 | absorption in the glass. In 1748, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was the first to replace a convex lens with a series of concentric annular prisms, ground... 56 KB (6,475 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024 |
 | Lens (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s] ; Picard: Linse) is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of the main towns of Hauts-de-France... 8 KB (656 words) - 02:19, 19 April 2024 |
 | Burning glass (redirect from Burning lens) A burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in... 17 KB (1,847 words) - 00:52, 28 August 2023 |
 | Jean, comte de Gassion (1609 Pau – 1647 Lens) was a Gascon military commander for France, prominent at the battle of Rocroi (1643) who reached the rank... 2 KB (198 words) - 07:53, 7 May 2023 |
Lawrence (1810) Miracle of St Nicholas of Tolentino (1811) Portrait of the Comte de Lens, Mayor of Ghent (1815) L'Humanité Belge (1817), now in the collection... 3 KB (412 words) - 14:16, 9 February 2021 |
 | County of Artois (category History of the Pas-de-Calais) The County of Artois (French: comté d'Artois, Dutch: graafschap Artesië; Picard: Comté d'Artoé) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held... 14 KB (1,359 words) - 04:05, 16 April 2024 |
Desvres Douvrin Étaples Fruges Harnes Hénin-Beaumont-1 Hénin-Beaumont-2 Lens Liévin Lillers Longuenesse Lumbres Marck Nœux-les-Mines Outreau Saint-Omer... 2 KB (120 words) - 04:03, 28 December 2022 |
 | relieving pressure on Catalonia and in Franche-Comté. En route, the Spanish troops, under Francisco de Melo, laid siege to the fortified town of Rocroi... 18 KB (2,098 words) - 16:43, 2 August 2023 |
 | The Battle of Lens (20 August 1648) was a French victory under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé against the Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm... 22 KB (2,285 words) - 15:24, 20 August 2023 |
Nicolas Bucher (category People from Lens, Pas-de-Calais) opera and contemporary music. Born in Lens, Bucher began playing the organ in Arras and then at the Conservatoire de Lille, in Jean Boyer's and Aude Heurtematte's... 4 KB (444 words) - 01:46, 6 April 2024 |