Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-26

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TIVE work originally published under the title
nj Tur NEW AMERICAN CYCLoPAEDIA Was
comnleted in 1858, since which time the vide
circuIstion which il has attained IN all parts Of
the Uni ed Slztes, and the signal developments
which have taken place in every orancn Oh
ecience. literature, and art, have induced the
editors and publishers 10 submit IL 10 an exact
and Thorough revision, and to issue Q new
dition entitled, The AMERICAN CYcLoPAE-
Ola of d;.-
cavsyy in eyery department al knowledge nas
made a new work Of reference an imperative
want. h.. l.,,
- i'm ,he discoveries Of science, and their
fruitful applicafion to the industrial ana useful
arts and the convenisnce anu renhemsnt OF
social life. Great wars and consequent revoiu-
lions have occurred, involving national changes
~ necuIisr moment. The civil war Of our oNp
canntry- which WAS at its height when the last
volume Of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, aud q new conrse OF commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large accessions TO our geographical know
edge have been made blythe fndefxfigable ex-
plorers Of Africa.
The great political revolutions OF the last
time, have broughtinto pubic view smultitude
of nev uea, whose names are in every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one Is curious
to know the particulars Greet battles nave
beeu fought and important sieges maintained,
of which the details are rs yet preserved only
in the newspapers or IN the transient puoiica-
tions of the day, bu which ought now taAe
their place in permanent and authenle nis.oi!-
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ihle dates. and TO furnish an accurate account
of the mos recent discoveries In science, OF
every fresh productisn in literature, and OF
the newest invention In the practical arts, as
we'll as TO give a succinct and orSinA record OF
the progress Of ~poli,icai and Historical event.
The work has been begun alter long and care
III seaiminaryl labor, and with the most ample
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i've Sreater Iucidity and force to the exPiana.
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,rieoce and ma ural history, and depict the
most famous nd remarkable features OF scenery
architecture spd art, IS yeu q me vsrious Pr
c~..s Of MECHANICS and manufactures. Al
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emheiIishment, no pains have been spared 70
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