Phonetic Writing
Phonetic Writing Is The Representation Of Speech By Means Of Symbols For The Elementary Sounds Of Language. All Alphabetic Writing Is Essentially Phonetic. The Invention Of Letters Was The Invention Of Phonetic Writing, As Distinguished From The Older Pictorial, Or Ideographic, Writing. Front A Variety Of Causes, However, No Language ...
Phonograph
Phonograph. This Apparatus, Invented In 1877 By Mr. Thomas A. Edison, An American Electrician Of Note, Differs From The Vibrograph And Phonautograph. The Latter Are Constructed To Record Sound Vibrations Graphically, While Mr. Edison's Inven Tion, Which Is Properly Called The " Talkino. Phonograph," Is Designed To Obtain Such A ...
Phosphates
Phosphates (in Physiology). The Following Phosphates* Play An Active Part In The Chemistry Of The Animal Body. Phosphate Of Soda, Which May Occur Under Any One Of The Three Forms 3nao,p0, M Or All These Salts Are Soluble In %rater; And The First Two Have An Alkaline Reaction, While The ...
Phosphatic Diathesis
Phosphatic Diathesis, In Medicine, Designates The Condition In Which There Is A Tendency In The Urine To Deposit:white Gravel. . As The Deposit Of Lithates (see Lithic Acid Diathesis) Depends Upon An Excessive Acidity Of The Urine, So That Of The Phosphates Is Determined By The Opposite Condition—namely, By Deficient ...
Phostitorits
Phostitorits (symb. P., Equiv. 31•, Sp. Gr. 1.826) Is One Of The Metalloids, Or Non Metallic Elements, Although, In Its Combining Relation, It Is More Closely Connected With The Metals Arsenic And Antimony Than With Any Of The Members Of The Sulphur-group, In Which It Is Commonly Placed. Phosphorus At ...
Photiiis
Pho'tiiis, Patriarch Of Constantinople In One Of The Most Critical Periods Of The Strug Gle Of That Sec With The Great Patriarchate Of The West For Supremacy In The Entire Church, Was A Member Of A Patrician Family Of Constantinople, And Was B. In The Early Part Of The 9th ...
Photo Galvanograpily
Photo-galvanograpily, A Illet11001 Of Producing From A Photograph An Electrotype Copper-plate In A State Fit For Printing. It Was Invented By Mr. Paul Pretsch Of Vienna, And Is Dependent On The Property Which Unaltered Gelatine Possesses Of Swellingup In I Water. In Order That A Plate Should Be Fit For ...
Photo Michograpiiy
Photo-michograpiiy Consists In The Enlargement Of Microscopic Objects, By Means Of The Microscope, And The Projection Of The Enlarged Image On A Sensitive Collodion Film. The Manipulatory,details Are The Same As In The Collodion Process (q.v.). Only That, On Account Of The Delicate Nature Of The Markings To Be Rendered, ...
Photogicaphy
Photogicaphy (gr. Phos, Light, And Graph°, I Write). From The Following Brief Sketch Of The History Of This Art, It Will Be Apparent That Its Present Advanced Fain Has Resulted From The Combination Of Various Discoveries In Reference To The Nature And Prop Erties Of Light Made By Investigators At ...
Photographic Engraving
Photographic Engraving. Several Ingenious Attempts Have Been Made To Pre Pare Engraved Plates By Photogenic Action; The Earliest Of These Dates As Far Back As 1827, Which Was Six Years Previous To The Introduction Of The Daguerreotype Process, And Was The Invention Of 1i. Nicephore Niepee Of Paris, Who First ...
Photometer
Photometer (gr. Ydron, Light; Metroh Measure), An Instrument For Measuring The Intensity A Light. The First Who Occupied Himself In Scientifically Determining The Inter). Shy Ef Fight Was Bonner; But His Investigations Were Far Surpassed By Those Of Lam Bert. About 1760. The Latter Indicated An Exceedingly Simple And Effective ...
Phrygia
Phrygia, A Country In Asia Minor, The Extent And Boundaries Of Which Varied Very Much At Different Periods Of Ancient History. In Pre-historic Ages It Is Believed To Have Comprised The Greater Part Of The Peninsula; But At The Time Of The Persian Invasion It Was Limited To The Districts ...
