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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 255 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BORNA , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

Saxony, on the Wyhra at its junction with the Pleisse, 17 M . S. by E. of See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig by See also:

RAIL

rail . Pop . (1905) 9176 . The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat-cutting, See also:

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

iron foundries, See also:

ORGAN

organ, See also:

PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte, 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 and See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe factories .

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