{"product_id":"imperial-dictionary-english-technological-and-scientific","title":"Imperial Dictionary: English, Technological, and Scientific","description":"\u003ch1 data-section-id=\"70mjp9\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"77\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eComplete Three-Volume Victorian Reference Set by John Ogilvie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"359\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"359\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOffered here is a complete three-volume set of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"259\"\u003eThe Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and Scientific\u003c\/span\u003e, edited by John Ogilvie, LL.D., and published by Blackie \u0026amp; Son of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"382\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis set consists of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"477\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1e2hqso\" data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"413\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"406\"\u003eVolume I (A–Izz)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 1854\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"efdo1i\" data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eVolume II (Jac–Zyt)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 1854\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"b1cefb\" data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"477\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"470\"\u003eSupplement Volume\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 1855\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"648\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eProfusely illustrated throughout with thousands of wood engravings and several full-page plates, including an impressive engraved reproduction of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"647\"\u003eThe School of Athens\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"rmw5tv\" data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"669\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"1080\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePublished at the height of the Victorian Industrial Revolution,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"760\"\u003eThe Imperial Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas among the most ambitious English-language reference works of its era. Based upon Webster's Dictionary but extensively enlarged and revised, it incorporated thousands of additional entries drawn from the rapidly expanding worlds of science, engineering, industry, medicine, natural history, literature, and the arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1251\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eUnlike many earlier dictionaries, Ogilvie's work was heavily illustrated, making it both a scholarly reference and a visual encyclopaedia of nineteenth-century knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1407\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis complete set includes the desirable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003eSupplement Volume\u003c\/span\u003e, which contains extensive additions and revisions not included in the original two volumes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hlyorq\" data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1440\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHistorical Significance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1498\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe years 1854\/1855 were a remarkable moment in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThese volumes were published during the reign of Queen Victoria, when Britain stood at the centre of a rapidly industrializing world. Railways were transforming travel and commerce, steamships connected continents, telegraph lines carried messages across nations in minutes rather than weeks, and scientific discoveries were reshaping how people understood the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1903\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWhen these books appeared:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"2209\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"i09nye\" data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1936\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Crimean War was underway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"i7jwgn\" data-start=\"1937\" data-end=\"1980\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe American Civil War had not yet begun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"guooh4\" data-start=\"1981\" data-end=\"2070\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe telephone, electric light bulb, automobile, and airplane had not yet been invented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"m0q7in\" data-start=\"2071\" data-end=\"2158\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCharles Darwin's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2090\" data-end=\"2116\"\u003eOn the Origin of Species\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas still several years from publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"y83vwa\" data-start=\"2159\" data-end=\"2209\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe Oxford English Dictionary did not yet exist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2503\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe dictionary therefore captures a fascinating snapshot of mid-nineteenth-century knowledge at a time when technology and science were advancing at an unprecedented pace. Many terms included here represented the cutting edge of Victorian engineering, medicine, natural history, and industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2681\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFor collectors of Victorian books, industrial history, scientific literature, and the history of the English language, this set represents an important landmark reference work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"1d7mrtu\" data-start=\"2688\" data-end=\"2699\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2701\" data-end=\"3010\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"jecv3c\" data-start=\"2701\" data-end=\"2728\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eComplete three-volume set\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1va3bqa\" data-start=\"2729\" data-end=\"2750\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePublished 1854-1855\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"182mqoi\" data-start=\"2751\" data-end=\"2782\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eEdited by John Ogilvie, LL.D.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14kxbbx\" data-start=\"2783\" data-end=\"2825\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThousands of wood-engraved illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1g9ztiq\" data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"2853\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFull-page engraved plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"16caov7\" data-start=\"2854\" data-end=\"2902\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExtensive technical and scientific terminology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"s66kba\" data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"2930\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSupplement volume present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"e17nuo\" data-start=\"2931\" data-end=\"2971\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAttractive nineteenth-century bindings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"p2ztix\" data-start=\"2972\" data-end=\"3010\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExcellent decorative library display\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"hrykuu\" data-start=\"3017\" data-end=\"3029\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3096\" data-end=\"3411\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1st2dmn\" data-start=\"3096\" data-end=\"3135\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe binding does not seem to be original. But likely from the early 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1st2dmn\" data-start=\"3096\" data-end=\"3135\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eBindings remain sound and attractive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"25hpgv\" data-start=\"3136\" data-end=\"3184\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eInterior pages are generally clean and bright.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"jeuppk\" data-start=\"3185\" data-end=\"3224\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIllustrations and plates are present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1xcimaa\" data-start=\"3225\" data-end=\"3334\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eExpected age-related wear, rubbing, toning, and minor imperfections consistent with nineteenth-century use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"aadbg2\" data-start=\"3335\" data-end=\"3411\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePlease examine photographs carefully as they form part of the description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3439\" data-end=\"3484\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis set would make an excellent addition to:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3486\" data-end=\"3698\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1yqsqtj\" data-start=\"3486\" data-end=\"3516\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAntiquarian book collections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"2nv4pu\" data-start=\"3517\" data-end=\"3538\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eVictorian libraries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"qmqaxq\" data-start=\"3539\" data-end=\"3587\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eScientific and engineering history collections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1p57t9x\" data-start=\"3588\" data-end=\"3627\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eLexicography and language collections\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1q972wz\" data-start=\"3628\" data-end=\"3662\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDecorative libraries and studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"w1vaf8\" data-start=\"3663\" data-end=\"3698\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAcademic institutions and museums\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions (All three):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWeight - 6.65KG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHeight - 27cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWidth - 20.5cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThickness - 19cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Momo Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53952659554643,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/9187\/5411\/files\/IMG_7843.jpg?v=1780933336","url":"https:\/\/www.momorarebooks.co.uk\/products\/imperial-dictionary-english-technological-and-scientific","provider":"Momo Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}