Plattsburg
Plattsburg (ante), The Capital Of Clinton Co., N. Y., And Port Of Entry For The Champlain District; On The W. Shore Of Lake Champlain, At The Month Of The Saranac River; Pop. "70, Town 8,414; Village. 5,139. One Of The First Naval Battles Of The Revolutionary War Was Fought Here ...
Plautus M
Plau'tus; M. Aeolus, Or, More Correctly, T. Maccfus, The Great Comic Poet Of Rome, Was B. About 254 B.c. At Sarsina, A Village Of Umbria. We Have No Knowledge Of His Early Life And Education; But It Is Probable That He Came To Rome While Still A Youth, And There ...
Playfaie
Playfaie, Jcars, A Scottish Mathematician And Natural Philosopher, Was B. At Ben Vie In Forfarshire, March 10, 1748. His Father, Who Was Minister Of The United Parishes Of Lill And Benvie, Sent Hint To The University Of St. Andrews At The Age Of 14, To Study With A View To ...
Ple Iades
Ple Iades, In Greek Mythology, Were, According To The Most General Account, The Seven Daughters Of Atlas And Pleioue, The Daughter Of Oceanus. Their History Is Differ Ently Related By The Greek Mythologists: According To Some Authorities They Committed Suicide From Grief, Either At The Death Of Their Sisters, The ...
Pleading
Pleading (ante), In The Common-law System Until Recently Followed In Most Of The States, Differed Greatly From The Equity Pleading And That Employed In The Admiralty Courts. In The Last The " Libel" Of The Complainant Or "libelant" Corresponds To The " Declaration" In Common Law And To The "bill" ...
Plebeians
Plebeians (lat. Plebs. Froni The Same Root As Lat. Impleo, To Fill: And Gr. Plethos, Multitude), The Common People Of Rome; One Of The Two Elements Of Which The Roman Nation Consisted. Their Origin, As A Separate Class, Is To Be Traced Partly To Natural, And Partly To Artificial Causes. ...
Pleistocene
Pleistocene (gr. Most Recent), Or Newer Pleiocene, Terms Introduced By Sir Charles Lyell To Designate The Most Recent-tertiary Deposits, The Organic Remains Of Which Belong Almost Exclusively To Existing Species. Within The Last Few Years, No Section Of The Earth's Crust Has Received So Much Attention As The Strata Included ...
Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus (gr. Near To A Lizard), A Remarkable Genus Of Fossil Sea-reptiles, The Species Of Which Are Found In The Lias, Oolite, And Cretaceous Measures. Its Remains Ate So Abundant And So Perfectly Preserved, That We Are As Well Acquainted With Skeletons Of Many Of Its Species As We Are ...
Pleth 011a
Pleth 011a (gr. "fullness" Or "excess"), Designates A General Excess Of Blood In.the System. It May Arise Either From Too Much Blood Being Made, Or From Too Little Being Expended. The Persons Who Become Plethoric Are Usually Those In Thorough Health, Who Eat Heartily And Digest Readily, But Who Do ...
Pleuro Pneemoni1
Pleuro-pneemoni1 (ante). Prof, James Law, Of Cornell University, In A Recent Work Gives Much Valuable Information On The Pleuro•pneumonia Of Cattle, Or, As He Thinks It Should Be Called. Contagions Lung Plague Of Cattle, Which Answers To The Ger Man Name Lungenseuelle (lung He Gives As A Definition Of The ...
Pleuronectide
Pleuronectide, A Family Of Fishes Included In Curler's Malaeopterygii, But Belong.. Ing To The Order Aafiea»thiui Of Mfiller's System (see Malac0ftf.rygii), And Rema•kahla For A Character To Which There Is Nothing Similar In Any Other Vertebrate Animals, A Want Of Symmetry In The And For Swimming Not With The Back ...
Pliocene
Pliocene (gr. More Recent), The Name Given By Sir Charles Lyell To A Section Of The Upper Tertiaries, Because The Organic Remains Found In It Contain Between 60 And 70 Per Cent Of Living Species; A Greater Proportion Than Exists Iu The Older Ntiocene, But Not So' Great As That ...
