Pavement_2
Pavement (ante). Although The Term Pavement Is Really Only Applicable To A Single Kind Of Covering For A Roadway, It Is Better Here To Regard It As Including All The Various Materials Used In Constructing Durable Roads, And Especially The Streets Of Cities. The Oldest. The Best, And The Most ...
Pavia
Pavia, A City Of Northern Italy, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, On The Left Bank Of The Ticino, 20 M. S. Of Milan, And 3 M. Above The Confluence Of The Ticino And The Po. A Covered Bridge Of Eight Arches Connects The City With The Suburb ...
Pavliith
Pavliith, The Name Given In The Roman Catholic Church To One Of Time Ecclesiastical Ornaments Worn By The Pope, By Patriarchs, And By Archbishops. Its Use Is Held By Roman Catholics To Descend From A Very Early Period. It Is Worn By The Pope At All Times, As A Symbol ...
Pawnbroking
Pawn'broking (du. Pand, Ger. Pfand, Fr. Pan, A Pledge). The Business Of Lend Ing Money On Pawns Or Pledges Appears To Have Been Carried On In England By Certain Italian Merchants Or Bankers As Early At Least As The Reign Of Richard I. By The 12th Of Edward I., A ...
Pawnees
Pawnees', A Tribe Of Indians In Nebraska, About The Platte River And Its Affluents, And Comprising The Four Tribes Of Loups, Republican Pawnees, Grand Pawnees, And Tapage Pawnees. They Are On 3.^larquette's Map In 1673. In The 18th C. Numbers Of Them Were Slaves In Canada, Where Pant Became A ...
Pawnell
Pawnell, Cfrartles Stewart, B. Ireland, 1847; Of An Aristocratic Family, Of Whose Connections Was The Poet Parnell. Lie Inherited The Estate Of Avondale, In Wick Low, Ireland; Was Educated At Harrow School, England, And Magdalen College, Cam Bridge. Mr. Parnell's Mother Is The Daughter Of Admiral Stewart—" Old Ironsides " ...
Pawtucicet
Pawtucicet, A T. Of Rhode Island, On Both Sides Of The Pawtucket River, 4 M. N. Of Providence. A Fall Of 50 Ft. On The River, And Its Proximity To The Sea, Caused It To Be Selected By Samuel Slater, In 1790, As The Site Of The First Cotton Factory ...
Payment
Payment, In Law, The Discharge In Money Of A Sum Due, Or, In A More General Sense, The Fulfilling Of Any Obligation Assumed. In Order To Be Effectual The Payment Must Be Made By One Having It Right To Do It, Must He In Kind And Quantity Such As Will ...
Payne
Payne, Jorin Llowanu, 1792-1852; B. New York. He Showed Great Precocity, And At 13 Years Of Age, While A Clerk In A Mercantile House In New York, Secretly Edited A Weekly Paper, The The,spia Mirror. La 1807 He 25 Numbers Of A Periodical Called The Pastime. Ile Was At That ...
Paz La De
Paz (la) De Ayacircho, A T. Of Bolivia. South America, Capital Of A Dep. Of The Same Name, About 20 M. From The S. Shore Of Lake Titicaca, Is Situated On The E. Decliv Ity Of The Andes At An Elevation Of 12,000 Ft. Above The Sea, On .both Sides ...
Pbantisek Palacky
Palacky, Pbantisek, A Bohemian Philologist, Critic, And Historian, Was B. June 14, 1798, At Iledslavitz, In Moravia, And Studied At Presburg And Vienna, Confining His Attention Chiefly To Philological And Historical Investigations. In 1831 Be Was Appointed By The States Of Bohemia Historiographer To That Country, And Was Intrusted With ...
Peach
Peach, -aniodalus Persica, A Tree Much Cultivated In Temperate Climates For Its Fruit; A Native Of Persia And The N. Of India; Of The Same Genus With The Almond (q.v.), And Distinguished By Oblengo-lanceolate Serrulate Leaves; Solitary Flowers, Of A Delicate Pink Color, Appearing Before The Leaves; And The Sarcncarp ...
Pear
Pear Pyrus Communis, A Tree Of The Same Genus With The Apple (see Pvnus), And Like It Rue Of The Most Extensively Cultivated And Valuable Fruit-trees Of Temperate Cli Mates. The Leaves Are Ovate, Serrated, Snmotliem Both Surfaces, And Without Glands; The Flowers Are Produced In Corymbs, Which May Almost ...
