Ciklopedija: ili, Univerzalni rječnik umjetnosti i znanosti (izvorni engleski naslov: Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences) (dva sveska u foliju) je bila enciklopedija koju je 1728. objavio u Londonu Ephraim Chambers. Izdao je brojne pretiske tog djela u 18. stoljeću. Cyclopaedia je bila jedna od prvih općih enciklopedija na engleskom jeziku.

"Cyclopaedia" Ephraima Chambersa iz 1728. godine.
Trigonometrijska tablica iz Cyclopaedije iz 1728. godine.

Podnaslov iz 1728. je sažeo autorove ciljeve:

Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify'd Thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine: the Figures, Kinds, Properties, Productions, Preparations, and Uses, of Things Natural and Artificial; the Rise, Progress, and State of Things Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial: with the Several Systems, Sects, Opinions, etc; among Philosophers, Divines, Mathematicians, Physicians, Antiquaries, Criticks, etc.: The Whole Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning.

Izvori uredi

  • U ovom članku se nalazi sadržaj izdanja koje je danas javnim dobrom: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11. izdanje). Cambridge University Press

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  • Yeo, Richard. "The Best Book in the Universe": Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia. In Encyclopædic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. 120-169. (ISBN 0-521-65191-3)
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