Q455

Also known as Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica

general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia, first published in Scotland in 1768

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Official website: www.eb.com
Image: Encyclopaedia Britannica 15 with 2002.jpg
Motto: crescat scientia vita excolatur

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title: Encyclopædia Britannica
number of parts of this work: 22
Commons category: Encyclopædia Britannica
inception: 1768-01-01
search formatter URL: www.britannica.com/search?query=%1

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The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general-knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published since 1768, and after several ownership changes is currently owned by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2016, it has been published exclusively as an online encyclopaedia at the website Britannica.com.

Printed for 245 years, the Britannica was the longest-running in-print encyclopaedia in the English language. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, in weekly instalments that came together to form three volumes. At first, the encyclopaedia, from edition to edition, grew quickly in size. The second edition was extended to 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810), the Britannica had expanded to 20 volumes. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, its size (at least in terms of total word length) has remained roughly steady, at about 40 million words.