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  The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia of 1911
Several people have recommended this reference to me as a source for excellent definitions that brilliantly describe the meaning of words. Because it was published so long ago it has not been readily available until now. It is now available in a CD format. To preserve the integrity of the dictionary the full images of the original content are on the CD but all the headwords have been index and the definitions have been converted to text as well so you can search for a definition or a word in a definition. When you are done searching what you actually see is the original page.
From the publisher:
Originally published to broad acclaim by the Century Company of New York between 1889 and 1910, the Century Dictionary, as the devotion of its many readers has proved, is a dictionary to be loved. Not only is this a traditional dictionary but the included Cyclopedia is a dictionary of names in biography and geography, names from mythology, legendary persons and places, character and objects in fiction, stars and constellations, historical events (wars, battles, treaties, conventions), operas and much much more.
2 CD set Containing: 12 Volumes - 10,000+ pages
500,000+ definitions - 12,000+ illustrations
FREE BONUS: the illustrations from the dictionary have been included as a giant clipart collection.
Features:
- Runs on all MS Windows versions from 95 and up, MAC OS9 and OSX, Linux, various Unix versions.
- Powerful full text search engine.
- Includes full color world atlas
- Hyperlinked index takes you directly to the right page.
- Zoom, magnify, find, and print functions.
- No internet connection needed.
- Clipart is 100 dpi 8 bit grayscale gifs with contrast enhancement to remove reverse side bleed-through. Clipart is easily accessible - simply click on the illustration!
Recommended for:
- English language historian/enthusiast
- History Buff
- Teacher
- Student
- Graphic Artist
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT 2000; MAC OS8 or better; Linux (kernel 2.0 or better); Solaris 2.5.1 or greater (Sparc Only)
- 90 Mhz processor or faster
- 16 MB of Rams
- Graphics card with 2MB of Ram configured for 1024x768 resolution (XGA) with at least 65536 colors (16 bits)
- Netscape Navigator 4.7 or better, or MS Internet Explorer 5.0 or better
- Javascript and java applets must be enabled to use the search function.
Click here to see a sample map
Click here to see a sample page from the dictionary.
Click here to see another sample page from the dictionary.
Click here to see an image of the search window.
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