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  2. Musique de l'Artillerie - Wikipedia

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    The band during a Bastille Day rehearsal ceremony. The Musique de l’Artillerie (English: Artillery Band) sometimes referred to informally as the Music of 9-9 or M-ART is a military band of French Army falls under the Sud-Est territorial region. It consists of 50 musicians, who perform at official protocol ceremonies as well as public ...

  3. History of the metre - Wikipedia

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    An early definition of the metre was one ten-millionth of the Earth quadrant, the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, measured along a meridian through Paris.. The history of the metre starts with the Scientific Revolution that is considered to have begun with Nicolaus Copernicus's publication of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543.

  4. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Table of the measuring units used in the 17th century at Pernes-les-Fontaines in the covered market at Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Although in the pre-revolutionary era (before 1795) France used a system and units of measure that had many of the characteristics of contemporary English units (or the later Imperial System of units), France still lacked a unified ...

  5. Category:French musical groups - Wikipedia

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    Afrikaans; Alemannisch; العربية; Arpetan; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български

  6. Music of the Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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    The History of Foreign Legion Music commenced with the creation of the Foreign Legion by King Louis Philippe I in 1831. Legionnaires Musicians were regrouped at the corps of a common formation. [2] The Music Band maintains till the present the usage of the Turkish crescent (French: "Chapeau chinois"), an Ottoman music

  7. Musique des Troupes de Marine - Wikipedia

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    Members of the band with the 1st Marine Division Band in 2015. The Musique des Troupes de Marine (M-TDM) (lit. ' Music of the Navy Troops ') is a military band in the French Army, attached to the army's naval infantry branch; the Troupes de marine. It contributes to the prestige of many official ceremonies and gives honor to high ranking French ...

  8. Village People - Wikipedia

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    Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by the French producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo and the lead singer Victor Willis [1] following the release of the debut album Village People, which targeted disco's large gay audience.

  9. History of the metric system - Wikipedia

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    Units in everyday use by country as of 2019 The history of the metric system began during the Age of Enlightenment with measures of length and weight derived from nature, along with their decimal multiples and fractions. The system became the standard of France and Europe within half a century. Other measures with unity ratios [Note 1] were added, and the system went on to be adopted across ...