Letronne
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Monsieur Letronne conjectures that he only imitated the plan, which is attributed to Periander, of having designed to cut through the isthmus of Corinth.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
On the W. of Billy and Hansteen is a wide inlet of the Oceanus Procellarum, bounded by the Letronne region on the W., and on the S. by lofty highlands.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
Letronne found a date of 3430 B.C.; but the earlier date agrees better with the evidence derived from Egyptology.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
Letronne inclines to identify him with Dicuil or Dichull, abbot of Pahlacht, born about 760.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
M. Letronne has proved that in 795, sixty-five years consequently before the Danes, Irish monks landed in Iceland and established themselves on the coast.
From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various
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