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  Brockhaus Enzyklopädie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brockhaus himself edited the 2nd edition (1812-1819, 10 vols.), and, when vol.
Brockhaus died in 1823, and his two eldest sons, Friedrich and Heinrich, edited the 6th edition with Hasse's assistance in September 1823.
August Kurtzel, aided by Oskar Pilz, edited the 10th edition, assisted by Heinrich Edward Brockhaus, and Heinrich Rudolf Brockhaus, the younger son, assisted in the 11th edition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brockhaus_encyclopedia   (522 words)

  
 Brockhaus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Brockhaus family was famous with a number of scientists and editors of encyclopedias and dictionaries since 19th century.
Their works have eventually led to the creation of Bibliographisches Institut and F.A. Brockhaus AG publishing house.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brockhaus   (105 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Encyclopedia
Outside of the encyclopedia of Ersch and Gruber, the most ambitious encyclopedic work of the nineteenth century, the model of encyclopedic presentation, is the Brockhaus "Konversationslexikon", which took its name from Hübner, and from Bayle's "Dictionnaire" its arrangement and plan of presenting the results of scientific research and discovery in a popular form.
In 1800 the publishing rights were acquired by Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus; the firm of Brockhaus completely altered the original plan and is still engaged on the work (14th ed., 1901-abridged ed., 2 vols., 4th ed., 1888).
Brockhaus and Efron (35 vols., St. Petersburg, 1890-1902); "Boljsaja Enciklopedija", ed.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05414a.htm   (3449 words)

  
 Russian encyclopedias on religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There have been several attempts to compile a Russian encyclopedia on Orthodox tradition, since the foundation of the Russian Academy of Science in 1783.
The Brockhaus and Efron encyclopedia, published at the end of the 19th century, was the only authoritative source on Christianity for the whole of the Soviet period, although the work was limited and Orthodox culture found much of its material difficult to accept.
Lopuchin, a theologian of St Petersburg Academy, started on an Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, a work continued by historian Glubokovskij but never completed due to lack of funds.
www.catholicmission.org /MissionNews-033101RussianEncyclopedias.html   (293 words)

  
 Kiev - LoveToKnow 1911
The Magdeburg rights, which the city enjoyed from 1516, were abolished in 1835, and the ordinary form of town government introduced ; and in 1840 it was made subject to the common civil law of the empire.
Its bibliography will be found in the Russian Geographical Dictionary of P. Semenov, and in the Russian Encyclopaedic Dictionary, published by Brockhaus and Efron (vol.
See also Count Bobrinsky, Kurgans of Smiela (1897) ; and N. Byelyashevsky, The Mints of Kiev.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kiev   (1815 words)

  
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Under what circumstances and in what forms then the church life proceeded in Kuldzhe, now for the lack of sources to tell it is impossible.
In Brockhaus and Efron's Encyclopaedic dictionary in clause "Kuldzha" there is an instruction on existence of Russian church.
Whether it was a temple where constantly served, or only the building where divine service by the visitor by clergy was made, is not present certificates.
cs-people.bu.edu /butta1/martyrs/orthodox.cn/history/pozdnyaev/app3_en.txt   (3951 words)

  
 IDDK Ltd.: Great encyclopaedia. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia
Brockhaus (Leipzig) and I. Ephron (St. Petersburg) Encyclopedia had been published during 1890–1907
Vocabulary entries, written by prominent scientists of those times (Mendeleev, Erisman, Tarhanov, Vengerov, Solovjev etc.) are still topical.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and Art includes 495 high-quality illustrations, published by Brockhaus in 1844, which splendidly complete the Encyclopedia’s illustrations.
www.iddk.ru /en/cdrom/53826.html   (212 words)

  
 Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Upon his release, La Chetardie took part in the Battle of Rosbach and served as the castellan of Hanau, where he died.
This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
This page was last modified 07:14, 6 June 2006.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Bilu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1886, construction began on the Rishon Le-Zion winery and eventually it became a successful wine-exporting enterprise.
According to Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (86-volume edition), the region's export of wine and cognac in 1895 alone amounted to ₣ 277,000.
With Rothshild's help, the Biluim also founded Zichron Yaakov.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Bilu   (346 words)

