The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-14
NEW REVISED EDITION.

The work originally published under u title
Of THE NEW AMERICAN. CYCLOpEDlA
was completed In 1868, since which time the wide
circulation which IL has attained in all parts OF
the United States, and the signal developments
which have taken place in every branch of
SCIENCE literature and art, have induced the
editors and pub ishers TO submit it to an exact
and thorough REVISION and 6 70 iss1e new eoi'ioh
Within the last ten years the progress OF dis
coyery in every department of knowledge has
made q new work of reference an imperative
want. -
pace with the discoveries Of science, and their
fruitful application to the industrial and useful
arts and the convenience and refinement OF sociai
life Great wars and consequent revolutions
have occurred, involving national changes OF
peculiar moment. The civil war of our own
country, which was at its height when the last
volume of the old work appeared has happily
been ended, and a new course of commercial
and industrial activity has been commenced.
Large aecessions to our geographical knowl'
edge have been made by the indefatigable ex-
The great political revolutions of the last de-
cade, with the natural result of the lapse Of time
have brought into public view multitude OF
new men, whose names are in every ones mouth,
and of whose lives every one is curious to know
the particulars Great battles have been fought
and important sieges maintained, OF wnicn tne
details are as yet preserved only IN tne news ,y,
papers or in the transient publications OF the
day, but which ought now to take their place In
permanent and authentic history.
In preparing the present edition for the press,
1T has accordingly been the aim of the editors to
bring down the information 10 the latest posi-
BILE dates, and to furnish an accurate account OF
the most recent discoveries i'll SCIENCE OF every
fresh production in literature and OF the newest
inyentions in the practical arts, as well as to
give a succinct and original record OF the pro-
gress of political and historical events.
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fui preliminary labor, and with the most ample
resources for carrying it on to successful ter
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| with the same plan and compass as its prede-
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iture, and with suHh improve ments In us COM
position as have been suggested by longer expe-
/, rience and enlarged knowledge.
| The illustrations which are introduced for the
frst time in the present edition have been added
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| greater Iucidity and force to the explanations
| in the text. They embrace all branches OF
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most famous and remarkable features OF scene-
| rv architecture and art, as well as the various
| processes of mechanics and manufactures
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