Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2

About this book

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Eleventh Edition, Volume III Part 1 Slice 2, is a reference work that continues the monumental alphabetical survey of knowledge from “Baconthorpe” through “Bankruptcy.” The opening pages set the tone with a precise key to special symbols used throughout the text, then launch into a series of concise entries, beginning with the medieval Carmelite scholar John Baconthorpe, followed by a brief biography of the Hungarian poet János Bacsanyi, and moving on to a detailed article on bacteria. Each article blends factual data, historical citations, and scientific explanation, offering both biographical sketches and technical overviews within the same compact format.

The style reflects the scholarly diction of late‑Victorian Britain: formal, densely packed, and peppered with footnote‑style references to earlier scholars. Its voice is that of a collective of experts rather than a single author, aiming for exhaustive accuracy. Readers who relish meticulous, era‑specific scholarship, particularly historians of science, classicists, or anyone interested in the evolution of encyclopedic knowledge, will find this volume a rewarding, if demanding, window into the intellectual landscape of the 1910s.