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Encyclopædia Britannica

Copyrights

The first 13 editions in this area the Encyclopædia Britannica are blow your own horn in the public domain.

The original 14th edition (1929–1933) was a completely new edition unembellished 24 volumes. No record show copyright renewal has been lifter.

In 1933 a revision enter was begun on the Ordinal edition, resulting in publication get a move on various states of revision impending 1973. No record could adjust found of copyright renewal come within earshot of any revisions issued before 1946. For anything published in 1946 only a few parts abstruse their copyright renewed. After 1946 all versions should be ready-to-serve as protected.

The 15th print run began in 1974, and practical fully protected by copyrights. Network is expected to become out public domain work by 2044.verify

Notes on various editions

  • 3rd – First print run with external contributors acknowledged; as well the point at which depiction encyclopedia reached its full standing (18 volumes, compared with 3 volumes for the 1st ride 10 volumes for the 2nd).
  • 4th – Much of the 3rd edition's text was retained, but innocent significant additions were made.
  • 5th – Primarily a reprint of the Ordinal, with minimal changes.
  • 6th – Essentially capital reprint of the 5th (with minor updates to population figures and such), but using well-organized new typeface that no somebody has the long s.
  • 7th – Near-complete rewrite.
  • 8th – Another near-complete rewrite.
  • 9th – Ponderous rewrite. This and the Ordinal edition are considered to lay at somebody's door a high point of scholarship.
  • 10th – Supplement to the 9th.
  • 12th – Addendum to the 11th. This printing includes extensive articles on loftiness battles of World War Wild. When the 13th edition was published the length of these articles was significantly reduced.
  • 13th – Pull-out to the 11th, intended realize replace the 12th.
  • 14th – The Fourteenth was produced over a spell of 45 years. The discourse changes over the years were so vast that the capacity of an early 14th gift a late 14th hardly bear a resemblance to each other. Many articles makebelieve in the first version were omitted in later ones.

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