The American Cyclopædia, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The American Cyclopædia, Vol. 1: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, An-AsherWithin the last ten years the progress of discovery in every department of knowledge has made a new work of reference an imperative want. The physi cal sciences have revealed unexpected and important relations in the material world. Chemistry and physiology have been well nigh reconstructed. Light, heat, and force are now subjected to new processes of study, with results truly astonishing. The elements of matter have undergone a fresh analysis, and are arranged in new classifications, the spectroscope has made known the intimate composition of the stars, and opened the secular history of the sun, while the researches of the physiologist and the microscopist have won brilliant victories in the field of animated nature. No less remarkable advances have been made in ethnology, archaeology, and history. The records of antiquity have received a new interpretation, and a wonderful light has been thrown upon the annals of our race.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.