Peru
Peru, A Spanish Province In South America, Formerly Extended Along The Coast Of The Pacific Ocean, From 14° North, To 29° South Latitude, Being About 1900 Miles In Length, And 500 In Its Medium Breadth. But In 1718 It Was Disjoined From Quito, And In 1778 From Potosi, And Some ...
Perugia
Perugia, A City Of Italy, In The States Of The Church. It Is Situated Near The Tiber, On The Summit Of A Moun Tain, And Commands A Magnificent View Over A Great Ex Tent Of Fertile Country, Marked By Hill And Dale, And En Livened By Towns And Villages. The ...
Peter Alcionio
Alcionio, Peter, A Learned Italian, Was Born Of Poor Parents, Between Die Years 14.90 And 1500. As He Uniformly Chose To Throw A Mystery Over The Place 01 His Birth, With The Hopes, It Was Alleged, That Several Ci Ties Would Contend For That Honour, It Cannot Now Be En ...
Peter Bayen
Bayen, Peter, A Celebrated French Chemist, And Member Of The National Institute Of France, Was Born At Chalons In The Year 1725. His Early Pro Pensity To Study Induced His Friends To Send Him To The College Of Troyes, Where He Went Through A Ro Gular Course Of Study, And ...
Peter Bayle
Bayle, Peter, Was Born At Carla, In The County Of Foix, In The Year 1617. He Discovered, From His Infancy, Great Intellectual Talents, An Inn Tiable Thirst For Learning, And Uncommon Powers Of Study And Applicrtion. His Father, Who Was Protes Tant Minister Of Carla, And Who Seems To Have ...
Peter Bouguer
Bouguer, Peter, A Celebrated Mathematician And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Croisic, In The Department Of The Lower Loire, On The 10th Of Feb Ruary, 1698. At A Very Early Age He Was Initiated Into The Study Of The Mathematical Sciences, By His Father, Who Was Royal Professor Of Hydrography, ...
Peter Daniel Huet
Huet, Peter Daniel, Bishop Of Avranches In France, An Eminent Scholar, Was Horn Of A Good Family At Caen In Normandy, On The 8th Of February, 1630. His Pa Rents Died While He Was But An Infant, And Left Him To The Care Of Guardians, Who Neglected Him ; But ...
Peter Simon Pallas
Pallas, Peter Simon, A Celebrated Naturalist, Was Born At Berlin On The 22d September, 1741. His Father Was Professor Of Surgery In The University, And Young Pal Las, Having Resolved To Pursue The Same Studies, Entered Upon Them With Zeal ; And So Early As 1758, In The 17th Year ...
Peterhead
Peterhead, A Sea-port Town Of Scotland, In Aber Deenshire, Is Agreeably Situated On A Peninsula And Small Island, Called Keith Inch, Which Is The Most Easterly Point Of Scotland, Being Within 300 Miles Of The Naze Of Nor Way. The Town Was Originally Built In The Form Of A Cross. ...
Petrarco
Petrarco, On Petrarch, Francis, A Cerebrat Ed Italian Poet, Was Descended Of An Ancient And Respect Able Family Of Florence, But Was Born (1304) At Arezzo In Tuscany, Whither His Parents Had Fled For Refuge, In Consequence Of Some Internal Commotions To Which That Republic Was Then Subjected. His Father ...
Pfrstan Aticititfctutif
Pf.rstan Aticititf.ctutif.. The Ancient Architecture Of This Extensive, Rich, And Interesting Country, Must Be Considered Chiefly As It Re Gards Their Cities, Palaces, And Tombs; For, With The Ex Ception Of The Temple Of Belus, And Some Other Temples, Their Mythology Did Not Admit Of Sacred Edifices. They Were In ...
Pha Laropts
Pha Laropt:s, Briss. Tern. Ste. Pha La Rgpe. Bill Long, Slender, Feeble, Straight, Depressed At The Base, Both Mandibles Channelled To The Tip, The Extremity Of The Upper Bent Down On The Lower, And Obtuse, Point Of The Lower Mandible Subulate; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Oval, Prominent, Surrounded By A Membrane ...
