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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Valls

Britannica 11th

VALLS, a town of north-eastern Spain, in the province of Tarragona; n m. N. of Tarragona, on the Picamoixons-Roda railway. Pop. (1900) 12,625. Vails is an old town, and its walls and towers still remain. Wool and cotton spinning and weaving, dyeing, distilling ...

Vol. 27, pp. 864-864 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

Valles

Britannica 11th

VALLES, JULES (1832-1885), French journalist and author, was born at Puys, France, on the icth of June 1832. Coming to Paris, he joined the staff of the Figaro, and became a constant contributor to the other leading journals. In 1866 he republished much of his

Vol. 27, pp. 863-863 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 40.91

Arvals

Britannica 11th

ARVALS. ARVCLS or ARTHELS (0. None Arfr, inheritance, and ol, A.S. Ale, a banquet), primarily the funeral dinner, and later, especially in the north of England, a thin, light, iweet cake, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, served to the poor at Mich feasts. The

Vol. 2, pp. 711-711 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 32.73