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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 516 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WELS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Austria, in Upper Austria, 17 M. S.S.W. of See also:

LINZ

Linz by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900) 12,187. It is situated on the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

TRAUN, OTTO FERDINAND, COUNT VON ABENSPERG UND (1677-1748)

Traun and possesses an interesting See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church, in See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

style, rebuilt in the 15th See also:

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

century, but the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

PART

part supposed to date from the 9th century. The town draws a See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of natural See also:

GAS

gas, used for See also:

LIGHTING

lighting, See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat and See also:

MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, from deep artesian borings first made in 1891. It has an important See also:

trade in See also:

corn, See also:

TIMBER

timber, horned 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, pigs and horses, fowls, See also:

DAIRY

dairy produce and See also:

LARD (Fr. lard, from Lat. laridum, bacon fat, related to Gr. Naptvos fat, Napos dainty or sweet)

lard; and considerable manufactures, including machinery, See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast-See also:

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

iron, See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper and See also:

brass goods, See also:

CALICO

calico, See also:

GUNPOWDER

gunpowder, oil, See also:

paper, articles in See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

leather and biscuits. Weis stands on the site of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman Ovilaba, and was in the 8th century the See also:

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

residence of the See also:

dukes of Lambach-Wels. The actual town See also:

DATES

dates from the r rth century.

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