The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-11-01

APPLETONS
AMERICAN CYCL0PED[A
NEW REVISED EDITION.
ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY THE ABLEsT wRI.
TIERS ON EVERY SUBJECT.
Printed from Ne~ Type and illustrated nth sereral
thousand E,yrdriaJs and Maps.
The work originally published unler the title of the
NEW AMERICAN CYCLOP.EDIA was completed in
attained in all parts of the United States and the signal
developments which have taken place ia branch of
publishers to submit it exact and thorough revision
aud TO issue a new edition, entitled
THE AMERICAN CYCL0PE DIA.
Within the last years the progress of discovery
reference an imperative want
The movement of political affairs has kept pace with
the discoveries Of science and their fruitful application
to the industrial and useful arts and the and
refinement of social life Great and consequent
OlutiOns have occurred involving national changes Pc
culiar moment The civil of country which
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the natural result of the lapse Of time have brought into
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accurate of the in scence
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cnct and original record of the progress OF
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composon as have been sugreste nv Hanger e1ner;snc
and enlarged knowledge. .-H'-.- - -l..
THE nLUsTRAIIoNs,
which introduced for the first time in the present ed
ton have been added for tho sake pictorial effect
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natural history and depict the most famous and remark
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ment no pains have been spared to insure their
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