Physicians
Physicians, Tim Royal College Of (of London), Was Founded In 1518 By The Munificence Of Thomas Linacre, A Priest And Distinguished Physician, Who Was Born In 1460, And Died In 1524. In 1518, Through The Influence Of Cardinal Wolsey, He Obtained From Henry Viii. Letters-patent Granting To John Chambre, Himself, ...
Pi1cdar
Pi1cdar (gr. Pindam8), The Great Lyric Poet Of Greece. Was Born About 522 B.c. Of A Noble Family Of Thebes, At Cynoseephalte, A Village In That Territory. His Genius For Music Was Hereditary, And At An Early Age He Was Sent By His Father, Himself A Flute Player, To Receive ...
Piacenza
Piacen'za, A City Of N. Italy, In Province Of The Same Name, On The Right Bank Of The Po, 2 M. Below The Confluence Of The Trehbia With That River, And 36 M. W.n W. Of The City Of Parma. Beautifully Situated On A Fine Plain, Confined On The S.-by ...
Piano Forte
Piano-forte (ital. Piano, Soft, And Forte, Loud) A Stringed Musical Instrument Played By Keys. Developed Out Of The Clavichord And Harpsichorx(q.v.), From Which The Piano Forte Differs Principally In The Introduction Of Hammers, To Put The Strings In Vibration, Connected With The Keys By A Mechanism That Enables The Player ...
Piarists
Pi'arists, Called Also Familiarly Seolopini, Or " Brethren Of The Pious Schools," A Relig Ions Cougregation For The Education Of The Poor, Founded At Rome In The Last Year Of The 16th Century. The Originator Of This Institute Was A Spanish Priest, Named Joseph Of Calasanza, Who, While In Rome, ...
Piaster
Piaster (gr. And Lat. Esnplastron, A Plaster; Transferred In The Romanic Languages To Anything Spread Out Or Flattened, A Plate, A Coin), A Spanish Silver Coin Which Has Been Extensively Adopted Other Nations. It Was Formerly Divided Into 8 Silver Reals, And Hence Was Termed A Wee Of Eight, Which ...
Pibroch
Pibroch (piobaireaciul, Piping), Music Played On The Bagpipe, Which Has A Wonder Ful Power In Exciting The Martial Instincts And Hilarity Of The Highlanders. Its Rhythm Is So Irregular, And Its Notes In The Quicker Parts So Much Jumbled Together, That A Stranger Has Difficulty In Following The Modulations Or ...
Piccolowini
Piccolowini, One Of The Oldest And Most Distinguished Families.of Italy, Was Origin Ally Settled At Rome, But Afterwards Removed To Siena, And Subsequently Obtained Pos Session Of The Duchy Of Amalfi. It Has Produced Numerous Celebrated Litterateurs And Warriors, One Pope (phis Ii.), And Several Cardinals. One Of The Most ...
Pickles
Pickles. Although The Term Pickled Is Applied To Animal Substances, Such As Beef, Pork, Fish, Etc., Preserved In Salt, Yet Pickles Are Generally Understood To Be The Various Parts Of Vegetables Preserved In Vinegar. The Process Employed Is First To Wash The Articles Intended For Pickles In Clean Cold Water, ...
Picts
Picts, The Ancient Inhabitants Of The North-eastern Provinces Of Scotland. Everything Connected Withae History Of The Picts Has Been Made Matter Of Controversy, And It Is Not Easy To Ascertain The Truth, Where The Information Given By Early Writers Is So Scanty,. And Where Most Modern Authors Seem Only To ...
Pieta
Pieta' (an Italian Word Signifying Piety, In The Sense In Which That Term Indicates Or Includes Affection For Relatives), The Name Given In The Of Art To Representations Of The Virgin Mary Embracing The Dead Body Of Her Son. Is A Counterpart To The Madonna With The Infant Jesus In ...
Piezometer
Piezometer (gr. Piezo, I Press; Metron, It Measure), An Instrument For Measuring The Compressibility Of Fluids. Oersted's (q.v.) Instrument, The First By Which The Com Pressibility Of Water Was Satisfactorily Determined, Consisted Of A Cylindrical Glass Jar. Into The Neck Of Which A Narrower Cylindrical Tube Of Glass, Open At ...
Pigeon
Pigeon (ital. Pigione, Piccione, Or Pipione, From Pipiare, Lat. Pipipe, To Peep Or Cheep). A Name Sometimes Applied, Like Dove (q.v.), To All The Species Of Laolumbida (q.v.), And Sometimes Almost Restricted To Those Still Included By Ornithologists In Thc Genus Columba; Having A Bill Of Moderate Length, Hard, And ...
