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Bertillon system
Bertillon system Ber`til`lon" sys"tem [After Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist.] A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.
Billon
Billon Bil`lon", n. [F. Cf. Billet a stick.] An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.
Carillon
Carillon Car"il*lon, n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.] 1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. 2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Hersillon
Hersillon Her"sil*lon, n. [F., fr. herse a harrow. See Herse, n.] (Fort.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
Orillon
Orillon O*ril"lon, n. [F., lit., a little ear, from oreille an ear, fr. L. oricula, auricula, dim. of auris an ear. See Ear.] (Fort.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.
Paillon
Paillon Pail`lon", n.; pl. -lions. [F., fr. paille straw.] A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.
Sillon
Sillon Sil"lon, n. [F., a furrow.] (Fort.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it. --Crabb.
Tenaillon
Tenaillon Te*nail"lon, n. [F. See Tenaille.] (Fort.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

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- Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ etjɛn də la vil syʁ‿ijɔ̃ də lasepɛd]; 26 December...
- Colonel Pierre Minjonnet, on the right intended to strike from Ville-sur-Illon to Damas which held the main road between Dompaire and Epinal. They would...
- French naturalist and politician Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède, publisher of the 5 volume Histoire Naturelle des Poissons...
- Ville-sur-Illon is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Communes of the Vosges department "Répertoire national des...
- Nicholas Lucien Leclerc (Ville-sur-Illon, 1816-Ville-sur-Illon, 1893) was a French military doctor, translator, and influential early western historian...
- and is derived from Old French cote (‘cotte’) and the diminutive suffix -illon. There are two etymological theories as to how "underskirt" became a dance's...
- physicist (died 1827) December 26 – Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, French naturalist (died 1825) David Friesenhausen, German-Hungarian-Jewish...
- |work= ignored (help) in Bernard Germain Étienne Médard de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de La Cépède (1818). Oeuvres complètes de Buffon, Mises en ordre...
- under the Treaty of Trianon. His Hungarian Jewish parents were Herman and Illon Birnstein. The second youngest of four children, Sándor was brought through...
- Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu 1795–1796: Bernard Germain Étienne de Laville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède 1796–1797: Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton 1797–1798: Louis...