Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-23
APPLETONS
CYClOPAEDIA
Eew.Rsvised Edition.


Entirely rewritten BY the sbist vritsrs on
every subject Pnated IRON new typ,
and illustrated With Several Thousand
Engravings and Maps. -
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Tss YORK originally published under the title
q. The NEW AMERIcAN CTCLoPAKDiA Was
roupleted in 1853, sincs which time the vide
circulstiou which il has attained in all parts Of
the Uni ed States, and this signal developments
which have taken place in every. branch OF
ecience, literature, and art, have induced the
and Thorough 1revisioa, and 70 issue . new
dition entitled. TEs AnExicAs CfcLofAk-
Within the last ten yssn tn proerssss Of dis
covery in lry department q E.ss.si-s
Ths movsn.ut Of political s6hin has kept
pace With the discoveries Of science, ana Inel,
fruitful sppiicstion TO the industrial and useful
Ar. md the coussnisnoe and ,~efnement OF
sociai life. Great wars and consequent reveiu-
lions nave occureI, involving national changes
of peculiar moment The ciyh var OF Sufow
volume Of the old work appeared, has happily
been ended, aud Q new connse OF commercial
and n dustrial activity has been commenced.
Large aceessious TO our eecgrapoicl knos-
The great political revolutions Of the last
decade. with the natural result OF the lapse Of
time, have brought into public view . multitnee
II new men, whose names are IN every ones
mouth, and Of whose lives every one v curious
10 know the pxrrculars- Great battes nase
beeu fought and important sieges mainIsineH,
of which tine details are q yet pres euh1ic.,
In the newspapers or in the TRANSIENT PuoinS-
tions of the day, bu' which ought nov oIAe
their place in permanent and authenuc history
In preparing the present edition ior me pfess,
has actorIingiv been the aim Of the editors 10
hring down the information 10 the latest pos
ible dates, and TO furnish an accurate account
~ the mos. recent discoveries In science, OF
every fresh production In hterature, and Of
the newest invention in the prncticAi afts, -
we'll as 10 give q ~succinct and original record Of
the progress OF politica! and historian event
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resources for carrying 1t on % . saoos"ui
termination.
None of the original stereotype plates nave
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Trhe illustrations which are Introduces iof
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most famous and remarkable features O. scenefy
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1900 of mechanics and manufnctnres. Al
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Establishment no pains have bean spared 70
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