Piirenol Ogy
Piirenol Ogy Is A Greek Compound Signifying A Discourse On The Mind, But Is Used In A More Limited Sense To Mean A Theory Of Mental Philosophy Founded On The Observa Tion And Discovery Of The Functions Of The Brain, In So Far As It Is Concerned In Intellectual And ...
Pilchard
Pilchard, Clupect Pilehardus, Or Alansa Pilchardus, An Important Fish Of The Family Clupeidee (q.v.), Referred By Some Naturalists To The Same Genus With The Herring (dupea), And By Others To The Same Genus With The Shad (clause). The Pilchard Is Nearly Equal In Size To The Herring. Hut Rather Thicker, ...
Piles
Piles Are Squared Logs Of Wood Used In Engineering Operations, Such As Dams, Bridges, Roads, Etc. They Arc Sharpened At The Point, And, If Necessary, Protected With Iron Points, To Enable Than To Cut Through The Strata They Encounter As They Are Driven Into The Ground. When Used For Coffer-damns, ...
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Pellegrino, Lat. Peregrinus, Visitor Of Foreign Lands"). A Pilgrim Is One Who Visits, With Religious Intent, Some Place Reputed To Possess Especial Holiness. The Early Christians, Like The Jews And The Pagan Gentiles, Regarded Certain Places With Special Religious Interest; Above All, The Holy Land, And Particularly The Scenes ...
Pillar
Pillar, A Detached Support Like A Column; Hut Its Section May Be Of Any Shape, Whereas The Column Is Always Round. Pillars Have Been Used In All Styles Of Architecture, And Their Forms And Ornaments Are Usually Amongst The Most Characteristic Features Of The Style. The Greek And Roman Pillars ...
Pillar_2
Pillar Saints—called Also " Stylites" (gr. From Stylos, A Column), " Pillarists," " Holy Birds," "air Martyrs," And Several Similar Names—a Very Remarkable Class Of Anchoretieal Ascetics (see Asce.ticism), Chiefly Of Syria, Who, With A View To Separating Themselves More Completely From Earth And Fellow-men, Took Up Their Abode On ...
Pillory
Pillory, An Engine For The Public Punishment Of Criminals, Disused In Britain Since 1837; But Previous To That Time Commonly Employed, As It Also Was In France And Gei Many. It Consisted Of A Stout Plank Fixed Like A Signboard On The Top Of A Pole, The Pole Being Supported ...
Pills
Pills Are The Most Generally Convenient And Popular Of All Forms Of Medicine. Are Formed From Masses Of A Consistence Sufficient To Preserve The Globular Shape, And Yet Not So Hard As To Be Of Too Difficult Solution In The Stomach And Intestines. This Form Is Especially Suitable For (1) ...
Pilot
Pilot Is A Person Specially Deputed To Take Charge Of A Ship While Passing Through A Particular Sea, Reach, Or Dangerous Channel. The Intricacy Of Almost All Coast Navigation Renders It Impossible That Any Navigator, However Skillful, Can Be Master Of All The Waters To Which He May Have To ...
Pilot Fish
Pilot-fish, Ninterates &wars, A Fish Of The Family Nomberidm, And Belonging To A Section Of That Family In Which The First Dorsal Fin Is Represented By Mere Spines, And There Are No Finlets Behind The Second Dorsal And The Anal Fins As In The Mackerel, Etc. The Shape Of The ...
Pilot_2
Pilot (ante). In Thiecountry Pilots Are Controlled As To Their Examinations, Qualifica Tions, And Conduct, By The Laws Of The States Within Whose Waters They Aro Licensed To Ply Their Trade. Under The Provision Of The Constitution Giving Congress Power To "regulate Commerce With Foreign Nations And Between The Several ...
Pimenta Pimento
Pimento, Pimenta, Allspice, Or Jamaica Pepper, A Well-known Spice, Is The Dried Fruit Of Eugenia Pimento (see Eugenia), A Small West Indian Tree, Which Grows To The Height Of 20 Or 30 Ft., And Has Oblong Or Oval Leaves About 4 In. Long, Of A Deep Shill Ing Green, And ...
Pimpernel
Pimpernel, Anagallis, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Primulacew, Having A Wheel-shaped Corolla, And The Capsule Opening By Division Round The Middle. The Species Are Elegant Little Annual And Perennial Plants, Natives Chiefly Of Temperate Cli Mates. -the Flowers Are Not Large, But Very Beautiful.—the Scarlet Pimpernel (a. ...
