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iron mines, from which about 18,000,000 tons of iron ore were taken between 1740 and 1902, and 804,848 tons in 1906. The ore yields about 46 % of iron, and contains about 2.5% of See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur, the roasting of the ores being necessaryore-roasting kilns are more extensively used here than in any other See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The See also:

AREA

area of ore exposed is about 4000 ft. See also:

long and 400 to 800 ft. wide, and includes three hills; it has been one of the most productive magnetite deposits in the See also:

WORLD

world. See also:

LIMESTONE

Limestone, brownstone and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-See also:

clay also abound in the vicinity; and besides mines and quarries, the city has extensive manufactories of iron, See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, chains, and nuts and bolts. In 1905 its factory products were valued at $6,978,458. The See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its See also:

WATER

water-See also:

WORKS

works.

The first See also:

settlement in the locality was made about 1730, and twenty years later a See also:

TOWN

town was laid out by one of the landowners, See also:

George Steitz, and named Steitztown in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour. About 176o the town became known as Lebanon, and under this name it was incorporated as a See also:

borough in 1821 and chartered as a city in 1885. LE BARGY, See also:

CHARLES GUSTAVE AUGUSTE (1858- ), See also:

French actor, was born at La Chapelle (See also:

Seine). His See also:

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent both as a comedian and a serious actor was soon made evident, and he became a member of the Comedie Francaise, his See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief successes being in such plays as Le See also:

DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

Duel, L'Enigme, Le See also:

MARQUIS

Marquis de Priola, L'Autre Danger and Le Dedale. His wife, See also:

SIMONE (1457—1508)

Simone le Bargy nee See also:

BENDA

Benda, an accomplished actress, made her debut at the Gymnase in 1902, and in later years had a See also:

GREAT

great success in La Rafale and other plays. In 1910 he had See also:

DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences with the authorities of the Comedie Francaise and ceased to be a societaire. LE BEAU, CHARLES (1701-1778), French See also:

HISTORICAL

historical writer, was born at See also:

Paris on the i 5th of See also:

OCTOBER

October z 701, and was educated at the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de Sainte-Barbe and the College du Plessis; at the latter he remained as a teacher until he obtained the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric in the College See also:

des Grassins. In 1 748 he was admitted a member of the See also:

Academy of See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, and in 1752 he was nominated See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of eloquence in the College de See also:

France. From 1755 he held the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of perpetual secretary to the Academy of Inscriptions, in which capacity he edited fifteen volumes (from the 25th to the 39th inclusive) of the Histoire of that institution. He died at Paris on the 13th of See also:

March 1778. The only See also:

WORK

work with which the name of Le Beau continues to be associated is his Histoire du Bas-See also:

EMPIRE

Empire, en commencant a Constantin le See also:

GRAND

Grand, in 22 vols. 12mo (Paris, 1756-1779), being a continuation of C.

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