| Title: | Aa or Aas |
| Original Title: | Aa ou Aas |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 6 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Mark K. Jensen [Pacific Lutheran University] |
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Aa or Aas." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Mark K. Jensen. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.470>. Trans. of "Aa ou Aas," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Aa or Aas." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Mark K. Jensen. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.470 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Aa ou Aas," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:6 (Paris, 1751). |
Aa or Aas, or Fountain of the Arquebusades. Spring in Béarn, [1] nicknamed of the Arquebusades, [2] from the property attributed to it of providing relief to those who have taken a few bullets.
1. A traditional province in southwestern France, whose capital was Pau. The mineral spring mentioned furnishes the water of the thermal spa of Eaux-Bonnes, on the opposite side of the valley of the Valentin from Aas.
2. The term arquebusade can refer either to the shot of an arquebus, or a vulnerary or herbal mixture used to treat gunshot wounds. Its application to this spring is said to date from the 16th century.