Cyclopedia, cyclopaedia or cyclopedien is an archaic term for

encyclopedia An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

. The term may specifically refer to: *'' Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences'', 1728, edited by Ephraim Chambers *'' Rees's Cyclopædia'', 1802–20, edited by Abraham Rees *'' Penny Cyclopaedia'', edited by George Long, published from 1833 to 1843 *'' Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts'', 1852–54, edited by Charles Tomlinson *'' New American Cyclopaedia'', 1857–63, editors George Ripley and Charles A. Dana *''

The English Cyclopaedia The ''English Cyclopaedia: A new dictionary of universal knowledge'' (London, 1854–1862, 4to, 23 vols., 12,117 pages; supplements, 1869–1873, 4 vols., 2858 pages), was published by Charles Knight (publisher), Charles Knight, based on the ''Pe ...

'', 1866, edited by Charles Knight * '' American Cyclopaedia'', 1873–76, the successor to the ''New American Cyclopaedia'', the primary editors were George Ripley and Charles A. Dana * '' Cyclopedia of Universal History'', 1880–84, World History * '' Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States'', 1881, edited by John Joseph Lalor *''

Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia The 12-volume ''Universal Cyclopaedia'' was edited by Charles Kendall Adams, and was published by D. Appleton & Company in 1900. The name was changed to ''Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas'' in 1902, with editor . History This was the culminatio ...

'', 1876, edited by Frederick Barnard and Arnold Guyot *'' Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia'', 1893, edited by Charles Kendall Adams *'' Pears Cyclopaedia'', a one volume encyclopaedia originally published in the United Kingdom by Pears Soap as ''Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia'' in December 1897 *'' Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary'' *'' Universal Cyclopaedia'', 1900, edited by Charles Kendall Adams *'' Universal Cyclopaedia and Atlas'', 1902, edited by Rossiter Johnson *'' The Baseball Cyclopedia'', 1922, by

Ernest J. Lanigan Ernest John Lanigan (January 4, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois – February 6, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American sportswriter and historian on the subject of baseball. He was considered the premier baseball statistician and histori ...

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*The ''

Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia The ''Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia'' is a 1991 book published by TSR, Inc., as a continuation of the basic edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, which ran concurrently with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons''. It ...

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