Pearl
Pearl, A Peculiar Product Of Certain Marine And Fresh Water Mollusks Or Shell-fish. Most Of The Molluscous Animals Which Are Aquatic And Reside In Shells Are Provided With A Fluid Secretion With Which They Line Their Shells, And Give To The Otherwise Harsh Gran Ular Material, Of Which The Shell ...
Pearl Barley
Pearl Barley. See Barley. Pearl Oyster„4vicula Or Mdeagrina Margaritifera, A Lamellibranehiate Mollusk, Of The Family Aricalido, Generally Found—great Numbers Togethe•—attached To Sub Marine Rocks At A Considerable Depth On The Coasts Of Tropical Countries, And Important As Producing Almost All The Pearls And All The Mother-of-pearl Of Commerce. It Is ...
Pearson
Pearson, Jotter, An English Prelate Of High Celebrity, Was H. In 1612 At Snoring, In Norfolk, Of Which Place His Father Was Rector; Educated 'at Eton And King's College, Cambridge, Where He Took The Degree Of M.a. In 1639, And In The Same Year Took Orders, And Was Collated To ...
Peasant War
Peasant War, In German History, The Name Given To That Great Insurrection Of The Peasantry Which Broke Out In The Year 1525, And Which Zschokke Has Described As The Terrible Scream Of Oppressed Humanity." The Oppression Of The Peasants Bad Gradu Ally Increased In Severity, As The Nobility Became More ...
Peat
Peat, A Substance Formed By The Decomposition Of Plants Amidst Much Moisture, As In Marshes And Morasses; And Sometimes Described As A Kind Of Humus (q.v.), Formed By The Accumulation Of The Remains Of Mosses And Other Marsh-plants. The Remains Of The Plants Are Often So Well Preserved In It ...
Pedigree
Pedigree (probably From Lat. Pes, A Foot), A Tabular View Of The Members Of A Par Ticular Family With The Relations In They Stand To Each Other, Accompanied Or Unaccompanied By A Notice Of The Chief Events In The Life Of Each, With Their Dates, And The Evidence Of The ...
Pedro I
Pedro I. (dom Pedro D'alcantara), Empeior Of Brazil, Was The Second Sou Of John Vi., King Of Portugal, And Was Born At Lisbon, Oct. 12, 1798. On The Death Of His Elder Brothel. In 1801, He Became Prince Of Beja, And Heir To The Throne; And After His Father's Accession ...
Peeelessiiire
Peeelessiiire, A Co. In The S. Of Scotland, Also Called Tweeddale, From Consisting Mainly Of The Upper Valley Of The Tweed. A River Which Originates In The County. Peeb Lesshire Is Bounded By Dumfries And Selkirk Shires On The S., Lanarkshire On The W., Mid-lothian On The N., And Selkirkshire ...
Peel
Peel, Sir Ro?ei1t, A Very Eminent British Statesman, Ii. Feb. 5, 1788, Near Bury, In Lancashire. His Father, Sir Robert Peel (created A Baronet In 1800), Was A Wealthy Cot Ton-spinner, From Whom He Inherited A Great Fortune. Ile Was Educated At Harrow, And At Christ-church, Oxford, Where He Graduated ...
Pehlevi
Pehlevi (valor. Power; Rabcin Rehlevi = Language Of Heroes) Is The Name Of An Ancient West-iranian (median And Persian) Idiom, In Use Chiefly During The Period Of The Sassanides (235-640 A.d.), Who, Wishing Fully To Restore The Ancient Persian Empire, Endeavored Also To Reinstate The Primitive Language, Fallen Into Disuse ...
Peine Forte Et Duke
Peine Forte Et Duke, The "strong And Hard Pain ;" A Species Of Torture Fcr• Merly Applied By The Law Of England To Those Who, On Being Arraigned For Felony, Refused To Plead, And Stood Mute, Or Who Peremptorily Challenged More Than 20 Jurors, Which Was Considered A Contumacy Equivalent ...
Pelagianisiii
Pela'gianisiii, The Doctrinal System Of Pelagius (q.v.), Especially On The Subjects Of The Natural Condition Of Man. Original Sin, Grace, Free-will, And Redemption. Under The Head Pela.gius Will Be Found What May Be Called The External History Of The Controversy To Which The Opinions Of That Remarkable Man Gave Occasion. ...
Pelagius
Pela'gius, A Celebrated Heresiarch Of The 5th C., Author Or Systematizer Of The Doc Trine Known As Pelagianism (q.v.). Of His Life Little Is Known. Iie Was Probably Born About Or Before The Middle Of The 4th C., In Britall Or, According To Some, In Bretagne, His Name Being Supposed ...