Plittarch
Plittarch (ploutarclios), The Biographer And Moralist, Was B. At Chteroneia In Bceo Tia. We Can Only Approximate To The Year Of His Birth. He Tells Us Himself That Lie Was A Student Of Philosophy At Delphi, Under Ammonius, When Nero Was Making His Prog Ress Through Greece In 66 A.d.; ...
Plotinus
Plotinus, The Most Original And Important Philosopher Of The Neoplatonic School, Was Born At Lycopolis In Egypt 205 A.d.; But Such Was His Utter Indifference To Things Human, "being Ashamed Almost To Live In A Body," That He ,never Would Divulge Even His Parentage. He Would Never Allow His Birthday ...
Plover
Plover, Charadrius, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Charadrieuke (q V.), Having A Straight Compressed Bill; The Upper Mandible Alone Sligbtly Inflated And Slightly Bout At The Point; The Nasal Groove Extending About Two-thirds Of The Length Of The Bill, The Nos Trils Longitudinally Cleft Near The Base; The ...
Plowing Plow
Plow, Plowing. The First In Order And Importance Of Agricultural Operations Is The Breaking Up Of The Soil, And This Is Accomplished, In All Countries Where Agriculture Is In An Advanced State, By Inverting The Upper Stratum Of Earth Upon Which The Plants Grow. Such A Mode Also Buries And ...
Pluralism
Pluralism, In Canon Law, Means The Possession By The Same Person Of Two Or More Ecclesiastical Offices, Whether Of Dignity Or Of Emolument. Pluralism Has Been Heldunlaw Ful From The Earliest Times, And Is Forbidden By Many Councils, As Chalcedon, C. X. (451 A.d.), 2d Niefea, C. Xv. (787 A.d.). ...
Pluto
Pluto (gr. Mullin, From Route°, To Be Rich), Originally Only A Surname Of Iiades,as The Giver Or Possessor Of Riches, Is. In The Mythology Of Greece. The Third Son Of Kronos And And The Brother Of Zeus And Poseidon. On The Tripartite Division Of The Universe, He Obtained The Sovereignty ...
Ply3iouth Brethren
Ply3iouth Brethren, A Religions Sect Which Sprang Into Existence About 1830-35 In Plymouth, Dublin, And Other Places In The British Islands, And Which Has Extended Itself Considerably Throughout The British Dominions And In Some Parts Of The Continent Of Europe, Particularly Among The Protestants Of France, Switzerland, And Italy, And ...
Plymouth
Plymouth (crate), A T. In S.e. Massachusetts, A Port Of Entry In Cape Cod Bay, The Landing-place Of The Pilgrim Fathers From The Mayflower Dec. 21, 1620,where They Founded The First Settlement In New England; Pop. 'so. 7,094. It Is 37 M. S.e. Of Boston, At The Terminus Of A ...
Plymouth_2
Plymouth, An English Sea-port And Market T., And A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough In The S.w. Of Devonshire, 240 Rn. W.s.w. Of London. It Stands In The Bight Of Plymouth Sound (q.v.), Between The Estuaries Of The Plym And Tamar. To The W. Of It Is Stonehouse (q.v.), A Township ...
Pneumatic Dispatch
Pneumatic Dispatch. This Name Is Given To A Mode Of Sending Parcels, Mail Bags. Or Telegram Papers Through A Tube By Atmospheric Pressure, Or By A Partial Vacuum. Early In The Present Century, Mr. Medhurst Couceived The Idea Of Some Such Contrivance. He Proposed To Air-tight Tunnels, With Carriages Moving ...
Pneumatics
Pneumatics (gr. Pncuma, Spirit Or Breath, Air) Is The Science Which Treats Of The Mechanical Properties Of Aeriform Fluids, Such As Their Weight, Pressure, Elasticity, Motion. Etc. The Great Representative Of The Aeriform Fluids Is The Atmosphere. The Atmosphere Is Very Frequently Called "air," To Distinguish It From The Others, ...
