Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-23


TIME WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
under the title of The NEW AMERICAN CY-
a or lEDIA was completed in 1853, since which
time the wide circulation which It has attained
in all parts of the United States, and the slgnal
Developments which have taken place IN every
branch of science, literature and art, have IN
dueed the editors and publishers TO submit IL 10
an exact and thorough revision, and 10 Issue a
edition entitled The AMERICAN OfCLO-
Within the last ten years the progress Of dis
coverv in every department Of knowledge mas
made a work Of reference an lmperauSe
want.
The movement of political affairs has kept
mace with the discoveries of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and useIu
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cial life. Great wars and consequent reVolu-
items have occurred, involving national changes
of peculiar moment The civil war OF our own
country which was at its height when the last
volume of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, and q new course of commercial
and Industrial activity has been commenced
Large accessiOns to our geographical knONl-
edge have been made by the interchangeable ex-
plOrers of Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last de-
cade with the natural result of the lapse OF
time have brought into public view a multitude
of new men, whose names are in every ones
mouth and of whose lives every one Is CURIOUS
to know the particulars Great battles nave
| been fought and important siegcs maiptalheur
of which the details are as yet preserve only Ih
| the newspapers or in the transient publications
| of the day, but which ought now to take their
| place in permanent and authentic history
| In preparing the present edition Tor the press,
If has accordingly been the aim of the editors 70
bring down the information TO the latest possible
| dates and to furnish an accurate account OF the
/ most recent discoveries IN science Oh every
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| inventions in the practical arts, as well as 10
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| new type, forming in fact new OyclOpse'la,
sor, but with far greater pecumary eNPehut-
| ture and with such improvements IN It's cOmpo-
| sition as have been suggested by longer expert
ence and enlarged knowledge.
| The illustrations which are introduced lOL nc
first time in the present edition have been addeu
not fer the sake of pictorial effect, put 20 give
greater lucdity and force TO the explanations IN
the text. They embrace all branches OF science
! and of natural history, and depict the most Ia
nous and remarkable features OF scenery arci'-
itectnre and art. well a the various pFOsesse
of mechanics and manufactures Although III
tended for instruction rather than embelllsn-
| ment no pains have been spared 70 insure the!s
artistic excellence; the cost of their execution =
enormous. ard il is believed they VIII ma WEI
come reception as an admirable feature OF the
CyclOpedia, and worthy Of its high charaeter'
This work is sold to subscribers only, pay
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Containing about 800 pages, fully illustrated
| With several thousand Wood Engraylngsi anu
with numerous colOred Lithographic Maps.
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