The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-03
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4 PPLETON's
AMERICAN cYcLoP,ED1A.
NEW REVISED EDITION.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN By THE ATTEST wRrTERs
ON livery SUBJECT, PRINTED FROM New
7 q; TYPE AND ILLUSTRATED WITH SIEVE
RAJ THOUSAND ENGRAYINos
AND maps.

THK NEW AMERICAN CYCL 4EDjA wa
completed IN SOS, since which time the wide cir
culation which It has attained In all parts Of TN
URited States, and the signal Developments wliief
have taken place in every branch of science litera
ture, and art have induced the ditors ana publish
prs to submit 1t to m exact and thorough revision
and to Issue new edition entitled THE AMERl
very in every department OF knowledge has made
new work OF reference an imperative want.
with the discoveries OF science, and their fruitf
application to the Industrial and useful arts ant
the convenience and refinement of social life
CURED, Involving national changes of peculiar mo-
ment. The civil war of our own country, whict
was At Its height when the last volume OF me oIo
work appeared, has happily been ended, and ne"
course OF commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced.
Large accessons to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the interchangeable explorers VI
The great political revolutions of the last decade
with the natural result of the lapse OF time nave
brought into public view multitude OF new men,
whose names arc In every ones mouth, anu Oh
cnsrs Ve Ge sve ttes haVe been fought and
portant siegcs maintained of which the details are
rs yet preserved only In the news papers or III lne
transient publications Of the day, but which cNght
now to take their PLACE in permanent and auihenuc
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has accordinrly been the atm Of the editors to
bring down the Information to the latest posi- Die
dates, and to furnish an accurate account OF Inc
most recent discoveries in SCIENCE of every fresh
pr duction in literature, and Of the newest invcn-
lions in The practical arts, as we'll to give
cnct and original record of the progress Of politi-
cal and historical events.
The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor. and with the most ample re-
sources for carrying 1t on to successful ternna-
ton.
None of the original stereotype plates have been
used but every page has b;en printed on new type,
forming In fact new Cyclopntiia with the same
plan ana compass rs Its predecessor but with iNr
greater pecuuiary expenditure, and with such liIi
proyemerts In its composition rs have been suS-
gested BY longer experience and enlarged Know
ledge.
The Illustrations which, are introduced for the irst
time In the present edition. have been ADDED not cr
the sake Of pictorial effect, but to give Erealef
lucdty and force TO The explanations III slc tcxt;
They embrace Mi branches OF science ana OF natural
history, and depict the most famous ana reniarha-
bic features or scenery. architecture, and art, as
well rs the various processes or mcchtnles ana
Although Intended Tor lpstruclon
-Dther than establishment, 40 pains have been
spared to Insure their artistic excellence The cost
II their execution is enormous, ana 1t Is believed
hcy viii find welcome reception ne an admirable
rai,re Of the Cycloppdia, and worthy of Its bi2l
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