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Britannica (other)
'' Britannica'' is the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. Britannica may also refer to: Publications * ''Biographia Britannica'', a multi-volume biographical compendium * '' Insecta Britannica Diptera'', a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker * Malayalam Britannica, a reference work in the Malayalam language * ''Monumenta Historica Britannica'', an incomplete work by Henry Petrie, the Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London * ''Musica Britannica'', an authoritative national collection of British music * '' Papyrus Larousse Britannica'', a Greek language encyclopedia Other uses * Classis Britannica, a provincial naval fleet of the navy of ancient Rome * Felis Britannica, the UK national sub-federation of the Fédération Internationale Féline * '' Inula britannica'', a plant species * ''Pax Britannica'', the period of relative peace in Europe and the world (1815–1914) * '' Undichna britannica'', a fish-fin, or fish-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographia Britannica
''Biographia Britannica'' was a multi-volume biographical compendium, "the most ambitious attempt in the latter half of the eighteenth century to document the lives of notable British men and women". The first edition, edited by William Oldys (1696–1761) until his death, appeared in 6 volumes (the sixth in two parts, the second sometimes catalogued as volume 7) between 1747 and 1766. The editor of the two parts of volume 6 (1763 & 1766) is unknown. Five volumes of an incomplete second edition, edited by Andrew Kippis (1725–1795) with the assistance of Joseph Towers (1737–1799), appeared between 1778 and 1793, and cover names commencing Aa through to Fa; a sixth volume was prepared for publication, and may have been published, but now seems to be lost. Contributors included Thomas Broughton Thomas Broughton may refer to: * Thomas Broughton (writer) (1704–1774), English divine, biographer, and miscellaneous writer * Thomas Broughton (divine) (1712–1777), English divine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insecta Britannica Diptera
''Insecta Britannica Diptera'' is a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker. The work spans three volumes; a fourth volume was never published. Parts of the work were credited by Walker to Alexander Henry Haliday, including the characters and synoptic tables of the Empididae, Syrphidae, and Dolichopodidae and addenda and corrigenda intended for volume 4. The dating of ''Insecta Britannica Diptera'' The precise dates of early entomological publications are frequently hard to establish. *Volume 1: The preface is dated December 1851. *Volume 2: Putatively dated 1853. *Volume 3: An advertisement bound at the back of the volume is dated 31 March 1856. References External links A digitized version of the work can be found at the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam Britannica
''Britannica Malayalam Encyclopedia'' (also known as ''Malayalam Britannica'' and ''Malayalam Encyclopedia'') is a reference work in the Malayalam language. Its content is in large part a translation of the '' Britannica Concise Encyclopædia''. While it won an award from the Federation of Indian Publishers in 2004, a Consumer Court banned the sale of the book because it was found to be an erroneous reference with many factual errors. The court also found that there was unfair trade practice on the part of the publishers, which are DC Books, Kerala and Encyclopædia Britannica India Pvt.Ltd, a subsidiary of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. References External links Encyclopaedia Britannica: Malayalamlisted at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) is a Sanskrit university in India established in 1993 in Kalady, Kerala. It provides education in Sanskrit, other Indian and Foreign languages, Social science and fine arts. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monumenta Historica Britannica
''Monumenta Historica Britannica'' (''MHB''); or, ''Materials for the History of Britain, From the Earliest Period'', is an incomplete work by Henry Petrie, the Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London, assisted by John Sharpe. Only the first volume covering material prior to the Norman Conquest was printed in 1848 by G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode for Her Majesty. It was reprinted by Gregg Publishing in March 1971 (). Petrie drafted the proposal to include all the references to Britain in the Greek and Roman writers, as well as general histories and annals. In 1823 the Record Commission, predecessor to the Public Record Office, gave the task to Henry Petrie. The work was suspended in 1835 by order of the commissioners, after Petrie had prepared the first volume and had started work on the second, "due to a misunderstanding between them and Petrie." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musica Britannica
''Musica Britannica'' is a trust founded in 1951, as "an authoritative national collection of British music". One of its co-founders, Anthony Lewis, served as the publication's first chief editor for many years. A programme about the project, with musical examples, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ... on 9 July 2011 beginning at 1.00pm, as ''The Early Music Show''. External linksMusica Britannica 1951 establishments in the United Kingdom Music organisations based in the United Kingdom {{music-publication-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papyrus Larousse Britannica
