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ARCUEIL , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine, on the Bievre, 22 m. N.E. of Sceaux on the railway from See also:Paris to Limours. Pop. (1906) 866o. The town has an interesting See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church dating from the 13th to the 15th See also:century. It takes its name from a See also:Roman See also:aqueduct, the Arcus Juliani (Arculi), some traces of which still remain. In 1613—1624 a See also:bridge-aqueduct over 1300 ft. See also:long was constructed to convey See also:water from the See also:spring of Rungis some 4 M. See also:south of Arcueil, across the Bievre to the Luxembourg See also:palace in Paris. In 1868—1872
another aqueduct, still longer, was superimposed above that of the 17th century, forming See also:part of the See also:system conveying water from the See also:river Vanne to Paris. The two together reach a height of about 135 ft. See also:Bleaching, and the manufacture of See also:bottle capsules, patent See also:leather and other articles are carried on at Arcueil; and there are important See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone-quarries.
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