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**Maggy** · 14-03-2012, 19:58

The problem has always been that science and information is always updating and changing so much so that in a short space of time a set can become inaccurate.After the five years of secondary schooling they become less useful and keep them long enough they become doorstops.

Mind I used to read the very old set of Cassells encyclopaedia that my grandparents had acquired.They were from the turn of the 19th/20th century and were so quaint.They were a snapshot on history.

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Maggy The Invisible Woman Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton. Age: 73 Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo Posts: 40,360	Re: Encyclopedia Britannica ends publication after 244yrs The problem has always been that science and information is always updating and changing so much so that in a short space of time a set can become inaccurate.After the five years of secondary schooling they become less useful and keep them long enough they become doorstops. Mind I used to read the very old set of Cassells encyclopaedia that my grandparents had acquired.They were from the turn of the 19th/20th century and were so quaint.They were a snapshot on history. __________________ Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..