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  • Guttman has examined the principal types of dynamometers with respect to their use for testing explosive materials, and, after ascertaining wherein they are defective, has devised an apparatus in which the principle is the same as that employed by Messrs. Montluisant and Reffye at Meudon, that is to say, one in which the force of the powder is made to act upon a lead cylinder fixed in a conical channel.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various

  • A little above the latter is a small palace, called Meudon, which, from its great elevation, commands a fine view of Paris.

    Recollections of Europe James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • "Meudon" and "St. Cloud" and "Suresnes," with the dates; both names and dates were put where they showed up very prominently.

    With the Procession Henry Blake Fuller 1893

  • Born in Meudon, near Paris, Ms. Poésy was raised in a theatrical family and already on stage at age 14.

    The Other Cannes Film Festival Lanie Goodman 2011

  • May gave a party in Meudon and lovingly described covering her table with fine damask, my pretty silver and plenty of flowers and a green grape-leaf dish piled high with peaches, pears and grapes. . .

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • In France, where she and Ernest had settled near Paris in Meudon, she found an artistic home.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • Manufacturing began in supposed secrecy at a French arsenal in Meudon, outside Paris.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • It was on a hill overlooking the Seine and the forest of Meudon; the view was said to be truly magnificent.

    Bellevue elena maria vidal 2009

  • On the evening of the 5th of October, the King was shooting at Meudon, and the Queen was alone in her gardens at Trianon, which she then beheld for the last time in her life.

    The Grotto at Trianon elena maria vidal 2009

  • It was on a hill overlooking the Seine and the forest of Meudon; the view was said to be truly magnificent.

    Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009

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