Parma_2
Parma, A Dutchy In The North Of Italy, Bounded On The East By Modena, On The South And West By Tuscany, And On The North By The Po, Which Divides It From Milan. In Chiding The Districts Of Placentia And Guastalla, It Contai Is 2280 Square Miles. Its Population, According ...
Paros
Paros, An Islann Of Ein Opt An Turkey, In The Grecian Archrpel .go, West Or N ..:,t1 South Of Delos, Situated Betweci, 36° 57', And 37° 13' Of Nortii Lat. And 25° 12' And 25° 26' I E •st It 1,, About Forty Miles In Cir Cumference. 41 D Cootains ...
Parra
Parra, Lin. Sze. Jacana. Bill As Long As The Head, Straight, Slender, Compressed, Somewhat Inflated Towards The Tip, The Depressed Base Di Lated In Front Into A Naked Plate Or Elevated Crest ; Mandi Bles Unequal; Nostrils Lateral, Placed Near The Middle Of The Bill, Oval, Open, And Pervious ; ...
Parus
Parus, Lill. &c. Titmouse. Bill Short, Straight, Strong, Conical, Compressed, Ter Minating In A Sharp Point Without A Notch ; The Base Fur Nished With Small Hairs; Nostrils Basal, Rounded, And Con Cealed By Projecting Feathers; Legs Stout, Toes Divided To Their Origin, The Hind One The Strongest And Most ...
Passion
Passion. The Greater Space Which Water Occupies, When In The State Of Ice, Has Been Long Observed, And Has Been Made The Subject Of Some Curious Experiments, Particularly By Ma Jor Williams, Who, During An Intense Frost At Quebec, Actu Ally Burst A Cannon, By The Freezing Of Only A ...
Patagonia
Patagonia, Land Of Magellan, Or Teheulia, Iii South America, Is Bounded On The North By The Govern Ment Of La Plata, Or Iluenos Ayres; On The South By The Straits Of Magellan ; On The East By The Atlantic Ocean ; And On The West By The South Pacific Ocean, ...
Patagonia
Patagonia, And The Terra Del Fl' F1go. For The Particular Geography And History Of These Provinces, We Refer To The Articles Attached To,their Respective Names. 2. The Chief Rivers Of North America, Are The Mississirri, And The Ohio, The Illinois, And Alissouri, Which Run Into It ; The St Lawrence, ...
Patent
Patent Is The Elliptical Expression For Letters Patent ; The Writ In The King's Name And Under The Great Seal, Which Secures For A Limited Term, To The Inventor, The Ex Clusive Right To Make And Sell The Material Product Of His Invention. The Word Patent Has Come, In Common ...
Pathos
Pathos, Now St. Jean De Pa•ino, Is An Island Of The Grecian Archipelago, Celebrated As The Place Of St. John's Retirement. It Is About 10 Miles Long, 5 Broad, And 28 In Circumference. Its Coasts Are Intersected By A Variety Of Gulfs And Caves, And Present Many Good Harbours, Among ...
Patrick Adamson
Adamson, Patrick, Archbishop Of St Andrew's, A Famous Latin Poet, Was Born At Perth In The Year 1536. His Parents Do Not Appear To Have Been In Very Flourish Ing Circumstances ; But He Received A Sufficiently Liberal Education, First At The Grammar-school Of His Native Town, And Afterwards In ...
Patrick Arcy D
Arcy D', Patrick, One Of The Pensioners Of The French Academy, Marshal Of The Armies Of The King, And Knight Of The Order Of St Louis, Was Born Of Roman Catholic Parents, At Galway, In Ireland, On The 27th Sep Tember, 1725. At The Age Of Fourteen He Was Sent ...
Patrick Henry
Henry, Patrick, Late Governor Of Virginia, Was Born About The Year 1740 From All That Has Been Recorded Of Him, What Was Precisely The Condition Of His Parentage Does Not Clearly Appear. The Chronicles Of The Provincial Governments In North America, Of The Revolutionary War, And Of The Governments Of ...
Pavia
Pavia, A Town Of Austrian Italy, In The Government Of Milan, Is Situated In A Delightful Plain, On A Navigable Part Of The Tesino, About Four Miles Above The Place Where That River Joins The Po. Its Fortifications Were For Merly Strong, But They Are Now Neglected And Falling To ...
