Today in 1740, Ephraim Chambers passed away. The first edition of his Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences appeared in 1728, and its success led to Chambers’ election to the Royal Society. The Encyclopédie of Diderot began as a French translation of Chambers’ work, though it eventually went far beyond the Cyclopaedia.
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