OSTRAU  , the name of two See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian towns in the Ostrau-Karwin See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• DISTRICT

district . (1) Mahrisch-Ostrau (Moravian Ostrau), a See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, 95 M . N.E. of Briinn by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900) 30,125 . It is situated on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Ostrawitza, near its confluence with the See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

Oder, and it derives its importance from the neighbouring coal mines, and the blast furnaces and See also:

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

iron-See also:

• WORKS

works which they have called into existence . The manufactures comprise See also:

• SHEET

sheet-iron, boilers, See also:

• ZINC

zinc, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick and tiles, See also:

• PARAFFIN

paraffin, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, See also:

• SOAP

soap and candles . The See also:

• ROTHSCHILD

Rothschild iron-works at Witkowitz are in the vicinity . (2) Polnisch-Ostrau (See also:

• POLISH

Polish Ostrau), a mining town in Austrian See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, opposite Mahrisch-Ostrau . Pop . (1900) 18,761, mostly See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech . It has large coal mines, which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western portion of the extensive Upper Silesian coal See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, the largest Austrian See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit .