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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 391 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SCHWECHAT , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Austria, in See also:

LOWER

Lower Austria, 5 M. S.E. of See also:

Vienna by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (19oo) 8241. Here is situated the Dreher brewery, the largest in the See also:

MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy; and there are also important smelting and See also:

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

iron See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

cotton-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, factories of See also:

electrical plant, &c. The See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at Schwechat of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold I. with Sobieski in 1683, after the liberation of Vienna, is commemorated by an See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk. The imperial troops defeated the Hungarian insurgents in a See also:

BATTLE

battle fought here in See also:

OCTOBER

October 1848.

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