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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 115 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LUDWIGSHAFEN , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the Bavarian See also:

PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate, on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, immediately opposite to See also:

MANNHEIM

Mannheim, with which it is connected by a See also:

steam See also:

ferry and a railway See also:

BRIDGE

bridge. Pop. (1885) 21,042, (1900) 61,905, (1905) 72,168. It has an increasing See also:

trade in See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

COAL

coal and agricultural products, a trade which is fostered by a 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 opened in 1897; and also large factories for making See also:

ANILINE, PHENYLADIINE, or AMINOBENZENE, (C6H5NH2)

aniline dyes and soda. Other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the manufacture of See also:

CELLULOSE

cellulose, artificial manure, See also:

FLOUR

flour and See also:

MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt; and there are saw-See also:

mills, iron foundries and breweries in the town. The See also:

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

place, which was founded in 1843 by See also:

Louis I., See also:

king of See also:

BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, was only made a town in 1859. See J. Esselborn, Geschichle der Stadt Ludwigshafen (Ludwigshafen, 1888).

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