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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 262 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GORTON , an See also:

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DISTRICT

district in the Gorton See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

England, forming an eastern suburb of See also:

Manchester . Pop . (19o1) 26,564 . It is largely a manufactur- See also:

ING

ing district, having See also:

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mills and See also:

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

iron, See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering and chemical See also:

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