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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARENDAL , a seaport of See also:

Norway, in Nedenaes amt (See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county), on the See also:

south See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, 46 m. N.E. from See also:

CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND)

Christiansand. Pop. (190o) 11,155. It rises picturesquely above the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river Nid,with a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour protected by an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island from the open See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the See also:

SKAGERRACK

Skagerrack. The See also:

TOWN

town itself occupies several islets, and some of the houses are supported above the See also:

WATER

water on piles. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief exports are See also:

TIMBER

timber (very largely exported to See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain), See also:

wood-pulp, sealskins and See also:

FELSPAR, or FELDSPAR

felspar. In 1879 Arendal ranked second (after See also:

CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania) as a See also:

SHIP

ship-owning See also:

PORT

port; in 1899 it had dropped to the fifth See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. In and near the town are factories for wood-pulp, See also:

paper, See also:

cotton and See also:

JOINERY

joinery; and at Fevig, 8 in. See also:

north-See also:

east, a See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yard and See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works. The neighbourhood is remarkable for the number of beautiful and rare minerals found there; one of these, a variety of See also:

EPIDOTE

epidote, was formerly called Arendalite. See also:

Louis Philippe stayed here for some See also:

time during his See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

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