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Brest France: ROCHEFORT or ROCHEFORT-SURMER, rosh-for'sur-mar', town, France, situated in the Department of Charente-Maritime, on the Charente River about 10 miles from its mouth at the Bay of Biscay, and 17 miles south-southeast of La Rochelle. The town was formerly a fortified naval base, founded by Jean Baptiste Colbert, but lost its importance to brest france in World War I, and is now primarily a fishing port. It also has sawmills, metal foundries, an aircraft engine assembly plant, fish-processing establishments, and factories producing tiles, clothing, and candles.The equipment will record oceanographic weather data and will concentrate particularly on the area where the air and the water meet, at the sea's surface. A final oceanographic enterprise will be the opening of the Centre Oceanographique de brest france by France late in 1969. A number of deep-submergence vessels to aid in underwater research and also to perform rescue missions are expected to have their first trial runs late in 1968 or in 1969. The nuclear-powered NR-1, developed by the U.S. Navy, will carry a crew of five, plus two scientists. It will study and map the ocean bottoms, measure characteristics of the water, and collect samples of marine life.
Evans made repeated use of the term "mental medicine" in articles written in 1869, and his efforts, together with those of Julius Dresser, another Quimby disciple, gave impetus to the New Thought (q.v.) movement. QUIMPER, ka.N-par', town and commune, France, capital of Finistere Department, located 32 miles southeast of brest france, at the junction of the Steir and Odet rivers, whence its name, from the Breton 'Kemper,' junction or confluence. It has the fine cathedral of Saint Corentin, built in 1424, and two churches—one, that of Locmaria dating from the llth century; the other, Saint Mathieu, dating from the 16th. The old capital of Cornouailles, it figured in the religious wars. Its products include pottery, bronze and copper work, wool goods, hosiery, food products, and leather. Pop. (1962) 40,223. |
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