Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-11-07
APPLETON'S
American CycloD8diaD
New Revised Edition.


Entirely rewritten by the ab!est writers on every
subject. Printed from new type, and illustrated
with Several Thousand Engrayings and Maps.
The work originally published under the title OF
THE NEW AMERICAN CYSLoPHDiA was completed
in l>Si since which time the wide cIrcuiationM which
has attained in al parts of tc United states, and
.hc signal developments which have taken place IN
every branch of science literature, and ART, have
induced the editors and publishers TO submit 10
exact and thorough revision, and To issue a new
edition entitled TIE AMERICAS CYCLOPEDIA.
Within the last ten year, the progress of discOv.
cy in every department Of knowledge has made
crw work OF reference au imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has kept pace
with the discoveries OF science ami their frUlti
application to thc industrial aud useful art ,andtg
convenience Of and refinement OF sOcialllfc Gre
wars and consequent revolutions have Occuut
involving national changes of peculiar moment.
The civil war OF our own country, which was at It's
hcightw when the last volume Of The old workappear
ed, mas happily ended and a new course of CONNER
cial and industrial activity mas been commenced.
Large acces,iOns to our geographical knowledge
have been made BY the indefIugablc explorers OF
Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last decade
with tie natural result OF the lapse OF time have
brought into public view multitude Of new men
whose names are IN every one mouth and Ofwhosc
lives every one H. curious 70 know the particulars.
Great battles have been fought and important
sicges maintained, of which the details as yet
preserved only In the newspapers or in the trans
lent publications of the day, but which ought now
history.
In preparing the present edition for the press {.
has accordingly been the aim OF the editors 10 bring
down the information TO the latest possible dates,
and 10 furnish accurate account Of the most re-
cent discoveries in science, OF fresh produc
ton IN literature, and of the newest inventions IN
the practical arts, as well rs 10 give succnct and
original record Of the progress Of political and his
tOriCal events.
The work has been begun after long and careful
preliminary labor and With the most ample rcsour
al NHluf
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used but every page has been printed on new type,
forming in fact q new Cyclopsdia, with the same
plan and compass ~ its predecessor, but with TAR
greater pccunIsry expenditure, and with such I'M
prOvemcnts in it, composition ~ have been sug-
gested by longer experience and enlarged knowl-
edge.
The illustrations which are introduced for the
first time in the present edition have been added
not for the sake of pictorial effect, but 10 give
greater lucidity and force to the explanations IN
the text. They embrace all Branches Ofscience and
of natural history, and depict the most famous and
remarkable features Of scenery, architecture and
art, rs well as the various processes OF mechanics
and manufactures. Although intended for instruc-
ton rather than embclllshmcn,nO pains have been
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