Poaching
Poaching, Though Not Strictly A Legal Term, Has So Long Been Appropriated In Popu Lar Parlance To Describe A Well-known Legal Offense, That It Is Now Usually Adopted In Legal Works. It Means The Unlawfully Trespassing On Another's Lands For The Purpose Of Catching Or Pursuing Game; And It Is ...
Pocahontas
Pocahontas, The Legendary" Princess Poew]imb-s,"b. About 1505, Was The Daughter Of Au Indian Chief Of Virginia. It Is Due To The Vanity Of Capt. John Smith, A Bustling Early Settler, That This Red Indian Woman Has Been Embalmed In His Tigmentary Story As A Heroine Of Romance, In That She ...
Pochard
Pochard, Faligata, A Genus Of Ducks, Of The Oceanic Sdetion (sec Duct:), Having The Bill As Long Or Nearly As Long As The Bead, Broad And Very Fiat, A Little Dilated Toward The Tip, The 1anep,ae Of The Upper Mandible Not Projecting Beyond The Margin, The Wings And Tail.short. The ...
Poems Of Ossian
Ossian, Poems Of. Ossian, Or Oisin (a Word Which Is Interpreted The "little Fawn"), A Celtic Warrior-poet, Is Said To Have Lived In The 3d C., And To Have Been The Son Of Fingal Or Fin Maccumhaill. The Poems Which Are Ascribed To Him In Manuscripts Of Any Antiquity Arc ...
Poetry
Poetry (from The Greek Pole°, To Make, Or To Create), According To The Mere Etyma Og,y Of The Word, Signifies A Creation Or Production Of Any Kind; But Its Classical Equiva Lent, Poiesis, Was Applied By The Greeks Almost Exclusively To Designate The Artistic Productions Of The Imagination, Expressed In ...
Poinding
Poinding (same Root As Eng. Pound), In The Law Of Scotland, Means The Seizing And Selling Of A Debtor's Goods Under Process Of Law, Or Under The Warrant Of A Debitumfuudi, In Order To Pay The Debt. It Is Either Real Or Personal. Real Poinding Is The Attaching Of Goods ...
Pointer
Pointer, A Kind Of Dog Nearly Allied To The True Hounds(q.v.), But Not Reckoned One Of Them., It Is Remarkable For Its Habit Of Pointing At Game; Its Whole Body, And Partic Ularly Its Head. Indier.ting The Position Of The Game To The Sportsman; And A Well-trained Pointer Will Remain ...
Poisons
Poisons. A Poison Is Commonly Defined To Be A Substance Which, When Adminis Tered In Small Quantity, Is Capable Of Acting Deleteriously On The Body; But This Definition Is Obviously Too Restricted, For It Would Exclude Numerous Substances Which Are Only Poisonous When Administered In Large Doses, As Niter, And ...
Poke
Poke, The Common Name For Plrytolacea,deeandra, Called Also Gayet, Pigeon Berry, And Only Representative In America Of A Small Apetalons Faculty. Pleglolnecaerce. It Is Found Also In N. Africa, The Azores, China, And The Sandwich Islands, And Has Beednaturalized In Southern Europe And The West Indies. Phytolacea Decandra Grows On ...
Poland
Poland, Or, A Province Of European Russia, Which Was United To That Empire In 1815—though The Title Of Kingdom Was Left, And A Peculiar Form Of Government Long Continued To Distinguish It From The Other Provinces—is, Surrounded By Prussia, Austria, And Western Russia Or Russian Poland, And Contains 48,863 English ...
Poland
Poland, Called By The Natives Polska (a Plain), A Former Kingdom Of Europe—re Nowned, In Mediaeval History, As The Sole Champion Of Christendom Against The Turks; And, Fill Recently, An Object Of General And Profound Sympathy Throughout Western Europe, From Its Unprecedented Misfortunes—was, Immediately Previous To Its Dismem Berment, Bounded ...
Polar Clock
Polar Clock, An Instrument Invented By Sir Charles Wheatstone For Telling The Time Of Day By Means Of Light Which Has Been Polarized By Passing Through The Atmos Phere. The Reader Of The Article Polarization Will Understand The Manner In Xvliich The Light Of The Sky Is Polarized In A ...
