Joyce wrote a number of popular educational works on science and mathematics; he was largely responsible for the editing of George Gregory's "Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (1808) and William Nicholson's "British Encyclopaedia" (1809).
Joyce wrote a number of popular educational works on science and mathematics. He was largely responsible for the editing of two rival encyclopedic works bearing the names of others, George Gregory's "Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (1808) and William Nicholson's "British Encyclopaedia" (1809).