Pelargonium
Pelargonium, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Gcraniacecr, Including Many Of The Most Favorite Green-house Flowers, To Which The Old Generic Name Gent Alum, Is. Often Popularly Given. The Characters Which Distinguish Pelargonium From Geranium, As Now Restricted By Botanists, Are Given In The Article Geranium. The Species ...
Pelasgians
Pelas'gians, Explained As Denoting Either "swarthy Asiatics" (pal-asia) Or "storks" (pelargoi)—significative Of Wandering Habits; Or As Being Derived Front The Biblical Peleg (gen. X. 25), From The Greek Pelagos (the Sea), Pelazo (to Approach), Or Petts'm And A•ros (to Till The Field), Etc.—" A Name, In Fact," As Niebuhr Says, ...
Pelayo
Pela'yo, Said By Historians To Have Been The First Christian King In Spain, After The Conquest Of That Country By The Arabs. Contemporary Historians Make No Mention Of Him, But This May Be Accounted For On The Ground Of The Insignificant Size Of His King Dom, Which Comprised Only The ...
Pelican
Pelican, Pelle Anus, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Pelecanicka (q.v.), Very Long, Large, Flattened Bill, The Upper Mandible Terminated By A Strong Hook, Which Curves Over The Tip Of The Lower One; Beneath The Lower Mandible, Which Is Composed Of Two Flexible Bony Branches Meeting At The Tip. ...
Pelopidas
Pelopidas, A Celebrated Theban General, Of Noble Descent, Noted Among His Fellow Citizens For His Disinterested Patriotism. The Inviolable Friendship Between Himself—one Of The Richest Men In Thebes—and Epaminondas—one Of The Poorest—is Among The Most Beautiful Things Recorded In Greek History. In 33,2 B.c. Be Was Driven From Thebes By ...
Pelops
Pe'lops, In Greek Mythology, The Grandson Of Zeus, And The Sou Of Tantalus, Was Slain By His Father, And Served Imp At An Entertainment Which He Gave To The Gods, In Order To Test Their Omniscience. They Were Not Deceived, And Would Not Touch The Horrible Food; But Ceres, Being ...
Peltry
Peltry, A General Term Applied To The Trade In Skins Of Wild Animals, And To The Skins Themselves. It Is Understood To Mean Only Skins Undressed, Except By Drying, And Chiefly Those Which, When Dressed, Are Called Furs, And It Is Especially Applied To The Produce Of The North-western Territory ...
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire, A Maritime Co. Of South Wales, And The Westernmost Co. Of The Principality, Is Bounded S. By The Bristol Channel, And W. And N. By St. George's Chan Nel. Area, According To The Census Of '71, 393,682 Statute Acres. Pop. '71, 91,936. The River Teivy Separates The County On ...
Penalty
Penalty Is A Sum Of Money Declared By Some Statute Or Contract To Be Payable By One Who Commits An Offense Or Breach Of Contract. It Is Considered As A Kind Of Punish Ment, And Constituting Indirectly A Motive To The Party To Avoid The Commission Of The Net Which ...
Penance
Penance (lat. Prnitentia), In Roman Catholic Theology, Means The Voluntary Or Accepted Self-inflicted Punishment By Which A Repentant Sinner Manifests His Sorrow For Sin, And 'seeks To Atone For The Sin, And To Avert The Punishment Which, Even After The Guilt Has Been Remitted, May Still Remain Due To The ...
Pencils
Pencils Are Instruments For Writing, Drawing, And Painting, And They Differ As Much In Their Construction As In The Uses To Which They Are Applied. Probably The Pencil Was The First Instrument Used By Artists, And Consisted Then Of Lumps Of Colored Earth Or Chalk Simply Cut Into A Form ...
Pendiiliiii
Pendiiliiii, In Its Widest Scientific Sense, Denotes A Body Of Any Form Or Material Which, Under The Action Of Some Force, Vibrates About A Position Of Stable Equilibrium. In Its More Usual Application, However, This Term Is Restricted, In Conformity With Its Etymology (lat. Penden, To Hang). To Bodies Suspended ...
Penguin
Penguin, Aptenodytes, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Aleida (see Amt), Or Constitut Ing The Family Aptenodida, Regarded By Many As A Sub-family Of Aleida, And Divided Into Several Genera Or Sub-genera. They Have Short Wings, Quite Unfit For Flight, But Covered With Short Rigid Scale-like Feathers, Admirably Adapted ...