  
 Dvesti let vmeste (1795-1995), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The paucity of sources, combined with an uncritical approach to them, often lead Solzhenitsyn to draw erroneous conclusions.
For instance, citing the Jewish Encyclopedia published by of Brockhaus and Efron in 1906-13, Solzhenitsyn makes the claim that only one person died during the Balta pogrom.
He goes on to offer the following rather moralistic musings: "The poor Jews were robbed, they were beaten, but they were not killed....
www.fas.harvard.edu /~slavic/newsite/review/solzhenitsyn.html   (1376 words)

  
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Fyodor Vasilyevich Karzhavin (1745-1812) was a leading writer on architecture, artist, naturalist and traveller, who knew two dozen languages and had crossed Europe and America.
The secret agent of Catherine the Great, there is a large article on him in the Brockhaus and Efron encyclopaedia.
Fyodor's uncle, Yerofei Karzhavin, was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris and was the first person to translate Gulliver's Travels into Russian (published in 1772 and 1773).
www.soitology.com /english/Dep_LingS_engl/preface-swift-engl.htm   (2432 words)

  
 M. Schorr and M. Balaban: CEU M.A. thesis, 1998
It is the main source of biographical data about the last few months of his life, when he was imprisoned by the NKVD on the 10th of September of 1939 in Ostrog after Soviet occupation of Polish Western Ukraine.
Among other biographical materials about his life are two small articles in the Russian Jewish Encyclopaedia (1913) published in Russian by the Brockhaus and Efron edition in Saint Petersburg and in the Israeli Short Jewish Encyclopaedia (1988) also published in Russian in Jerusalem.
Jevrejskaja Entsiklopedija (The Jewish Encyclopeadia), St Petersburg: The Publishing house for scientific Jewish publications and The Edition of Brockhaus and Efron, 1913, p.
www.personal.ceu.hu /students/97/Roman_Zakharii/thesis.htm   (10179 words)

  
 Encyclopedias Portal @ 209.68.55.246   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Historically, both encyclopedias and dictionaries have been researched and written by well-educated, well-informed content experts.
Encyclopedias can be general, containing articles on topics in every field (the English-language Encyclopædia Britannica and German Brockhaus are well-known examples).
General encyclopedias often contain guides on how to do a variety of things, as well as embedded dictionaries and gazetteers.
209.68.55.246   (3027 words)

  
 Electrotech Ltd.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But in this case, its exact definition can clarify a lot.
According to Brockhaus and Efron's Encyclopedia, Triangulation is used for determination of the form and the size of the area.
In my opinion, it is important, that the uneven surface be measured with the help of ideal figures, which are then by way of professional manipulations used for the calculation of required forms and sizes.
www.region.ulsu.ru /publications/conferencies/20040623/Omelchenko.english   (2546 words)

  
 UT REENIC: Russia: Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Russian Language ("Gramota.ru") (a reference portal sponsored by the Ministry of Publishing, Television and Radio Broadcasting and Mass Media of the Russian Federation; besides discussions of difficult issues in Russian language and the language policy the site includes search in several Russian dictionaries, including spelling and stress dictionaries)
Rubricon (a reference site featuring fully searchable texts of 35 Russian encyclopedias, most of them free of charge, including Bol'shaia Sovetskaia entsiklopedia, Brockhaus and Efron encyclopedia, Vladimir Dal's dictionary, etc.)
Russian Online - Dictionaries (five free interactive online dictionaries, including dictionaries of programming, medical and economics terms)
menic.utexas.edu /reenic/countries/russia_language.html   (604 words)

  
 Oddens' Bookmarks, The fascinating world of maps and mapping
Jerusalem aus der Vogelschau / Adolf Eltzner ; J.J. Weber ; F.A. Brockhaus [1852] - The Jewish National and University Library & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection (Ancient Maps of Jerusalem)
Vue generale de Jerusalem historique et moderne / Adolf Eltzner ; J.J. Weber ; F.A. Brockhaus ; [1862?] - The Jewish National and University Library & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection (Ancient Maps of Jerusalem)
Plan von Jerusalem und seiner naechsten Umgebung / Richard Riess ; B. Herder [1864] - The Jewish National and University Library & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection (Ancient Maps of Jerusalem)
oddens.geog.uu.nl /browse_result.php?category=3&limit_result=1000   (11521 words)

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