Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae A family of trees and shrubs that have
simple or
palmate, alternate leaves with
stipules. The flowers are either bisexual or unisexual, and the plants either
monoecious or
dioecious. The flowers are usually held in a
spike. The
calyx is 4 or 5 united
sepals and the same number of
petals. There are up to 14
stamens. The position of the
ovary is variable from one species to another; it always has 2
locules and 2
styles. The fruit is a woody exocarp or a brittle endocarp (see
PERICARP). There are 28 genera, with about 90 species, and representatives of the family are found throughout subtropical and temperate zones of the world, concentrated in eastern Asia. Several genera give useful timbers and aromatic gums (e.g.
Liquidambar).
Hamamelis is the genus of witch hazel of which
H. virginiana gives the soothing lotion used in medicine. Other species are ornamentals.
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Charles Perrault: Memoirs of My Life.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Hollins Critic; 4/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...triumph of his brother Claude's design for the completion of the Louvre. Perrault's memoirs begin with...king decides between Claude Perrault's design and that...s, the king selects Claude Perrault's. Perrault then...
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Toward the Quebec Auteur: From Perrault to Arcand.(a look at Canadian filmmakers from the 1960s and 1970s)
Magazine article from: CineAction; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...nationality's claim to having a genuine national cinema. Pierre Perrault (1927-99) was the documentarist that brought the meaning...caricature created a cinematic sociology of popular sensibilities; Claude Jutra (1930-1987) was the shy genius who gave Canada the...
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Design + health. (interior design for health care facilities)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 8/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...becoming more humane. In 1688, Claude Perrault, architect of the east front of...bizarre combination, but not in Perrault's time. According to Alberto...man." Forty centuries before Perrault, Egypt's Imhotep had also excelled...
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Europe's great Baroque escape WEEKEND ARTS / EXHIBITONS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/2/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...conceived under Louis XIV by the king's physician, Claude Perrault, and erected between 1667 and 1674. The contrast could...opposite of the serene gravity of the "Colonnade de Perrault" as old Parisians still call it. Italian alacrity...
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At the third splash it will be 1pm
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/24/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...into the other. "That's called a rocker," Dr Mills said, "invented in 1669 by Claude Perrault, designer of the facade of the Louvre." Unlike Perrault's clock, Mr Buck's has no pendulum. Instead, the oscillator is a spring-damped...
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Pregnant Fictions: Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early-Modern France
Magazine article from: Marvels & Tales; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...natural philosopher Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Lhritier was the niece of both the academician Charles Perrault and the doctor Claude Perrault. D'Aulnoy, La Force, Murat, and Bernard were also members of the Marquise de Lambert's salon...
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Alexis' Lac Pelletier Continues to Provide Strong Results-Up to 7.61 Grams Per Tonne Gold Over 14.9 Metres (0.22 oz. Over 48.9 Feet)
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 10/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...Control The Lac Pelletier program is supervised by Claude Savard, P.Geo. and Claude Gagnier, P.Geo., Qualified Persons as defined...is supervised by Robert Inglis, P.Eng and Claude Perrault P.Eng. Assay samples are taken from drill...
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Paris: Capital of the World.(Reviews)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...royal apartments of the Louvre in 1699, "though they had to share it with the skeleton of an elephant dissected by Claude Perrault." (p. 131) There is also much that soars above these asides. Higonnet's treatment of opera in Paris as a faithful...
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'Welsh Versailles' hopes to be in luxury end of the hotel market.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...Current status: Empty, derelict. The Palace of Versailles Architect: Louis Le Vau, who also collaborated with Claude Perrault on the Louvre. Built: Built in 1624. King Louis XIV moved to the chateau 58 years later. Uses: Royal residence...
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Lines of Thought: Discourse, Architectonics, and the Origin of Modern Philosophy. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 3/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...and literary theory. A reading of the little known writings by the seventeenth-century architectural theorist Claude Perrault, one of the first Cartesians to apply Descartes's thought to aesthetics, explicates the full meaning of these...
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Claude Perrault
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Claude Perrault Claude Perrault (1613-1688), French scientist, architect, and engineer, designed the east front of the Louvre in Paris, the finest example of the classicistic phase of the French baroque style. Claude Perrault was born...
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Perrault, Claude
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PERRAULT, CLAUDE ( b . Paris, France, 25 September 1613...architecture. mechanical engineering . Perrault was the son of Pierre Pperrault, originallyt...were the fairy-take writer Charkles Perrault and the hygrologist Pierre Perrault...
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Perrault, Charles (1628–1703)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...1628 – 1703) PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628...tale writer. Charles Perrault belonged to a family...whom was his brother Claude, an architect best remembered...mocked Charles' brother Claude. Perrault's poem "Le Si...
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Perrault, Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PERRAULT, PIERRE ( b .France, 1611...his three younger brothers: Claude (1613 – 1688...for the previous ten years. Perrault, along with other tax collectors...peeniless. It is not known how Perrault earned his living after the...
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Duverney, Joseph-Guichard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...subjects. Here, too, he probably met Claude Perrault, who asked him to assist in dissections. Perrault was the leader of a group of anatomists...s expense. The work had been begun by Perrault, Louis Gayant, and Jean Pequet but had...
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