Pine
Pine, Esor, A Genus Of Malacopterous Fishes, Including All The Species Of The Family As Restricted By Milder. And Characterized By An Elongated Body, Covered With Scales, A Depressed Head, And Broad Blunt Muzzle, With Very Large •mouth, Abundantly Furnished With Teeth Of Various Sizes On The Jaws, Palatine Bones, ...
Pine
Pine, Pintts, A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Coniferce. The Linnaran Genus Includes All Kinds Of Fir, Larch, And Cedar; But As Now Limited, The Genus Pines Is Distin Guished By Moncecious Flowers, And Woody Cones With Numerous Two-seeded Scales, The Scales Having An Angular Truncated Apex. The ...
Pinel
Pinel, Priturre, A Celebrated French Physician, Was B. April 20, 1745, At Saint Andre, In The Department Of Tarn, France; And After Receiving A Good Classical Educa Tion At The College Of Lavour, Removed To Toulouse, Where He Studied Medicine, And Took His Degree In 1773. He Continued His Medical ...
Pink
Pink, Dianthus, A Genus Of Plains Of The Natural Order Earyophyllaeece, Of Which There Are Many Species, Annuals And Perennials, With Beautiful And Often Fragrant Flowers, Chiefly Natives Of Europe And The Temperate Parts Of Asia. The Calyx Is Tubular, 5-toothed, With Two Or Four Scales At Tl:e Vase; There ...
Pinkerton
Pinkerton, Joust, An Industrious And Learned Litteratevr, Was Born At Edinburgh, Feb: 17, 1758, And Educated At The Grammar-school Of Lanark, Where He Was Noted For The Unusual Excellence Of His Classical Attainments, And For His Hypochondriacal Tendency. He Was Afterward Apprenticed To A Writer To The Signet, His Father ...
Piozzi
Piozzi, Mns. (nee Hester Ltecii Salusitliey), Who Cannot Be Forgotten While The Great Dr. Samuel Johnson Continues To Be Remembered, Was The Daughter Of John Sains Bury, Esq., Of Bodvel, In Cacrnarvonshire, Where She Was Born In The Year 1739. Early Introduced Into The Fashionable World Of London, She Charmed ...
Pipa
Pipa, A Genus Of Batrachians, In General Form Resembling Frogs And Toads, And Char Acterized By The Very Broad And Triangular Head, The Sides Of Which Are Destitute Of The Glands (pa•otoids) So Large In The True Toads; The Eyes Small, And Situated Near The Margin Of The Lower Jaw; ...
Pipe Fish
Pipe-fish, Syngnathus, A Genus Of Osseous Fishes Of The Order Lophobranchii (q.v.), And Of The Family Syngnathicke. In This Family The Form Is Elongated, There Is Little Flesh, And The Body Is Almost Covered With Partially Ossified Plates; The Head Is Long; The Jaws Are Elongated So As To Form ...
Pipe Sticks
Pipe-sticks It Is Usual To Call The Wooden Tubes Used For Some Tobacco-pipes By This Name; And Unimportant As It May At First Sight Appear What The Tube Is Made Of, There Is Great Difference Of Taste In This Respect; And Great Care Is Taken By Somesmokers To Get What ...
Pipul Peepul
Peepul, Pipul, Or Pipped, Fleas Religiosa, Also Knowr As The Sacred Fig Of India, And In Ceylon Called The Bo Tree; A Species Of Fig (q.v.) Somewhat Resembling The Ban Yan, But The Branches Not Rooting Like Those Of That Tree, And The Leaves Heart-shaped With Long Attenuated Points. The ...
Piquet
Piquet, A Game Of Cards Played Between Two Persons With 32 Cards—viz., The Four Honors, And The Highest Four Plate Cards Of Each Suit. The Cards Are Shuffled And Cut As In Whist, And Then Dealt, Two By Two, Till Each Player Has 12; And The Remaining 8, Called The ...
Pisa
Pisa. A Province Of Italy, Bounded On The N. By The Province Of Lucca, On The E. By That Of Firenze, On The S. By That Of Siena, And On The W. By The Mediterranean; Drained By The Arno, Serchio, Cecina, And Era; Intersected By Railroads Running To Leghorn, Florence. ...
