Francs

Examples

• Five thousand francs is a reason, said the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Pasteur's attention was next directed to the wine industry, which then had an annual value to France of 500,000,000 francs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In the Milan cathedral it costs five francs to see it, and at St. Peter's, at Rome, it is almost impossible to see it at any price. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In 1874 the Government conferred upon Pasteur a life annuity of twelv e thousand francs, an equivalent of his salary as Professor of Chemistry at the Sorb onne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He gave the man five francs, by way of experiment. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In 1858 the Emperor of the French called a Congress in Paris to honor Morse, and the Congress awarded him a gift of 400,000 francs as a token of gratitude. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The treasures here, by simple weight, without counting workmanship, were valued at fifty millions of francs! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If you get through send me five hundred francs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The rate of tolls is 10 francs (about $2) per net ton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Incidentally, he had won ten thousand francs, for D'Arnot insisted that he keep it all. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We did not get a firman, but we took along four or five francs apiece, which is much the same thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The French government in 1800 granted him a reward of 8,000 francs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And the result was a handsome case, containing 300 francs worth of plate. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The entire cost of the instrument is said to be over 2,000,000 francs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The total receipts for the year were 87,906,255 francs (about $17,500,000), and the net profit 63,441,987 francs (about $12,500,000). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• How wisely you have acted to keep your money, Miss Lucie, she said: silly I have gone and thrown away two francs on a bouquet of hot-house flowers! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When subscriptions were opened for the erection and endowment of the Pasteur Institute, a sum of 2,586,680 francs was received in contributions from many different parts of the world. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He said yes--for ten francs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A Frenchman named Louis Robert about 1799 was the first to make a continuous web of paper, and in 1800 he received from the French Government a reward of 8,000 francs for his discovery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Currency was dislocated everywhere, but private enterprise was busy buying and selling francs or marks and intensifying the trouble. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In 1880 the government of France awarded him the Volta prize of fifty thousand francs and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He wrote to the Directory: We will levy 20,000,000 francs in exactions in this country; it is one of the richest in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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