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2 days ago · Rouen ( UK: / ˈruːɒ̃, ˈruːɒn /, US: / ruːˈɒ̃, ruːˈɒn /; [3] [4] French: [ʁwɑ̃] ⓘ or [ʁu.ɑ̃]) [needs Norman IPA] is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the ...
2 days ago · The chemical elements can be broadly divided into metals, metalloids, and nonmetals according to their shared physical and chemical properties. All metals have a shiny appearance (at least when freshly polished); are good conductors of heat and electricity; form alloys with other metals; and have at least one basic oxide.
2 days ago · Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel ( CRES) and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains iron with chromium and other elements such as molybdenum, carbon, nickel and nitrogen depending on its specific use and cost. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion results ...
1 day ago · Paris, city and capital of France, situated in the north-central part of the country. People were living on the site of the present-day city, located along the Seine River some 233 miles (375 km) upstream from the river’s mouth on the English Channel (La Manche), by about 7600 bce. The modern city has spread from the island (the Île de la ...
3 days ago · April 30, 1883, Paris (aged 51) Movement / Style: Impressionism. realism. Édouard Manet (born January 23, 1832, Paris, France—died April 30, 1883, Paris) was a French painter who broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of representation and by choosing subjects from the events and circumstances of his own time.
- Pierre Courthion
4 days ago · Founded in 1768, The Encyclopedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, including 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed ...
3 days ago · Elle représente à elle seule 18,8 % de la population de la France métropolitaine, ce qui en fait la région la plus peuplée (environ 12 millions d'habitants). Elle est constituée des départements suivants : l’Essonne, les Yvelines, le Val d’Oise, la Seine-Saint-Denis, le Val-de-Marne, la Seine-et-Marne, les Hauts-de-Seine et Paris.
