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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 217 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FRIEDRICHSDORF , a

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TOWN

town of

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Germany, in the Prussian

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NASSAU

Nassau, on the

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SOUTHERN

southern slope of the

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TAUNUS

Taunus range, 3 M . N.E. from Homburg . Pop . 1300 . It has a

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French Reformed

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MODERN

modern school, dyeworks,

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WEAVING

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mills, tanneries and

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TOBACCO

tobacco manufactures . Friedrichsdorf was founded in 1687 by Huguenot refugees and the inhabitants still speak French . There is a

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MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to Philipp Reis (1834-1874), who in 186o first constructed the

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TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone while a

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SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

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MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master at the school .

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