Polar Expeditions
Polar Expeditions (ante). In 1860 Dr. Isaac I. Hayes Mode On Expedition To Smith Sound; And, By Sledge, To A Point As Far N. As 82.45; And In 1869 Visited Greenland, And Explore:1 N Considerable Portion Of Its Southern Coast. See Hav•s, Isaac I. Ante. Unsuccessful Efforts Were Made To ...
Polar Expeditions
Polar Expeditions. Under This Head Are Classed All Those Voyages Of Discovery Which Have Been Made Toward The N. And S. Poles, And To The Regions Within The Arctic And Antarctic Circles. The N. Polar Regions Present A Much Greater Laud-surface Than These Round The S. Pole, And On This ...
Polarity
Polarity. The N. And A. Poles Of The Earth's Axis Are Terms Familiar To All, And ,to Arc The Derived Terms Of The N. And S. Poles Of A Magnet (q.v.). A Right-handed And A Left-handed Corkscrew, Or Helix, Are Also Perfectly Well Known. The Distinction Between The Members Of. ...
Polarization Of Light
Polarization Of Light. A Ray Of Light From The Sun Or A Lamp, Which Has Not Been Reflected Or Refracted In Its Course To The Eye, Possesses No Properties By Which One Aide Of It Can Be Distinguished From Another; If, For Instance, It Be Divided Into Two By A ...
Polder
Polder, A Word Used In The Topography Of The Netherlands, Is The Name Given To Land Below The Level Of The Sea Or Nearest River, Which, Originally A Morass Or Lake, Has Been Drained And Brought Under Cultivation. An Embankment, Forming A Canal Of Suffi Cient Height To Command A ...
Pole
Pole, Cardinal Reginald, B. In Staffordshire In The Year 1503, Was The Son Of Sir Richard Pole, Lord Montactite, By Margaret, Countess Of Salisbury. Daughter Of The Duke Of Clarence, The Brother Of Edward Iv. His Early Education Was Received From The Carthusians At Sheen, Whence, Being Liberally Provided For ...
Poles
Poles (gr. Polos, A Turning-point), In Geography, Are The Two Extremities Of The Axis Round Which The Earth Revolves; They Arc Therefore Situated The One On The N. And The Other On The S. Side Of The Equator, And Equidistant From All Parts Of It. Or In Lat. N. And ...
Police
Police' (lat. Yolitia, Gr. Politeia, Civil Government; From Polls, A City) Are Constables Or Peace-officers Appointed In All Parts Of Town And Country For The Purpose Of Watch Ing Property And Detecting Crime, And Arresting Offenders And Maintaining Public Order. Though The Word Policeman Is Now, Especially In Towns, A ...
Polignac
Polignac, An Aneitnt French Family, Which Takes Its Name From A Castlesaid To Have Been Built In The 5th C., On A Rock Of The Cevennes, Near Puy-en-velay, In The Depart Ment Of Haute-loire, On The Site Of A Roman Temple Dedicated To Apollo, Whence- According To Certain Rather Credulous ...
Political Economy
Political Economy. This Word Economy Is Derived From The Greekfor Houe-law Or House-regulation. It Refers To The Material Portion Of Domestic Regulations, And Does Not, For Instance, Embrace The Observance Of Religion Or The Communication Of Instruc Tion. The Most Important Part Of It Is The Adjustment Of The Expenditure ...
Political Offenses
Political Offenses, Crimes Considered Injurious To The Safety Of The State, Or Such Crimes As Involve A Violation Of The Allegiance Due By A Subject To The Supreme Authority Of The State. By The Roman Law, In The Early Times Of The Republic, Every Act Injurious To The State Was ...
Polyatomic Alcohols
Polyatomic Alcohols, The Term Alcohol, Originally Limited To One Substance— Viz., Spirit Of Wine, Or Hydrated Oxide Of Ethyl, Has Begun To Be Applied To A Considerable Number Of Organic Compounds, Many Of Which, In Their External Characters, Bear Little Resemblance To Common Alcohol. Most Of Them Are Fluid And ...
