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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 102 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SUNDSVALL , a seaport of See also:

Sweden in the See also:

DISTRICT

district (lan) of Vesternorrland, on a wide See also:

BAY

bay of the Baltic, at the See also:

north of the Seianger See also:

RIVER

River, 36o m. N. by W. of See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch from Ange on the See also:

NORTHERN

northern railway. Pop. (1900), 14,831. It was rebuilt in See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and See also:

stone after a destructive 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 in 1888. In the See also:

TOWN

town and its vicinity are numerous See also:

steam saw-See also:

mills, besides See also:

wood-pulp factories, steelworks, brickworks, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering shops, breweries and joineries, but Sundsvall owes its See also:

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

chief importance to its export See also:

trade in See also:

TIMBER

timber (6 to 7 million cub. ft. annually), the bulk of which goes to See also:

Germany, See also:

France and See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain. It also exports wood-pulp, See also:

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

iron and See also:

fish. There is a See also:

SPECIAL

special trade with See also:

FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland. The 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, which is usually closed by See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice from about the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December to the second See also:

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week in May, is sheltered against the See also:

east winds by a See also:

GROUP

group of islands.

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