Penitentiaries
Penitentiaries, Strictly-so Called, Are Institutions For The Reception Of Penitent Women, In Which Purely Voluntary. The Name Has Also Been Applied To Prisons Under The Separate System, Having Been Adopted By The Quakers Of Pennsyl Vania In 17s6, When They Caused The Legislature Of That State To Abolish The Punishments ...
Pennattla
Pennattla, A Genus Of Zoophytes (anthozoa), Allied To Gorgou Ia (q.v.) And A/evonium (q.v.). And Having Very Similar Polyps; But The Polyp Mass Is Not Fixed By Is Base, Has A Fleshy Stem Strengthened By A Bone, And A Skin Containing Calcareous Spiculx, The Upper Part Of The Stem Winged ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, One Of The Thirteen Original United States Of America, Now The Second In Population, And Called From Its Position And Importance " The Keystone State," Is In Lat. 39' 43' To 42° 15 N., Long. 74° 75' To 80° 37' West. It Is Bomided N. By Lake Erie And ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (ante), One Of The Thirteen Original States Of The Union, Lies Between 39" 43' And 42° N., And 74° 40' And 80° 36' W.; That Part Which Borders On Lake Erie Extends To 42° 15' North.. It Has Lake Erie And New York Cu The N.. New, York And ...
Penny
Penny, A British Coin And Money Of Account: After The Secattm (q.v.) It Is The Most Ancient Of The English Coins, And Was The Only One Generally Current Among The Anglo Saxons. The Name Is Evidently The Same As The German Pfennig, And Both Words Seem To Be Intimately Connected ...
Pentateuch
Pentateuch (gr. Fivefold Book), A Name Given By Greek Translators To The Five Books Ascribed To Moses, Which Are In Hebrew Called Collectively Torah (law), By Way Of Eminence, Or Cfmnisha Chumshe Torah (five-fifths Of The Torah). Law Is Also The General Name By Which The Work Or Portions Of ...
Pentecost
Pentecost (gr. Pentecoste, Fiftieth) Was The Name Given To The Feast Among The Jews, Held On The Fiftieth Day After The Passover, In Celebration Of The "ingathering," And In Thanksgiving For The Harvest. See Festivals. From The Jewish Use It Was Introduced Into The Christian, And With Special Solemnity, As ...
Pentland Hills
Pentland Hills, In The Lowlands Of Scotland, Extend N.e. From The Border Of Lan Arkshire To The Center Of The County Of Edinburgh, And To Within 4 M, Of The City Of That Name. The Mean Height Is Upwards Of 1000 Ft.; The Highest Summit Carnetby Cairn, In Ediuburghshire, Has ...
Peony
Peony, Pronia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Ranunculneem; Having Large Flowers, With Five Persistent, Unequal, Leafy, And Somewhat Leathery Sepals, 5 To 10 Pedals, Many Stamens, And 2 To 5 Germens, Which Are Crowned With A Fleshy Recurved Stigma. The Leaves Are Compound, The Leaflets Often Variously ...
Pepin
Pepin, The Name Of Several Distinguished Members Of The Carlovingian Family; The First Of Whom In Order Was Pepin Le'vreux Or Pepin De Landen, The Founder Of The Family. He Was Of A Brabant Family, And Took His Designation From Landen (now In Liege, Belgium). Rebelling With Others Of The ...
Pepper
Pepper, Piper, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Pipenwea (q.v.), Which Once Included The Whole Of That Order; But, As Uow Limited, Consists Of Plants With Woody Stems, Solitary Spikes Opposite To The Leaves, And Covered With Flowers On All Sides, The Flowers Mostly Hermaphrodite. The Most Important ...
Peps
Peps. Three Neapolitans Of This Name Have Played An Important Part In History. The First Of These Was Gabriele Pepfi, Who Was B. In 1781 At Bojano,•in The Present Province Of Molise, Italy, And Was A Student Of Law In 1799, When. On The Proclamation Of The Parthenopean Republic, He ...
Per Tinax
Per Tinax, Roman Emperor, Was Horn, According To Dio Cassius, At Alba Pompeia, A Roman Colony Of Liguria, Aug. 1, 126 A.d. He Received A Good Education. And, Entering The Military Service, Rose Through The Various Grades Till He Obtained The Command Of The First Legion, At The Head Of ...
