Some data on the Chambers's wood engravings

On Monday 18 November, I had a brief meeting with Paul and Rob. Among the things I discussed with them were the results of some data I collected. These are the wood engraved images per volume in different editions of Chambers' encyclopaedia:

Edition 1 Edition 2

Volume 1 370 307

Volume 2 370 397

Volume 3 508 319

Volume 4 351 347

Volume 5 325 369

Volume 6 408 283

Volume 7 359 261

Volume 8 513 314

Volume 9 454 343

Volume 10 408 316

Total images 4066 3256

As you can see from the table, there are fewer engraved images in the second edition in comparison with the first edition. However, there do seem to be many more tables. The next steps for me are to compare the of tables in both editions in a similar way that I've done for the wood engravings. It seems that there was a shift going on in the presentation of information. I also intend to start categorizing some of the types of engravings, for instance: botanical, human figures, anatomical and see if this has also shifted. At initial glance there seem to be more machines or vehicles depicted in the second edition.