Pisiviratus
Pisiviratus (gr. Peisistratos), A Famous " Tyrant" Of Athens, Belonged To A Family Of Attica, Which Claimed Descent From Pyliau Nestor, And Was B. Towards The Close Of The 7th C. B.c.—certainly Not Later Than 612. His Father's Name Was Hippocrates, And Through His Mother He Was Pretty Closely Related ...
Pistacia
Pista'cia, A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Anacardiacca, Having Dicecious Flowers Without Petals, And A Dry Drupe With A Bony Stone. The Pistacia, Or Pistachio Tree (p. Vera), Is A Small Tree Of About 20 Ft. High, A Native Of Persia And Syria, But Now Culti Vated In ...
Pistil
Pistil, In Botany, The Female Organ Of Fructification In Phanerogamous Plants; That Part Of The Flower (q.v.) Which, After Flowering Is Over, Is Developed Into The Fruit. There Is Sometimes One Pistil In A Flower, Sometimes More ; In Some Flowers, Which Have Numerous Pistils, They Form A Number Of ...
Pistoie
Pistoie, The Name Formerly Given To Certain Gold Coins Current In Spain, Italy, And Several Parts Of Germany. The Pistole Was First Used In Spain, And Was Originally Equivalent To About 11 Old French Livres, But Till 1728 It Was Merely An Irregular Piece Of Gold. From This Time Till ...
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn Island, A Solitary Island In The Pacific Ocean, Lying At The South-eastern Eurner Of The Great Polynesian Archipelago, In Lat. 25° 3' 6" S., And Long. 130' 6' West. Its Length (2+ M.) Is About Twice Its Breadth, And The Total Content Is Approximately Sq. In. ; So That, ...
Pitch
Pitch, The Degree Of Acuteness Of Musical Sounds. A Musical Sound Is Produced By A Series Of Vibrations Recurring On The Ear At Precisely Equal The Greater The Number Of Vibrations In A Given Time, The More Acute Or Higher Is The Pitch. In Stringed Instruments The Pitch Is Dependent ...
Pitri
Pitri' (a Sanskrit Word Literally Meaning Father = Latin•pater, In The Plural Pitaras, But In English Translations From The Sanskrit Usually Anglicized To Pitris), A Name Which, In A General Sense, Means The Deceased Ancestors. Of A Man, But In The Special Sense In Which It Occurs In Hindu Mythology, ...
Pits
Pits, The Name Of Nine Among The Roman Pontiffs, Of Whom The Following Only Appear To Call For Particular Noticc.—prus Ii., Originally Known As Zeneas Sylvius, Was A Member Of The Noble Family Of Piccolomini, And Was B. (1405) At Corsignano, In The Duchy Of Sienna. His Early Life Was ...
Pitta
Pitta, Vicillot's Name For A Genus Of Remarkable Birds Placed By Mr. Swainson Among The Ant-thrushes, Or Mgiotherina. Envier United The Breves Of Buffon And The Typical Ant-thrushes. The Breves Are Remarkable For Their Livid Plumage, Their Long Legs, And Their Very Short Tail. They Are Found In The Malay ...
Pitta0us
Pit'ta0us, One Of The "seven Wise Men" Of Ancient Greece, Was B. At Mitylene, In The Island Of Lesbos, About The Middle Of The 7th C. B.c. The Incidents Of His Life Do Not Perhaps Rest On A Very Secure Historical Basis, But He Is By No Means To Be ...
Pittsburg
Pittsburg (ante) Is The Second City In Population And Importance In Penn Sylvania And The County Seat Of Allegheny County. Its History Dates From About 1754, When A Portion Of Its Present Limits Was Taken By The English, And A Stockade Was Built At The Junction Of The Ohio And ...
Pityriasis
Pityri'asis (from The Greek Word Pityron, Bran) Is The Term Given To One Of The Squamous Or Scaly Deseases Of The Skin, In Which There Is A Continual Throwing Off Of Bran-like Scales Of Epidermis, Which Are Renewed As Fast As They Are Lost. It May Occur Upon Any Part ...
Placetiim Regicide
Placetiim Regicide, Called Also Placet. Exevijatur, Lettues Pate) Tes, Is 1111 Act Or Instrument Executed In Virtue Of The Privilege Claimed By The Government In Certain Kingdoms To Exercise A Supervision Over The Communications Of The Roman Pontiff With The Clergy And People Of Those Kingdoms, And To Suspend Or ...
