Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-18


The work originally published under the title Of
The New American Cycl0peda completed in 1868
since which time the wide circulation which II has at
tanned In all parts Of the United States and the signal
developments which have taken place every branch
of science literature and art have induced the editors
and publishers to submit it to an exact and thorough
revision, and TO issue new edition entitled The Amer
lean CyclOppdia.
Within tho last ten years the progress of discovery
IN every department of knowledge has made u now
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The movement of political affairs has kept pace with
the discoveries of science and their fruitful application
TO the industrial and useful arts and the convenience
and refinement Of social life. Great wars and
quent revolutions have occurred involving national
changes Of peculiar moment. The civil of our
country which at Its height when the last volume
Of the old work appeared, has happily been ended, and
new course OF commercial and industrial activity has
been commenced
Large accessions to our geographical knowledge
have been made by the indetatgabe explorers Of At
RIGA.
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with the natural result of the lapse Of time have
brought into public view multitude of new men,
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In its composition have been suggested by longer
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