Hamm, a town in Westphalia, on the Lippe, 25 miles N.E. of Dortmund by rail, has large metal industries, including iron-foundries, wire-works, manufactories of machines, iron furniture, &c. Pop. (1875) 18,904; (1890) 24,969.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 534
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