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MEURSIUS [JOHANNES See also:VAN MEURS] (1579-1639) , Dutch classical See also:scholar and See also:antiquary, was See also:born at Loosduinen, near the See also:Hague. He was extremely precocious, and at the See also:age of sixteen produced a commentary on the See also:Cassandra of See also:Lycophron. In 1610 he was appointed See also:professor of See also:Greek and See also:history at See also:Leiden, and in the following See also:year historiographer to the states-See also:general. In consequence of the disturbed See also:state of his See also:country he welcomed the offer (1625) of See also:Christian IV. of See also:Denmark to become professor of history and politics at Sorb, in See also:Zealand, combined with the See also:office of historiographer royal. He died at Soro on the loth of See also:September 1639. Meursius was the author of classical See also:editions and See also:treatises, many of which are printed in J. F. See also:Gronovius's See also:Thesaurus antiquitatum graecarum. Their lack of arrangement detracts from their value, but they are a storehouse of See also:information, and Meursius does not deserve the epithets of " See also:pedant " and " See also:ignoramus " which See also:Scaliger applied to him. Meursius also wrote on the troubles in the See also:Netherlands and the history of Denmark. See also:Complete edition of his See also:works by J. Lami (1741-1763).

See Van der Aa's Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (1869), and J E. See also:

Sandys, Hist. of Class. Scholarship (1908), ii. 311. MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE, a See also:department of See also:north-eastern See also:France, formed in 1871 out of those parts of the old departments of Meurthe and Moselle which continued See also:French. Before 1790 it belonged to See also:Lorraine, or to one or other of the bishoprics of See also:Toul, See also:Metz and See also:Verdun. Pop. (1906), 517,508. See also:Area 2038 sq. m. It is bounded E. by Lorraine, N. by See also:Belgium and the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Luxemburg, W. by the department of See also:Meuse, and S. by that of See also:Vosges. Meurthe-et-Moselle is of a hilly See also:character, the highest See also:elevation, the Grand Rougimont (2041 ft.), being in the Vosges. The valley of the Moselle runs through it from See also:south to north.

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chief of which is the See also:Forest of Haye, are found in the south-western region. Only a small See also:part of the drainage of Meurthe-et-Moselle flows into the Meuse, by far the greater part reaching the See also:Rhine by way of the Moselle. The See also:principal affluents of the Moselle are the Madon and the See also:Orne on the See also:left, and on the right, besides the Meurthe, the Seille, which in one part of its course forms the boundary of See also:Alsace-Lorraine. The principal tributary of the Meuse within the department is the Chiers. Clirnatologically Meurthe-et-Moselle belongs to the Vosgian region, and has hot summers and severe winters. Its mean See also:annual temperature is between 48° and 490 F., being 2° See also:lower than that of See also:Paris (which has the same See also:latitude). The annual rainfall averages between 28 and 32 in. The department possesses much fertile See also:land, the chief crops being cereals and potatoes, together with See also:clover, mangel-wurzels, See also:tobacco, hops and See also:beet-See also:root. The See also:vine is also cultivated, its best products being those of the Toul See also:district. The most See also:common See also:fruit trees are the See also:pear, the See also:apple, the See also:walnut, the See also:cherry and the See also:plum. Of forest trees the See also:oak and the wych-See also:elm are most frequent in the See also:west of the department, the See also:beech and the See also:fir in the Vosges. The French school of forestry has its seat at See also:Nancy.

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salt-workings (the chief of which See also:lie between Nancy and St See also:Nicolas,) and the See also:iron-mines (See also:round Nancy and See also:Longwy) of Meurthe-et-Moselle are the most productive in France. Other important See also:industries are the manufacture of boots and shoes, See also:straw and See also:felt hats, pottery, and tanning and See also:brewing (at Tantonville). See also:Cotton and See also:wool See also:spinning, and the manufacture of cotton goods, See also:hosiery, See also:embroidery, chemicals (at Dombasle, See also:close to Nancy), See also:soap, tobacco, matches, crystal (at See also:Baccarat, which has a See also:population of 5617), mirrors (Cirey), See also:glass, See also:army clothing and See also:paper may also be mentioned. The department is served by the Eastern railway, the chief See also:line being that from Paris to See also:Strassburg through Nancy. The See also:main waterway is formed by the See also:canal between the See also:Marne and the Rhine. This canal communicates with the Moselle, which is navigable from Frouard down-wards, and with the Eastern canal, which unites the Meuse and the Moselle with the See also:Saone and the See also:Rhone. The department constitutes the See also:diocese of Nancy, has its See also:court of See also:appeal at Nancy, and forms a part of the district of the VI. army See also:corps (Chalons-our-Marne), and of the academie (educational See also:division) of Nancy. There are 4 arrondissements (Nancy, Briey, See also:Luneville and Toul), 29 cantons and 598 communes. The principal towns of the department are Nancy, the See also:capital, Luneville, Toul, Longwy, See also:Pont-a-Mousson and St Nicolas. Other places of See also:interest are Preny, with ruins of an important stronghold (12th and 13th centuries) of the See also:dukes of Lorraine; and Vaudemont, seat of a famous countship, with ruins of a stronghold of the 12th and 14th centuries.

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