The ''Papyrus Larousse Britannica'' (''Πάπυρος Larousse Britannica'') is a Greek language encyclopedia of 61 volumes, based on the French encyclopedia '' Grand Larousse encyclopédique'' and the English ''Encyclopædia Britannica The (Latin for "British Encyclopædia") is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; the company has existed since the 18th century, although it has changed ownership various t ...''. See also * List of Greek encyclopedias References External links www.papyrosonline.gr Greek encyclopedias Non-English works based on the Encyclopædia Britannica {{Greece-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classis Britannica
The ''Classis Britannica'' (literally, ''British fleet'', in the sense of 'the fleet in British waters' or 'the fleet of the province of Britannia', rather than 'the fleet of the state of Britain') was a provincial naval fleet of the navy of ancient Rome. Its purpose was to control the English Channel and the waters around the Roman province of Britannia. Unlike modern (and some contemporary Roman) "fighting navies", its job was largely the logistical movement of personnel and support, and keeping open communication routes across the Channel. There is no literary reference in the classical historians to the ''Classis Britannica'' by that name, and archaeological evidence is also tantalizingly scant (although tiles stamped CLBR are common along the east Kent coast and in London, suggesting either government buildings or an early instance of army surplus), meaning that details of its history and form are unfortunately based on a large degree of interpretation. History Invasion A f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felis Britannica
''Felis'' is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat. The smallest ''Felis'' species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from . The largest is the jungle cat with a head and body length from . Genetic studies indicate that the Felinae genera ''Felis'', ''Pallas's cat, Otocolobus'' and ''Prionailurus'' diverged from a Eurasian progenitor of the Felidae about 6.2 million years ago, and that ''Felis'' species split off 3.04 to 0.99 million years ago. Etymology The generic name ''Felis'' is derived from Classical Latin ''fēlis'' meaning "cat, ferret". Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus considered ''Felis'' to comprise all cat species known until 1758. Later taxonomists split the Felidae, cat family into different genera. In 1917, the British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock revised the genus ''Felis'' as comprising only the ones listed in the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inula Britannica
''Pentanema britannica'', the British yellowhead or meadow fleabane, is a Eurasian species of plant in the Asteraceae, daisy family. It is widespread across much of Europe and Asia, and sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in North America. ''Pentanema britannica'' is an erect herb up to 75 cm (30 inches) tall, with fine hairs but not the thick woolly coat characterizing some related species. Leaves are lance-shaped, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. One plant produces a few heads, each on a long flower stalk. Each had contains 50-150 yellow ray flowers and 100-250 yellow disc flowers. The plant produces the flavonol axillarin. Medicinal uses ''Pentanema brittanica'' is used in Chinese Herbalism by harvesting and drying the flower. It has been used to treat sputum, as the Chinese found it to be beneficial when phlegm has accumulated in the bronchi. Other symptoms in which it has been found to be a clinical remedy for are nausea, vomiting, hiccups, and flatulence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pax Britannica
''Pax Britannica'' (Latin for "British Peace", modelled after ''Pax Romana'') was the period of relative peace between the great powers during which the British Empire became the global hegemonic power and adopted the role of a "global policeman". Between 1815 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century", around of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Victory over Napoleonic France left the British without any serious international rival, other than perhaps Russia in Central Asia.Porter, p. 401. When Russia tried expanding its influence in the Balkans, the British and French defeated them in the Crimean War (1853–1856), thereby protecting the Ottoman Empire. Britain's Royal Navy controlled most of the key maritime trade routes and enjoyed unchallenged sea power. Alongside the formal control exerted over its own colonies, Britain's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled access to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undichna Britannica
''Undichna britannica'' is a fish-fin, or fish-swimming fossil trackway left as a fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ... impression on a substrate; this type of fossil is an ichnofossil, and in this case an ichnospecies. The ''U. britannica'' fish-fin tracks, or trackways are often associated with current or wave ripple marks, probably shallow water, near-shoreline. Other deep water varieties may be less common, or associated with narrowed current flow between obstructions. The sinusoidal high points of the ripple marks may lend itself to the formation of the trackways. See also * Trace fossil * Fossil trackway External linksPhoto-(non-ripple mark associated) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
