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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHAUDESAIGUES , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of central See also:

France, in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

CANTAL

Cantal, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the mountains of Aubrac, 19 M. S.S.W. of St See also:

FLOUR

Flour by road. Pop. (1906) See also:

TOWN

town, 937; See also:

commune, 1558. It is celebrated for its hot See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs, which vary in temperature from 135° to 177° Fahr., and at their maximum See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as the hottest in France. The See also:

WATER

water, which contains bicarbonate of soda, is employed not only medicinally (for See also:

RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism, &c.), but also for the washing of fleeces, the See also:

INCUBATION

incubation of eggs, and various other economic purposes; and it furnishes a ready means of See also:

HEATING

heating the houses of the town during See also:

winter. In the immediate neighbourhood is the See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold chalybeate See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of Condamine. The warm springs were known to the See also:

Romans, and are mentioned by Sidonius See also:

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