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Fontenelle |
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Fontenelle (French) [fɔ̃tənɛl] n (Biographies / Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757) M, French, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Bernard le Bovier de (bɛrnar lə bɔvje də). 1657-1757, French philosopher. His writings include Digressions sur les anciens et les modernes (1688) and Éléments de la géométrie de l'infini (1727) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Fontenelle informed Captain Bonneville that he was on his way from the company's trading post on the Yellowstone to the yearly rendezvous, with reinforcements and supplies for their hunting and trading parties beyond the mountains; and that he expected to meet, by appointment, with a band of free trappers in that very neighborhood. Somewhat later another Frenchman, named Fontenelle, wrote `The Plurality of Worlds,' a The mounts of Condamine and Fontenelle remained-- one on the right, the other on the left. |
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