Polybius
Polybius, The Greek Historian, Was Born About 204 N.c. In Megalopolis, A Town Of Arcadia. From Lycortas. His Father, Who Was Among The Leading Men Of The Adman League, He Received Valuable Instruction In The Science Of Politics And In Tle Art Of W11 R. In 181 He Would Have ...
Polycarp
Polycarp, Bishop Of Smyrna, And One Of The Most Illustrious Of The Early Christian Martyrs, Was Born In The Latter Part Of The 1st C. 4.d., But Neither The Date Nor The Place Of His Birth Is Known. He Was, However (according To A Legendary Fragment Ascribed To An Unknown ...
Polycimoke Printing
Polycimoke Printing, The Art Of Printing In One Or More Colors At The Same Time. Although Several Attempts Had Been Previously Made To Carry Out This Process, -congreve, In 1620, Was The First To Do It Successfully With Metal Plates. Sir William Congreve Had Seen Applegath's Polychromatic Block•printing Press, By ...
Polycotyledonous Plants
Polycotyled'onous Plants, Those Plants Of Which The Embryo Has More Than Two Seed-lobes Or Cotyledons. See Cotyledon And Dicotyledonous In Some Of The Eoniferee In Particular. There Are Numerous Cotyledons; The Genus Pima? Has From Three To Twelve. These Cotyledons Are Placed In A Whorl, And Have The Gemmule Of ...
Polydasic Acids
Polyda'sic Acids. Most Of The Inorganic Acids Combine With Bases In Such A Man Ner That One Atom Of The Acid Is United With One Atom Of A Metallic Oxide To Form A Neu Tral Salt. Nitric Acid May Be Taken As An Illustration Of The Acids Possessing This Prop ...
Polyglot
Polyglot (gr. Polys, Many; And Glotta, Tongue) Means, In General, An Assemblage Of Versions In Different Languages Of The Same Work, But Is Almost Exclusively Applied To Manifold Versions Of The Bible. The Ilexapla (q.v.) Of Origeu Contained, Besides The Text, Several Other Versions. All These, However, Were In The ...
Polygnottjs
Polygnottjs, A Distinguished Greek Painter Of Antiquity, Was B. Toward The Begin Ning Of The 5th C. B.c. He Was A Native Of The Isle Of Thasos, And Belonged To A Family Of Painters, Who Came To Athens To Practice Their Profession, Probably After The Subjuga Tion Of Thasos By ...
Polygon
Polygon (gr. Rolls, Many; Geinia, A Corner), A Plane Figure, Bounded By A Number Of Straight Lines; The Name Is Conventionally Limited To Those Plane Figures Whose Bounding Straight Lines Are More Than Four In Number. Polygons Of 5, 6, 7, 8, Etc., Sides Are Denominated Pentagons, Hexagons, Heptagons, Octagons, ...
Polytechnique
Polytechnique (fcole Polyteciinique). Or Polytechnic School (gr. Polo, Many; Art), Was First Established In Paris (1794) By The National Convention, Under Name Of Ecole Des Traraux Public. (school Of Public Works). No Students Were Admitted But Those Who Intendts1 To Enter The Public Service; And Though The General Object Of ...
Polyzoa
Polyzoa Known Also As Bryozoa (from The Greek Began, Moss, And Won, An Animal; Beetiuse Malty Of These Organisms Incrust Other Animals Or Bodies Like Moss), And Gimp Braciliata (front The Circumstance That Their Tentacles Are Ciliated), Are So Called From Many Individuals Being United Into A Colony Or Polyzoary. ...
Pontius Pilate
Pilate, Pontius, Sixth Roman Procurator Of Judea. Fin Family Name Pontius Was Conspicuous Among The Romans At A Very Early Period Of Their History; And His Cog-' Nomen Paulus, "armed With A Javelin," May Refer To Military Employment And Success. Lle Is Known In History Chiefly As Connected Officially With ...
Priemicu Overbeck
Overbeck, Priem:icu, B. At Lubeck; July 3, 1789, It Distinguished Painter. To Whom Is Justly Awarded A Large Share Of The Merit Of The Movement In The Early Part Of This C., From Which Arose The Modem German School Of Art. Ile Commenced His Studies As An Artist At Vienna ...
