... a traveler. I fall in between these two categories. I do not haul a rucksack, sleep in a tent or stay on the road for a long period of time. Neither do I belong to the bus tour, camera-totting crowd. Three years ago, I decided to go to Paris to brush up on my French. I stayed in a half-hostel/half-hotel. In the morning, I attended classes and in ... fine arts since I was not a good connoisseur of the subject. I spent twelve hours finding out nothing, except that Mona Lisa watches you all the time as you pass her. The tour-guided tourists probably learned more about history and arts. Wel...

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... research and for some years published an annual "Atlas Météorologique."" In 1907 he published his "Recherchés experimentales sur la Résistance de l'air, executées à la Tour Eiffel."" When aeroplanes became practicable, he began to apply these researches for the benefit of the new art of flying. In 1910 he published a book describing his experiments, and this ... ...

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The Eiffel Tower In 1889, the Prince of Whales opened la tour, which was meant to commemorate the French Revolution centenaire. This took place during the International Exhibition of 1889 in Paris, France. In the planning stages of the tower, well over ... ...

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... year of 1886, then on February 14 1887, with the construction work barely begun, there appeared the Artists' Protest. The "Protest against the Tower of Monsieur Eiffel", published in the newspaper Le Temps, is addressed to the World's Fair's director of works, Monsieur Alphand. The assembly of the supports began on July 1 1887, and was completed twenty-two months later. Between ... ...

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