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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by keane on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:00PM (#47852175)
Beautiful work! This is an amazing resource to have online. Reminds me a little of greensdictofslang.com or of Webster’s 1913, a perennial HN favorite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29733648
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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by timciep on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:49PM (#47852830)
These projects came to mind for me, as well.

I actually took a recent crack at making a more modern website for Websters 1913: https://websters1913.timcieplowski.com/

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by masfuerte on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:49PM (#47854339)
That's lovely. I do like a site that just works without a pile of unnecessary js guff.

There's a bit of funkiness with "<?/" appearing here:

https://websters1913.timcieplowski.com/word/mathematic/

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by ahaspel on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:04PM (#47852223)
That’s high praise. Those are both great projects and this one is definitely in the same spirit.
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