Prosphorescence
Prosphores'cence. Strictly Speaking, The Term Is Applied To The Phenomenon, Exhibited By Certain Bodies, Of Retnaining Luminous In The Dark For Some Time After Being Exposed To A Strong Light. In This Sense, It Is Strictly Analogous To, Perhaps We-should Say, Identical With, The Heating Of Bodies By Exposure To ...
R Alexievitch Petp
Petp.,r Alexievitch, Czar Of Russia, Generally Denominated Peter Tee Great, Was The Son Of The Czar Alexei Mikailovitch By His Second Wife, Natalia Nary Skine, And Was Born At Moscow June 9, 1672. His Father, Alexei, Died In 1676, Leaving The Throne To His Eldest Sou, Feodor, Peter's Half-brother. This ...
Richard Owen
Owen, Richard, Wag B. At Lancaster, July 20. 1804. Having Received His Element Ary Education At The Grammar-school Of That Town, Lie Became, At The Age Of 20, A Student In The Edinburgh University. Under The Guidance Of The Third Morro, Alison, Jameson, And L Lope In The University, And ...
Robert Everett Pattison
Pattison, Robert Everett, D D., 1800-74; B. Vt.; Graduated At Amherst College, 1s26; Was Tutor In Columbia College, Washington, D. C.; Ordained As A Baptist Minister At Salem, Mass., 1829; And Settled, In 1830, Pastor Of The First Baptist Church In Provi Dence, R. I. In 1836 He Was Elected ...
Robert Orme
Orme, Robert, 1728-1801; B. Hindustan, Of English Parentage, Son Of Dr. Alex Ander Orme, Physician And Surgeon Of The British Army In Bombay; Educated At Harrow, Went Back To India In 1742, As A Writer In The Employ Of The East India Company. He Resided In Anjengo, A City Of ...
Robert Owen
Owen, Robert, A Social Theorist And Schemer, Was B. May 14, 1771, At Newton. In 'montgomeryshire. Lie Does Not Appear To Have Had Any More Than A Merely Commercial Education To Fit Him For Common Business. The Point From Which His Peculiar Destiny In Life May Be Said To Have ...
Robert Pollok
Pollok, Robert, A Scottish Poet, Was B. In 1799 At Muirhouse, In The Parish Of Eaglesham, In The Co. Of Renfrew. After Receiving The Ordinary Course Of Instruction In Country Schools, He Was Sent To The University Of Glasgow, And On The Completion Of His Curriculum In Arts, He Entered ...
Roendell Palmer
Palmer, Roendell, Lord Set.corne, N.c.t., B. Eng.. 1812; Educated At Rugby And Winchester Schools, And At Oxford; Where Lie Gained The Prize For Latin And For English Verse. He Was Called To The Bar In 1837, And Soon Attained A Large Practice In Chancery. In 1849 He Was Made A ...
Saint Patrick
Patrick, Saint, A Distinguished Missionary Of The 5th C., Commonly Known As The Apostle Of Ireland. There Is Some Uncertainty As To The Date And Place Of His Birth. The Year Of His Birth Is Variously Assigned To The Years 377 And 387, Of Which The Latter, If Not Even ...
Saint Peter
Peter, Saint, Apostle, Named Originally Sntox, Was A Native, Of Bethsaida, On The Lake Of Gentles:fret. Ills Father Was Called Jonas; And The Name By Which Peter Is Known In Christian History Was Given To Him By Our Lord, Who Changed His Name Of Origin (liar-jona) Into Cephas, A Syro-chaldaic ...
Samuel Pepys
Pepys, Samuel, A Distinguished Officer Of The Admiralty During The Reigns Of Charles Ii. And James Ii., Was B. Feb. 23; 1682-33. He Was The Son Of A London Citizen, A Tailor, But Was Well Educated, First At St. Paul's School, And Afterwards At Magdalen College, Cambridge. His Cousin, Sir ...
Sandor Petofi
Petofi, Sandor (alexaxnen), Who May Fairly Be Described As The National Poet Of Hungary, Was Born At Little Kihirms, In The County Of Pesth, In 182•. His Father Was A Butcher, And A Small Landowner In Little Kumania, And Bore The Name Of Petrovich (son Of Peter)—a Name, Indicating A ...
