| − | '''Encyclopedia Britannica''' is the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia. The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was a three-volume set published one section at a time over a three-year period, beginning in 1768. The company developed Britannica Online, the first [[encyclopedia]] for the Internet in 1994. <ref>[http://corporate.britannica.com/company_info.html History of Encyclopædia Britannica and Britannica Online ]</ref> | + | '''Encyclopæedia Britannica''' is the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia. The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was a three-volume set published one section at a time over a three-year period, beginning in 1768. The company developed Britannica Online, the first [[encyclopedia]] for the Internet in 1994. <ref>[http://corporate.britannica.com/company_info.html History of Encyclopædia Britannica and Britannica Online ]</ref> |
| | + | The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published in 1910 - 1911. As it is entirely in the public domain, articles of this 29-volume work were used to start corresponding entries on various web-based encyclopedias, e.g., [[wikipedia]]. |