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Rijswijk (rīs`vīk), city (1994 pop. 46,807), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, near The Hague. It has varied industries. The Treaty of Ryswick (see Ryswick, Treaty of Ryswick, Treaty of, 1697, the pact that ended the War of the Grand Alliance . Its signers were France on one side and England, Spain, and the Netherlands on the other. It was a setback for Louis XIV , who kept Strasbourg but lost most other conquests made after 1679. ..... Click the link for more information. ) was signed in 1697. The city was formerly spelled Ryswick. Rijswijk a town in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province on the SE outskirts of The Hague: scene of the signing (1697) of the Treaty of Rijswijk ending the War of the Grand Alliance. Pop.: 48 000 (2003 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rijswijk, the Netherlands:Health Council of the Netherlands. The new standard bullets are "the only means for a proper quality control of an automated [bullet-comparison] system" and should be delivered with those systems, comments Bert van Leuven of the Netherlands Forensic Institute in Rijswijk, who extended the invitation to the NIST researchers. Schoemakers-Salkinoja, "Rapportage Gehandicapten 1995," Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, Rijswijk, 1996. |
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