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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 864 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VALLS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

north-eastern See also:

Spain, in the See also:

province of See also:

Tarragona; 1r m . N. of Tarragona, on the Picamoixons-Roda railway . Pop . (1900) 12,625 . Valls is an old town, and its walls and towers still remain . See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

Wool and See also:

cotton See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

WEAVING

weaving, See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing, distilling, See also:

paper-making and tanning are carried on here with considerable activity .

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