Plague
Plague, A Very Malignant Kind Of Contagious Fever Prevailing At. Certain Times And Places Epidemically, Characterized By Buboes, Or Swellings Of The Lymphatic Glands, By Carbuncles And Petechire. And Not Apparently Furnishing Any Security Against Its Recur Rence In The Same Individual. For A History Of The Origin Of The ...
Plane
Plane, Rafamt8, The Sole Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Platanaecw, Regarded By Many As A Suborder Of Anaentacecc (q.v.). The Flowers Are In Globose. Small, Pendu Lous, Long Stalked Catkins, Which Give The Tree A Peculiar Appearance. In Winter; The Ovary Is One-celled, And Contains One Or Two ...
Planets
Planets (gr. Planetes, "a Wanderer") Are Those Heavenly Bodies (including The Earth) Which Belong To Our Solar System, And Revolve In Elliptic Orbits Round The Sun. They Are Often Denominated Primary Planets, To Distinguish Them From Their Moons Or Satellites, Which Are Called Secondary Planets. The Name Planet Is Of ...
Plant
Plant, A Living Organic Being, Destitute Of Any Indication Of Mind Or Feeling, And Sometimes Defined As Essentially Differing From An Animal In The Want Of Voluntary Motion. Plants Are The Organisms Which Form The Vegetable Kingdom; The Science Which Treats Of Them Is Botany (q.v.). Plants Of Higher Organization ...
Plantagenet
Plantagenet, The Surname Of The French Family Of Anjou, Which, In 1154, Suc Ceeded To The Throne Of England On The Extinction Of The Norman Dynasty In The Male Line, And Reigned Till 1495, When It Was Supplanted By The Family Of Tunon (q.v.). The Name Plantagenet Belonged Originally To ...
Plantain
Plantain, Use Paearlisaica, A Most Important Food•plant Of Tropical Countries, And One Of The Largest Of Herbaceous Plants, Belongs To The Natural Order 770.18acia (q.v.), And Is A Native Of The East Indies, Where Numberless Varieties Of It Have Been Cultivated For Thong:mils Of Years. It Is Now Diffused Over ...
Plantation
Plantation, A Term Sometimes Applied To Places Where Timber Trees Have Been Planted. In That Sense, As A General Rule, Whoever Is The Owner Of The Soil, Is Entitled To The Trees Which Arc Planted Iu Such Soil. When Land Is Let By Lease To A Tenant, The Ten Ant ...
Plaster Of Paris
Paris, Plaster Of. See Gvrsum, Ante. Park (fr. Pare), A Term Still Employed In Some Parts Of Britain, In Its Original Sense, To Denote A Field Or Inclosure, But More Generally Applied To The Inclosed Grounds Around A Mansion, Designated In Scotland By Another Term Of French Origin, Policy. The ...
Plasters
Plasters Are A Class Of Medicinal Agents Which Are Employed Externally With Var Ious Objects. They Are Solid And Tenacious Compounds, Adhesive At Ordinary Tempera Ture Of The Body, And Owing Their Consisteney-1. To The Chemical Combination Of Oxide Of Lead, With One Or More Fatty Acids; Or 2, To ...
Plate Marks
Plate-marks Are Legal Impressions Made On Articles Of Gold Or Silver At The Various Assay Offices, For The Purpose Of Indicating The True Value Of The Metal Of Which The Articles Are Made. The Marks Are A Series Of Symbols, Which Are Embossed In A Line Of About Three-quarters Of ...
Plating
Plating Signifies The Covering Of An Inferior Metal With One Of The Precious Metals, The Object Being To Give The Appearance Of Silver Or Gold To Articles Chiefly Intended For Table Use. At Present The Articles Are Generally Made Of German Silver, Or Some Of The Similar White-metal Alloys; But ...
Platinum
Platinum (symb. Pt, Equiv. 99—new System, 198—sp. Gr. 21.5) Is 'one Of The "noble Metals," Which May Be Obtained In More Forms Than One. It Is Only Found In The Native State, Usually Occurring Iu Small Glistening Granules Of A Steel-gray Color, Which Always Contain An Admixture, Iu Varying Proportions, ...
Plato
Plato, Who, Along With Aristotle, Represents To Modern Europe The Whole Compass Of Greek Speculation, Was Born At Athens In The Year 429 B. C. , Shortly After The Com Mencement Of The Peloponnesian War, And The Same Year In Which Pericles Died. He Was Of A Good Family—being Connected ...