The Scots have long, industrious history dating back many centuries. Which of the following staples of society was created in Scotland in 1768?

The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published Edinburgh by engraver Andrew Bell and printer Colin Macfarquhar. As the story goes, they originally created this new encyclopedia as a reaction to the French Encyclopedia of Denis Diderot, which was seen as too liberal and against the teachings of Christianity.

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