Pe Gassen Di
Gassen Di, Pe Rea, An Eminent French Philosopher, Was Born At Chantersier In Provence, In 1592. After Giv Ing Very Premature Indications Of His Talents, Which He Did Before He Had Reached His Fifth Year, He Was Sent To School At Digne, Where He Made Rapid Progress In The Latin ...
Pearl Fishery
Pearl-fishery. Pearls Are Hard, White, And Shin Ing Bodies, Usually Of A Roundish Form, Found In The Body And Shell Of A Testaceous Fish, Of The Oyster Kind. They Have Always Been Held In High Estimation As Ornamental Gems; And The Practice Of Fishing For Them Appears To Have Begun ...
Peebles
Peebles, A Burgh Town Of Scotland, And County Town Of Peebles-shire, Is Agreeably Situated On The North Bank Of The Tweed, Principally On A Slightly Elevated Ridge At The Junction Of Eddlestone-water, With The Tweed. Peebles Is A Town Of Very Considerable Antiquity, And There Was Undoubtedly A Village And ...
Peebles Shire
Peebles-shire. This County, Also Known By The Name Of Tweeddale, Is Inclosed Among The Counties Of Mid-lothian, Selkirk, Dumfries, And Lanark ; Its Greatest Length From North To South Being About Thirty Miles, And Its Greatest Breadth, In The Opposite Direction, Twenty-two. It Is Computed To Contain About 184,000 Scotch ...
Pelec Anus
Pelec Anus, Ltn. Slc. Pelican. Bill Long, Straight, Broad, Much Depressed, Upper Man Dibles Flattened, Terminated By A Nail, Or Very Strong Hook, The Lower Formed By Two Bony Branches, Which Are De Pressed, Flexible, And United At The Tip ; From These Branches Is Suspended A Naked Skin, In ...
Pembroke
Pembroke, The Principal Town Of Pembrokeshire, Is Delightfully Situated On A Navigable Creek Of Milford Ha Ven, Called Down Pool, Over Which There Is An Excellent Bridge. It Was Formerly Surrounded By A Strong And Lofty Wall, Which Is Still Almost Entire On The North Side, Where It Is Flanked ...
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire, A Maritime County Of South Wales, Is Bounded On The North And West By St. George's Channel, On The South By The Bristol Channel, On The East By Caermarthenshire, And On The North-east By Cardigan Shire. Its Form Is Very Irregular, In Consequence Of The Numerous Bays With Which ...
Pendulum
Pendulum, In Mechanics, Denotes A Heavy Body, So Sus Pended That It May Vibrate, Or ,swing Backwards And For Wards About A Fixed Point By The Action Of Gravity. When A Heavy Body, Suspended In Such A Manner As To Be At Liberty To Move Round A Fixed Axis, Is ...
Penrith
Penrith, An Ancient Market-town Of The County Of Cumberland, England, Is Situated At The Foot Of Penrith Fell, Near The River Petterel, On The North, And The Con Fluence Of The Eamont And The Lowther On The South. The Houses Are Built Of Red Stone, Covered With Blue Slate ; ...
Persia
Persia, An Ancient And Extensive Empire In Asia, Lies Be Tween The 26th And 40th Degrees Of North Latitude, And The 45th And 61st Degrees Of East Longitude. Its Name Spread From One Of Its Provinces, Pars Or Fars, Which At One Time Comprehended The Dominions Of The Kings Of ...
Perth
Perth, The Capital Of Perthshire, Ranks As A City ; In The Order Of Royal Burghs It Stands Next To Edinburgh ; And Is, Unquestionably, The Finest Provincial Town In Scot Land. Perth Is A Place Of Great Antiquity, And, As Such, The Early Periods Of Its History Are Involved ...
Perthshire
Perthshire. This Is The Most Splendid For Its Scenery And Appearance, As It Is The Most Extensive County In Scotland. It Is Of A Very Compact Form, Nearly Free From Angles Of Any Note, And Almost Coinciding With A Cir Cle; The Longest Diameter, Between The East And West, Being ...