The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
Words of a - ~
~ ~ Past Century.


~ New Universal Psychological English
Drtiorary" n. Bailey SAYS tho preface o,
M Interesting book Of some hundred odd
years ago. A big leather bound hook II Is.
printed as the printers of nowadays are Just
learning to print Illustrated with copper
plates and on excellent paper And II is a
GOOD dictionary. as far as il soes--whlch is a
long ways. for tho English vas even as It Is
now century ago, There were no eynco-
photographs nor y rays TO need explanation
"a ii6l, but the scientists were net unborn.
as the dictionary attcsts. Indeed, tho COM
plcr OF the work has taken evident salts.
faction in siVing the sciences prominent
place, aud the majority Of the illustrations
are given up TO drawings and explanations OF
rare 1owers, new machines and geometrical
figures Angles arc given two pages OF close
" printed matter. In which every possible
seome,rical anglo Is carefully classified Tho
square, giving chance for the geomtirican
again comes in for It's share OF attention
engine has page and half 10 itself. cleo
tricity has another page, AMI go on. A
scientific awakening was holding attention OF
the world of tT55 and the dictionary indexiur
the trend OF thought was ready to meet tn
public demand.
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