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Zurich

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A northern canton in Switzerland, and the second largest; is in the basin of the Rhine, with a well-cultivated fertile soil, and manufactures of cottons and silks, and with a capital of the same name at the foot of the Lake of Zurich; a large manufacturing and trading centre; has a Romanesque cathedral and a university, with silk mills and cotton mills, as well as foundries and machine shops; here Lavater was born and Zwingli was pastor.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Zurich'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​z/zurich.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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