Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-09


,.~o,k originally published under the title
rur NEW AMERIcAN C~rcLoPAEDiA wss
car.,Je,ed in 1858, since which time tne VIC
csrcpIation which 1t has attained In All parts u
the Vnited States, and the slsnai oeveaoPIs -
hitch have taken place In every, orancn on
ec;snce. literature, and art, have indqcsd tne
editors and publishers to submit IL 70 an e4Aot
and thorough revision, and 10 issue = new
dition entitled, THE AMERICAN CYcLopAk-
W;,b;n the last ten years tie progress OF dis
covsrv In every department OF knowledge mas
made a new work Of reference an imperative
want. -.uu .n,;r. h.. t.pt
-. r,,h ,he discoveries OF science, and their
Fruitful application to the industrial and useiui
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.oci, life. Great wars and consequent Levolu-
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country, which was at its height when the iast
Solnme of the old work appeared, has happuy
bs.en ended, and q new conrse oil commercial
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large accessions TO our gbographleai Know
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decade, with the natural result OF the lapse Of
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