
1,258 articles, 84 cross-refs , 26 treatises — 899.8K words
Volume 4: CABIRIA–CHURNING
1,122 articles, 52 cross-refs , 17 treatises — 880.4K words
Volume 5: CINNAMON-WATER–DEW
1,529 articles, 116 cross-refs , 32 treatises — 888.0K words

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Volume 6: DIASCORDIUM–ESSEX
814 articles, 75 cross-refs , 27 treatises — 899.1K words
Volume 7: EUODIA–GLOTTIS
1,018 articles, 101 cross-refs , 36 treatises — 896.6K words
Volume 8: GOLDEN RULE–HYDRAULICS
866 articles, 41 cross-refs , 37 treatises — 888.8K words
Volume 9: HYPATIA–LEPANTO
965 articles, 82 cross-refs , 34 treatises — 869.5K words
Volume 10: LEUK–MEAN
680 articles, 68 cross-refs , 29 treatises — 819.7K words
Volume 11: MEDIA–MIDSHIPMAN
199 articles, 17 cross-refs , 11 treatises — 865.7K words
Volume 12: MILETUS–NECTAR
509 articles, 45 cross-refs , 30 treatises — 824.6K words
Volume 13: NEOMAGUS–PARSNIP
746 articles, 57 cross-refs , 23 treatises — 897.4K words
Volume 14: PASTOPHORI–PLAGIARY
552 articles, 40 cross-refs , 25 treatises — 854.3K words
Volume 15: PLATING–RAMEKINS
665 articles, 69 cross-refs , 40 treatises — 890.4K words
Volume 16: RAPIER–SCLEROTICS
730 articles, 62 cross-refs , 21 treatises — 907.9K words
Volume 17: SCRUPLE–STRANGER
683 articles, 87 cross-refs , 36 treatises — 819.5K words
Volume 18: STUM–ZECCHIN
1,054 articles, 147 cross-refs , 35 treatises — 1.1M words