In Germany, practical reference works intended for the uneducated majority became popular in the 18th century. The Marperger Curieuses Natur-, Kunst-, Berg-, Gewerkund Handlungs-Lexicon (1712) explained terms that usefully described the trades and scientific and commercial education. Jablonksi Allgemeines Lexicon (1721) was better known than the Handlungs-Lexicon, and underscored technical subjects rather than scientific theory. For example, over five columns of text were dedicated to wine, while geometry and logic were allocated only twenty-two and seventeen lines, respectively. The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1771) was modelled along the same lines as the German lexicons.
জাবলনস্কি আলজেমিন্স লেক্সিকন (১৭২১) কি প্রযুক্তিগত বিষয় অথবা বৈজ্ঞানিক তত্ত্বের প্রতি আরও বেশি নিবেদিত ছিল?
technical subjects