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SERAING , a See also:town of See also:Belgium in the See also:province of See also:Liege, adjoining the See also:city of that name. Pop. (1904) 39,843. It lies on theright See also:bank of the See also:Meuse above Liege, with which it is connected by See also:rail and See also:tramway. Seraing owes all its prosperity and importance to the See also:firm founded by See also:John See also:Cockerill, an Englishman, in 1817, with the co-operation of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. of the Nether-lands, who provided See also:half the See also:capital. The Cockerill See also:family has See also:long disappeared, and the enterprise is now known as " the John Cockerill See also:Company." It is one of the largest factories of engines and machinery—apart from See also:war material—on the See also:continent. Its headquarters occupy the old summer See also:palace of the See also:prince-bishops of Liege. In 1890 it established a See also:branch at See also:Hoboken on the See also:Scheldt for the purpose of undertaking See also:ship-See also:building. The company employs 14,000 hands.
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