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Doubs
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Doubs river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France...center; at the northern end of the lake the river drops 88 ft (27 m). The Doubs is heavily canalized and passes through several industrial cities including...
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Besançon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Besançon , city (1990 pop. 119,134), capital of Doubs dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs. An industrial town with metallurgical, textile, and food-processing industries...
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Franche-Comté
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...E France. It is coextensive with Haute-Saône, Doubs, and Jura depts. Dôle was the capital until 1676...the Vosges Mts. are in the north. The chief rivers are the Doubs and the upper Saône. Franche-Comté is...
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Jura
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Jura's rounded crests and summits are covered with dense pine forests and good pasture lands. The region is drained by the Doubs, the Ain, the Loué, and smaller streams. Major cities include La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, and...
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Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (1736–1806)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...xE9; n é raux). From 1775 to 1780, Ledoux realized a new saltworks, the Saline de Chaux, at Arc-et-Senans (Doubs). His master plan and architectural designs systematically addressed the technical, social, and symbolic dimensions of this...
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Treaty of Verdun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...three sons of Louis I , emperor of the West. It was concluded in 843 at Verdun on the Meuse or, possibly, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, Soâne-et-Loire dept., E France. Louis the German received the eastern portion (later Germany); Charles...
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Montbéliard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Montbéliard , industrial town (1990 pop. 30,639), Doubs dept., E France, on the Rhône-Rhine Canal. Automobiles are the town's primary manufacture. With its surrounding...
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Dôle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dôle , city (1990 pop. 28,860), Jura dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs River. There are metallurgical, food, and other industries. Dôle was the capital of Franche-Comté until...
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paddle steamer
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...the Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans (1751–1832). His 1776 experiment with a 13-metre (43-ft) boat on the Doubs River failed, but in 1783 his paddle steamer Pyroscaphe , with a displacement of 182 tons, was propelled against the current...
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Bon, Henri (1885-?)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...University of Lyons Medical School (M.D., 1912). In 1919 he was founder of the Clinique M é dicale of Arguel (Doubs) and served as its director for more than 30 years (1919-52). He is best known outside his native land for his several...
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