Secret Poisoning
Poisoning, Secret, A Mode Of Taking Away Life By Poisons So Slow In Their Operation That The Gradual Sinking Of The Victims Under Their Influence Closely Resembled The Effects Of Disease Or The Ordinary Decay Of Nature. It Has Been Practiced In All Ages, And Several Undoubted And Unmet Ous ...
Silvio Pellico
Pe'llico, Silvio, An Italian Poet, Celebrated For His Long And Cruel Imprisonment By The Austrians, More, Perhaps, Than For His Verses, Was B. In 1788 At Saluzzo, In Piedmont, And Was ,educated In Pignerol, Where His Father, Onorato Pellico, Also Favorably Known As A Lyric Poet, Had A Silk-factory. In ...
Simeon Denis Poisson
Poisson, Simeon-denis, A Celebrated French Geometer, Was B. At Pithiviers, In The Dep. Of Loiret„iune 21,1781; And Displaying An Aptitude For Mathematics, He Was Received Into The &me Polytechnique In 1798. The Striking Talent He Thus Early Exhibited Attracted The Notice Of Lagrange And Laplace, Both Of Whonl Anticipated For ...
Simon Patrick
Patrick, Simon, D.d., 1626-1707; B. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng.; Entered Qnecn's College, Cambridge, At The Age Of 18; And Received A Fellowship In Took Orders, And In 1658 Was Received As Chaplain Into The Fatally Of Sir Walter St. John, Of Battersea. In 1662 He Was Appointed Rector Of 8t. Paul's, ...
Spencer Perceval
Perceval, Spencer, Right Hon., English Minister, Was The Second Son Of John, Earl Of Egmont: Born Nov. 1, 1762; Educated At Harrow, And At Trinity Cam Bridge. He Was Called To The Bar, And Soon Obtained A Reputation As A Diligent Lawyer. A Clever Pamphlet On The Abatement Of The ...
Theophilds Parsons
Parsons, Theophilds,'ll.d., 1730-1813, B. Mass.; Graduated At Harvard In 1769, And Was Admitted To The Her In 1774. Ile Began The Practice Of His Profession At Now Portland, Maine, Which Was Laid Waste By A British Squadron In Oct., 1773; And Parsons, Whose Prospects For Professional Success At Falmouth Were ...
Thomas Pennant
Pennant, Thomas, Ll.d., Tourist, Naturalist, And Antiquary, Was B. June 14, 1726, At Downing In Flintshire, And Educated At Queen's And Oriel Colleges, Oxford. His First Important Publication Was The British Zoology (1761-69), Which Contained In All 132 Plates On Imperial Paper, Engraved By Mazel, And Established His Reputation. While ...
The Ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmoscope, The, Is An Instrument Recently Invented For The Purpose Of Examining The Deep-seated Structures Of The Eye, And For Detecting Disease In Them. In Its Simplest Form, It Is Merely A Concave Circular Mirror, Of About 10 In. Focus, Made Of Silvered Glass Or Polished Steel, And Having A ...
The Palate
Palate, The, Forms The Roof Of The Mouth, And Consists Of Two Portions, The Hard Palate In Front And The Soft Palate Behind. The Framework Of The Hard Palate Is Formed By The Palate Process Of The Superioi- Maxillary Bone, And By The Horizontal Process Of The Palate Bone, And ...
The Pelvis
Pelvis, The (from The Latin Pelvis, A Basin), Is A Bony Ting Interposed Between The Spinal Column And The Lower Extremities, So As To Transmit The Weight Of The Former To The Latter. Before Considering The Pelvis As A Whole, It Will Be Expedient To Consider The Individual Bones Of ...
The Ten Persecutions
Persecutions, The Ten, Of The Christian Church, Is The Name By Which Are Known Hi Ecclesiastical History Certain Periods Of Special Severity Exercis:al Towards The Rising Community Of Christians, For The Purpose Of Compelling Them To Renounce Their New Creed, And To .conform To The Established Religion Of The Empire. ...