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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Arsonval

Britannica 11th

ARSONVAL, a village of France in the department of Aube, lies on the right bank of the Aube, about 30 m. east of Troyes. It has a church dating from the i2th century. Pop. 434.

Vol. 2, pp. 656-656 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

Arson

Britannica 11th

... e incendiaries were burnt to death; a punishment which was inflicted also under ARSONVAL— ARSUF the Gothic institutions. Death continued to be the penalty at least down to the reign of King John, according to a reported case (Gloucester Pleas, pi. 216), but in ...

Vol. 2, pp. 655-656 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 46.62

Arnal

Britannica 11th

ARNAL, &TIENNB (1794-1872), French actor, was born at Meulan, Seine-et-Oise, on the ist of February 1704. After serving in the army, and working in a button factory, he took to the stage. His first appearance (1815) was in tragedy, and for some time he was uns

Vol. 2, pp. 625-625 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 34.62