Perambulation Of Parishes
Perambulation Of Parishes. The Ancient Custom In England Of Perambulat Ing Parishes In Rogation Week Had A Twofold Object. It Was Designed To Supplicate The Divine Blessing On The Fruits Of The Earth; And To Preserve In All Classes Of The Commun Ity A Correct Knowledge Of, And Due Respect ...
Perception
Perception. This Word Refers To Our Reception Of Knowledge Through The Senses. An Operation That To The Common Understanding Seems _simple Enough, But, Viewed Phil Osophically, Is Attended With Much Difficulty. Perception, Considered As A Source Of Knowledge, Refers Exclusively To The Outer, Or The Object World—the World Of Extended ...
Perch
Perch, Perea, A Genus Of Acanthopterous Fishes, Of The Family Pcmidce, To Which It Gives Its Name, And Which Includes Many-genera And A Very Great Number Of Species Both Of Marine And Fresh-water Fishes. The Pereicke, Or Perch Family, Have The Body Somewhat And More Or Less Compressed; The Scales ...
Percussion
Percussion, In Medicine, Is The Method Of Eliciting Sounds By Tapping, Or Gently Striking The Surface Of The Body; Its Object Being To Determine By The Nature Of The Sound The Comparative Density Of The Subjacent Parts. This Means Of Diagnosis Was First Employed By Avenbrugger In The Middle Of ...
Percy
Percy, This Is The Name Of A Noble Normen Family Who Accompanied The Con Queror To England. And Whose Head, William De Percy, Obtained From His Sovereign Thirty Linialit's Fees^in The N. Of England. The Representation Of The House Devolved (temp. Henry 1.) On Agnes, Daughter Of The 3d Baron, ...
Peregrine Falcon
Per'egrine Falcon, Falco Peregrinus, A Species Of Falcon (q.v.)found In Almost All Parts Of The World. The Female Is Larger Than The Male, Being About 18 In, In Length From The Tip Of The Bill To The Tip Of The Tail, Whilst The Male Is Only About 15 Inches. The ...
Perfectibility Of Christians
Perfectibility Of Christians, A Doctrine Held By The 'wesleyan Methodists (see Mryrnowsrs) Of A Christian Perfection Attainable In This Life. It Is Not A Perfection Of Jastilication, But A Perfection Of Sanctification; Which John Wesley, In It Sermon On Chris Tian Perfection, From Time Text Heb. Vi. 1, "let Us ...
Perici
Peri'ci (gr. Perkikol,•iterally, "dwellers Round About," I.e., Round About Some Particular Locality Or City) Was The Name Given, In Ancient Greece, To The Original Achaia:i Inhabitants Of Laconia By Their Dorian Conquerors. The Periceci Were Not Slaves, Like The Helots (q.v.); They Were Merely A Vassal Population, Personally Free, Cultivating ...
Pericles
Pericles (gr. Perikles), The Most Accomplished Statesman Of Ancient Greece, Was B. Of Distinguished Parentage In The Early Part Of The 5th E. Mc. Iris Father Was That Xanthippus Who Won The Victory Over The Persians At Mycale, 479 B.c.. And His Mother, Agariste. Was The Niece Of The Great ...
Periera
Periera, Jonattran, The Pharmacologist, Was B. In The Parish Of Shoreditch, Lon Don, May 22, 1804. After A Distinguished Career At A Classical Academy In Finsbury, Where Lie Remained For Four Years, Lie Devoted Himself To The Study Of Medicine, And In 1823 Was Appointed Resident Medical Officer Of The ...
Period
Period, A Term Used In Chronology In The Same Sense As Cycle (q.v.), To Denote An Interval Of Time After Which The Astronomical Phenomena To Which It Refers Recur In The Same Order. It Is Also Employed To Signify A Cycle Of Cycles. Various Periods Have Been Invented By Astronomers, ...
Periodical
Periodical (ante). The First Attempt To Establish A Periodical In The Was Made In 1741, When Franklin Issued His General Magazine And Historical Chronicle At Philadelphia. This Periodical Lasted But Half A Year, And The American Magazine, Which Was Started Soon Afterward, Suspended After The Second Number. Other Periodicals Published ...
Periodical
Periodical, A Publication Which Appears Continuously At Regular Intervals, And Whose Contents May Be Devoted To Criticism, Polities, Religion, Literature, Science, Arts, Amusement, Or General And Miscellaneous Subjects. Those Periodicals Which Consist Of A Collection Of Critical Essays Arc Called Reviews. The Earliest Periodical In Great Britain Seems To Have ...
