Though published in the United States since 1901, the Britannica has for the most part maintained British English spelling. ![]() ![]() Over 70 years, the size of the Britannica has remained steady, with about 40 million words on half a million topics. The Micropdia was meant for quick fact-checking and as a guide to the Macropdia readers are advised to study the Propdia outline to understand a subjects context and to find more detailed articles. Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (18751889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style. This first edition is available in facsimile.) The encyclopaedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes, 2 and by its fourth edition (18011810) it had expanded to 20 volumes. It was first published between 17 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, as three volumes. ![]() The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes 1 and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. It was written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. It was formerly published by Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc., and other publishers (for previous editions).
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