Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-26

The work originally published under the
title Of the New American Cyelopadia was
conple, ed in 1863 since which time the
wide circula ion which it has attained in
AL pats of he United States, and the
signal development which have taken place
in every branch of science, literature, and
art have induced the editors ard publish
ers t. submit to an exact and hor)ugh re-
vision, and 10 issue new ed tion entitled
the American Cyclop@dia.
Within the past ten years the progress Of
discovery in every department OF knowl-
edge has made a new work OF 1efe ,er C, an
imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has
kept pace with the discoveries Of science,
and their fruitful application TO the indus
trial aud useful arts aud the convenience
end refinement of social lie. ieat wars
ard consequent revolutions have occurred
involving national hanges of peculiar mo.
ment The civil war Of our own country,
which was at its height when the last vol
ume of the old work appeared, has happl-
ly been ended, and q new course Of COM
mercial and industrial activity has been
commenced.
Large accessions 10 our geographical
knowledge have been made by the indie
fauigable explorers of Africa.
The great political revolu,ioas of the last
decade, witt the natural result of the lapse
of time, have brought into public view q
multitude Of new men, whose names are in
every ones mouth, and of whose lives ev-
cry one is curious to know the particulars.
Great battles have beea fought and impor-
tant seiges maintained, OF which the details
are as yet preserved only in newspapers or
in the transient publications Of the day.
but which ought now to take their place in
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! /. La preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aims Of
the editors to bring down the information
to the latest possible dates, and to furnish
an accurate account Of the most recent dis
coveries In science, OF every fresh produc-
ton IN literature, and of the newest inven-
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succint and original record of the progress
of political and historical events.
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termi nation.
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such Improvements in its compo siton as
have been suggested by longer experience
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The illustrations which are introduced
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have been added not for the sake Of pictor-
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embrace all branches Of science and natural
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es an admirable feature Of the Encyclopaedia
aud worthy of its high character.
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fully illustrated with several thousand wood
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