The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-22
APPLETON'S
AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA.

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TIE NKw .iAkRCAN cl cLorxiiA was completed In
1868. since which time the wide circulation which II
has attained In all parts VI the United states, and
the signal developments which have takrh place In
every branch Of scienc literature, and art hsv" In.
exact and thorough revision. and to issue edi-
ton entitled 1ME AMERICAN crctorkiIA.
Within the last ten years the pro:resso discovery
In every department. vi knowledge has made new
work al reier"ncc an imp rati'e want.
The movement of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries OF science, and their fruitful ap
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convenience and redncm"nt 81 social hfe Great
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volying national changes OF peculiar moment; The
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have been made by the indefatigabis explorers Of
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with the natural result Of the lapse of time, have
brought into public view multitude II new men,
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