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THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA, 



A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. 



Edited by GEORGE RIPLEY and CHARLES A. DANA, 



AIDED BY A NUMEROCS SELECT CORPS OF WR[TERS, IN ALL BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, AST 

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In Sixteen large volumes, 8vo. 750 double-column pages in each volume. 



" The leading claims to public consideration which the New American Cyclopaedia pos- 

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