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bed enclosed between two impervious layers ; the name is, however, sometimes loosely applied to any deep well, even when the water is obtained by pumping. In See also:

EUROPE

Europe this mode of well-boring was first practisedin the See also:

French See also:

province of See also:

ARTOIS

Artois, whence the name of Artesian is derived. At See also:

AIRE

Aire, in that province, there is a well from which the water has continued steadily to flow to a height of 11 feet above the ground for more than a See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; and there is, within the old Carthusian See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent at Lillers, another which See also:

DATES

dates from the 12th century, and which still flows. But unmistakable traces of much more See also:

ancient bored springs appear in See also:

LOMBARDY

Lombardy, in See also:

ASIA

Asia See also:

Minor, in See also:

PERSIA

Persia, in See also:

CHINA

China, in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt, in See also:

Algeria, and even in the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DESERT

desert of See also:

SAHARA

Sahara.

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