Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-01-26
APPLETON'S
American Cyclop8dia.
New Revised Edition.

Entirely rewritten ly The ah,rsl Wriirr4 ~ cytrt
subject. Printed from new type. and 'iu-trIi'i
with several Thousand EngrIyinks and Mai
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the signal dct el0lui, t- W'H have tAkel pace .
cvciy branch ut science literature, and art, h1
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cNsrt ami thorough r.t i~ign. 1ri t1 i.sge ne~
edition cniitly 8 liE ANitRIo ~ ClIiorEDiA.
within he list ten .rIt- fiIe ffOgftt- ut disco
eTy "a every department of know edge h3s made
new work OF reference lu imperative 1art.
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application in rhr industrial ani u,ciu. ar. and the
convenience "t ludr .incmcL. oi .oo'n hc. GTezl
war aud consequent o. VIOLATION. ltFr occurred,
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81, has happily ended ,aud nov course 81 c0nmer-
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Large acres ions co. uat geographical knoNi, DE
hayr been made b hr ndcialigabc explorers ot
Africa.
The great political i., slu; .ons Of t lt-, decade
win thu natural u'-nlt OF thc lapse ot time, have
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whose names are iu every uu' mouth anil Who's
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preserved only IN Ne new paper CO.. in the tran.
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history.
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AMI 10 furnish an accurate account Oi lie mos 70
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Of natural history, anil depict thc most famous and
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