Authority Cited: Martin
Author name and dates: Benjamin Martin (1704-1782)
BKG Bio-tweet: Competent lexicographer; lecturer on science; made scientific instruments, spectacles; pub. Martin’s Magazine
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: SJ uses three of Martin's definitions under the letter "C" of the 1755 Dict. No additional Martin cites were identified as added in the 1773 Dict.]
Author name and dates: Benjamin Martin (1704-1782)
BKG Bio-tweet: Competent lexicographer; lecturer on science; made scientific instruments, spectacles; pub. Martin’s Magazine
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: SJ uses three of Martin's definitions under the letter "C" of the 1755 Dict. No additional Martin cites were identified as added in the 1773 Dict.]
- [Lingua Britannica reformata: or, a new English dictionary, under the following titles, viz. I. Universal; ... II. Etymological; ... III. Orthograihical; ... IV. Orthoepical; ... V. Diacritical; ... VI. Philological; ... VII. Mathematical; ... VIII. Philosophical; ... To which is prefix'd, an introduction, containing a physico-grammatical essay on the propriety and rationale of the English tongue, deduced from a general idea of the nature and necessity of Speech for Human Society, a particular view of the genius and necessity of the original Mother Tongues, the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Tuetonic; with their respective idioms, the Italian, French, Spanish, Saxon, and German, so far as they have relation to the English tongue and have contributed to its composition. By Benj. Martin.] 1749, London: printed for J. Hodges; S. Austen; J. Newbery; J. Ward; R. Raikes, at Gloucester; J. Leake, and W. Frederick, at Bath; and B. Collins, at Salisbury; camera obscura; cessionary; clatter;
- Martin (no work cited);