The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-19

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The work originally published under the title Of
TIE NEw American CYCLoPEDIA was e0mp!et-
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which It has attained in all parts Of the United
States, and the signal developments when nave
taken place in every branch OF science, literature,
and art, have induced the editors and puDhshefs
10 submit TO an exact and thorough revision and
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Withln the last ten years the progress Of dis
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want.
The movement Of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries Of science, AID their fruitful
application 10 the Industrial and useful arts and
the convenience and refinement OF social bie--
Great wars and consequent revolutions nave Oc-
Cured, involving national changes OF peculiar mo-
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was at its height when the last volume OF the Old
{ work appeared, has happily been ended, ana
new course OF commercial and industrial activity
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Lar.,e aecessions 10 our geographical knowledge
have been made by the indeiatigaole explorers Of
Africa
The great political revolutions OF thelastdecade,
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