Periodicity
Periodicity (in Physiology And Pathology). The Tendency Manifested By Various Phenomena Occurring In 'living Animals To Recur, After Equal, Or Nearly Equal Intervals Of Time, Is So Marked, That Bichat, The Great French Anatomist And Physiologist, Described It Under The Title Of The Loi D'intermittencs. The Alternation Of Sleep And ...
Periosietim
Periosietim (gr. Peri, Around, And Osteon, Bone), A Tough Fibrous Membrane Which Surrounds The Various Bones. It Is Highly Vascular, And Is The Means By Which The Outer Layers Of The Shafts And The Greater Part Of The Spongy Portions Of The Bones Are Supplied With Blood. "from The Internal ...
Peristaltic Motion
Peristaltic Motion. The Terms Peristaltic (gr. Clasping And Compressing) And Ver Micular (or Worm-like) Are Applied•to The Peculiar Motion Or Action Of The Muscular Coat Of The Intestines, By Which The Substances Contained Within It Are Regularly Moved Onward: This Action Of The Intestines Is Readily Seen On Opening An ...
Peritoneum
Peritoneum (gr. Perilancin, To Extend Around), A Serous Membrane, And, Like All Membranes Of This Class, A Shut Sae, Which, However, In The Female, Is Not Completely Closed, As The Fallopian Tithes Communicate With It By Their Free Extremities. The Peri Toneum More Or Less Completely Invests All The Viscera ...
Perkins
Perkins. Ernsrta, 1741-99: B. Conn. He Was The Inventor Of What Were Called Perkins's Tractors, Which At The Commencement Of This Century Were Used By Him, Ancy)y Itinerant Practitioners Of Medicine, As Well As By Some Of The Regular Medical Profession, For The Treatment Of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, And Local Inflammations. ...
Perm
Perm, The Most Eastern Government Of European Russia, Is Bounded On The E. By Siberia, And On The N., W., And S. By The Governments Of Vologda, Viatka, And Orenburg Respectively. Area, 128,210 Sq.m.—more Than Twice The Area Of England And Wales. Pop. '70, 2,198.666. It Is Divided By The ...
Permanganates
Permanganates, Compounds Of Permanganic Acid With Bases. If To Perman Ganates Of Potash,. Free From Excess Of Alkali, A Large Quantity Of Water Is Added, It Is Decomposed Iuto Hydrated Dioxide Of Manganese And Permanganate Of Potash, Which Latter Remains In Solution While The Dioxide Is Precipitated. The Following Equation ...
Perpendicular
Perpendicular, The Name Given To The Style Of Gothic Architecture In England Which Succeeded The Decorated Style. It Prevailed From About The End Of The 14th C. To The Middle Of The 16th C., And Was Thus Contemporary With The Flamboyant Style In France. These Styles Have Much In Common, ...
Perpetual Notion
Perpetual Notion, Tire. According To Newton's First Law (sec Licerrox, Laws Unresisted Motion Continues Forever Unchanged. Thus, If Friction Could Be Avoided, It Top Or A Gyroscope Spinning In Vacim Is An Instance Of Motion Which Would Be Unchanged Forever, And Which, Therefore, Might Be Called Perpetual. The Motion Of ...
Perpignan
Perpignan, A T. Of France, And A Fortress Of The First Rank, Capital Of The Depart Ment Of Pyrenees-orientales, On The Right Bank Of The River Tet, 5 M. Front Tire Mediter Ranean, And 40 M. By Railway S. Of Narbonne. It Commands The Passage By The Eastern Pyrenees From ...
Persian Architecture
Persian Architecture. The Architecture Of Persia Is Of Considerable Interest, Both On Its Own Account And ,as Supplementary To And Explanatory Of That Of Assyria, Which, Together With The Similar Edifices In Egypt, Is The Earliest Architecture Of Which We Have Any Knowledge. The Buildings Of Persia And Assyria Closely ...
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf, An Arm Of The Indian Ocean Which Penetrates Between Arabia And Persia To The Extent Of 050 English In. In A General North-westerly Direction. Its Breadth Varies From 55 In. At The Month To 250 Tu., And The Area Is Estimated At 117,300 Sq.m., From Which About 1930 ...
Persian Language And Literature
Persian Language And Literature. The Ancient And Modern Idioms Of Per Sia, Which Are In General Designated As Iranian Or West Aryan, Belong To The Great Class Of The Indo-germanic Languages; But The Term Persian Itself Applies More Particularly To The Language As It Is Now Spoken, With A Few ...