In a thesis (Essai sur la vie et la correspondance du sophiste Libanius) submitted to the University of Paris, L. Petit explains how he studied the life of Libanius: by letting Libanius tell us about himself.
The Antiochean rhetroician Libanius was one of the most prolific writers of ancient times. Émile Monnier describes for us how the entire world of the fourth century lives and breathes in Libanius’ letters.
A French magazine from 1847 describes the enthusiasm of M. Antoine Andraud for compressed air. M. Andraud actually made some experiments with compressed-air vehicles in the 1840s, but he dreamed of much more.
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