Mulhall

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

MICHAEL GEORGE, a British statistician; born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1836. Having removed to South America, he founded the Buenos Ayres "Standard" (1861), the first English daily paper printed in South America. He published: "Handbook of the River Plata" (5 ( 5th ed. 1885), translated into Spanish; "Progress of the World" (1880); "Dictionary of Statistics" (new ed. 1892); "Industries and Wealth of Nations" (1896); etc. He died in Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 12, 1900. MÜHLHAUSEN MÜLHAUSEN, or (mül'hou-zen) (in French Mulhouse), a commercial and manufacturing town of Alsace, capital of the circle of Mülhausen, on the Ill river and the Rhone canal, 17½ miles N. W. of Basil, Switzerland. Mülhausen is first mentioned in 717; became an imperial free city in 1273; in the 15th century entered into an alliance with the Swiss which lasted till 1798, when it became French; was ceded to Germany, with Alsace, in 1871. Its industrial importance dates from 1746, when a cotton factory was established. It was the birthplace of Lambert, the mathematician. Mülhausen was captured by a French force in the first months of the World War, but was regained by the Germans, and remained in their possession until the end of the war. Pop. 100,000. See ALSACE-LORRAINE. MÜLHEIM-ON-THE-RHINE, a city of Germany in the Rhine province. It contains many handsome ancient and modern buildings. Prior to the World War it had important manufactories of silk, machinery, chemicals, and tobacco. Pop. about 55,000. MÜLHEIM-ON-THE-RUHR, a city of Germany in the Rhine province. In the surrounding region are important coal and iron mines and it had, prior to the World War, important industrial interests, including manufactories of machinery, tubes, leather, beer, etc. Pop. about 115,000.