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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 214 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADORF  , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, 3 M. from the Bohemian frontier, at an See also:elevation of 1400 ft. above the See also:sea, on the Flatten–See also:Eger and Aue-Adorf lines of See also:rail-way . Pop . 5000 . It has See also:lace, See also:dyeing and tanning See also:industries, and manufactures of toys and musical See also:instruments; and there is a convalescent See also:home for the poor of the See also:city of See also:Leipzig .

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