Letronne
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Vincent assigns the composition of the Periplus to the reign of Claudius or Nero, and Dodwell to that of M. Aurelius, but Letronne more judiciously ascribes it to the period of Severus and Caracalla, A.D.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
These words, as Letronne remarked à propos of this passage, combine the ideas of a tiled roof and of one with a ridge.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
WICHMANN.—This bright crater, about 5 miles in diameter, stands on a light area in Oceanus Procellarum, N.N.W. of Letronne and nearly due E. of Euclides.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
If Letronne is observed under oblique illumination, the low mounds and ridges on the Mare outside impress one with the idea that they represent the remains of a once complete N. wall.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
Father Ménestrier believes that the Scoras spoken of by Polybius was the Saôme; Letronne, Larauza, and Schweighauser believe it to be the Isère; Cochard, a learned man of Lyons, identifies it with the Drôme.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
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