Cyclopaedia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine : the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial : the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial : with several systems, sects, opinions, &c. among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, criticks, &c. : the whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning : compiled from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages

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Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740