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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Eskilstuna

Britannica 11th

ESKILSTUNA. a town of Sweden in the district (Ian) of Sodcrmanland, on the Hjelmar river, which unites lakes Hjelmar and Millar, 65 m. W. of Stockholm by rail. Pop. (1900) 13,663. The place is mentioned in the i.uh century, and is said to derive its name from ...

Vol. 9, pp. 769-769 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

Esker

Britannica 11th

... able size form tunnels under or in the ice these may become more or less filled ESKILSTUNA— ESKIMO with wmsh, and when the ice melts the aggraded channels appear as long ridges of gravel and sand known as esters. It has been thought that similar ridges are som ...

Vol. 9, pp. 768-769 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 12.0