gq: 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.
Question: The Encyclopaedia Britannica was modelled along the same lines as a work from which country? Question: Which work published in 1712 explained terms that usefully described the trades and scientific and commercial education? Question: Was the Jablonski Allgemeines Lexicon (1721) more dedicated to technical subjects or scientific theory? Question: In the Jablonski Allgemeines Lexicon (1721) how many colums of text were dedicated to wine? Question: In what year was the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica published?