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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MISKOLCZ , See also:

capital of the 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 of Borsod, See also:

Hungary, 113 M. N.E. of See also:

BUDAPEST

Budapest by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900), 40,833. It is situated in a valley watered by the Szinva in the See also:

east of the Btikk mountains, and opens towards the See also:

south to the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of the Saj6, an affluent of the Hernad. Miskolcz is a thriving See also:

TOWN

town, and among its buildings are a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

church of the 13th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in See also:

LATE

Late See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

style, a Minorite See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, and See also:

Greek Catholic, Lutheran and Calvinist churches. It manufactures See also:

SNUFF (from " to snuff, " i.e. to inhale, to draw in through the nose; cf. Dutch snuf, scent, Ger. Schnupfen, a cold, catarrh, and Eng. " snuffle, " " sniff, " &c.)

snuff, See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain, boots and shoes, and prepared See also:

leather, and has both See also:

steam and See also:

WATER

water See also:

mills. It trades in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, hides, See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, See also:

WAX

wax and agricultural products, while four well-attended fairs are held annually. About 5 M. See also:

west of the town in the Szinva valley is Di6sgyor (pop. 11,520), which possesses important See also:

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

iron-See also:

WORKS

works, and the ruined See also:

castle of Dibsgyor, formerly a See also:

SHOOTING

shooting See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Hungary. About 4 M. to the south-west of Miskolcz are the See also:

BATHS

baths of Tapolcza, containing warm springs. To the south-west of the town lies Onod (pop.

2087), to the south of which, on the See also:

banks of the Saj6, is the See also:

heath of Mohi or Muhi, famous as the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

GREAT

great defeat of the Hungarians by the See also:

MONGOLS

Mongols in 1241. About 85,000 Hungarians See also:

fell, and the whole See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was devastated for the next two years by the Mongolian hordes. During the 16th and 17th centuries Miskolcz suffered much from the Ottomans, and from the troops of See also:

George Rak6czy and See also:

EMERIC

Emeric Tokolyi. In 1781, 1843 and 1847 it was devastated by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and on the 30th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1878 a great portion of the town was ruined by a terrific See also:

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