Phaeton
Phaeton, Lin. &c. 'fume Blur,. Bill As Long As The Head, Thick, Strong, Hard, Sharp-edg Ed, Much Compressed, Pointed, Slightly Sloped From The Base, Edges Of The Mandibles Widened At. The Base, Com Pressed And Serrated In The Rest Of Their Length ; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Covered Above And Near ...
Phasianus
Phasianus, Tem. Ste. Pheasant. Bill Short, Thickened, Naked At The Base, Bent Down To Wards The Tip ; Nostrils Basal And Lateral ; Ears Covered ; Feet Four-toed And Gressorial, Tarsi Furnished With Spurs ; Tail Elongated, Cuneiform, And Composed Of Eighteen Fea Thers ; Wins Short The Beautiful And ...
Phcenicopterus
Phcenicopterus, Lin. &c. Flamingo. Bill Thick, Strong, Higher Than Broad, Dentated, Conical Towards The Point, Naked At The Base, Upper Mandible Ab Ruptly Inflected, And Bent Down On The Under At The Tip; The Under Broader Than The Upper ; Nostrils Longitudinally Placed In The Middle Of The Bill, And ...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, The Largest City In The United Is Situated In The County Of Philadelphia, State Of Pennsylvania, Between The Delaware And Schuylkill Rivers, Five Miles Above Their Confluence, In 39° 57' Of North Lati Tude, And 8' Of Longitude West From London. It Is About 120 Miles Distant From The ...
Philadelphia Penitentiary
Philadelphia Penitentiary. In The Year 1787, A Numberof Benevolent Individuals, Deeply Impressed With The Cruelty, Inefficacy, And Injurious Tendency Of The Penal Code Then In Force, And Of The Miserable System Of Pri Son Discipline Which Was In Practice, Not Only In The Phila Delphia Prison, But Likewise Throughout Europe ...
Philip Melancthon
Melancthon, Philip, The Celebrated Friend And Coadjutor Of Luther, Was Born In Bretten, A Town Of Sax Ony, On February 16, 1490. His Father, George Schwart Zerd, (which Was The German Family Name,) Held The Office Of Commissary Of Artillery, And Was Distinguished By His Ingenuity In The Inventien Of ...
Phosphorescence
Phosphorescence. Tilts Is A Name That Has Been Applied To A Property Which Many Substances Possess Of Emitting Light Under Certain Circumstances. Though The Term Would Lead Us To Ima Gine That It Depended On The Presence, Or Rather On The Slow Combustion Of Phosphorus, It Has No Connection With ...
Physical
Physical Features.—it Would Be Difficult To Conceive A Species Of Soil Or Feature In Nature Not To Be Found In Or On The Border Of New York. In Giving A Summary Of The Physiognomy Of The United States (see Page 261, &c.), So Much Has Been Said On The Geography ...
Physiognomy
Physiognomy, Derived From 5%715, Nature, And 7,vwc-zed, To Know, Is That Science Which Teaches To Judge Of The Temper, Dispositions, Habits, And Intellectual Endow Ments, By The Conformation Of The Body, But Particularly By The Lineaments And Expressions Of The Countenance. This Is Thc Precise Sense In Which The Term ...
Physiology
Physiology, According To The Modern' Use Of The Term, May Be Defined, The Science Which Treats Of The Functions Of The Living Animal Body, And Of The Powers Upon Which These Functions Depend. Although It Is Impossible To Enter Into Any Speculations, Either Medical Or Pathological, Without Presupposing A Certain ...
Piano Forte
Piano-forte, A Musical Instrument Of The Keyed Kind. The Name Is Composed Of Two Italian Words, Sig Nifying Soft, And Strong Or Loud, Intimating Its Distinguish Ing Property From The Harpsichord And Spinet, Which From This Superiority It Has Now Entirely Superseded. It Is An Instrument Strung With Wires, Which ...
Pickerel Pike
Pike, Pickerel, Luce Or Jack—esox Lucius. The Name Of This Fish Is Said By Skinner And Junius, On Ac Count Of The Sharpness Of His Snout, To Be Derived From The French Pique. We Apprehend This Etymology Is More Whimsical Than Just. From His Voracity And Cruelty He Has Been ...
Pietro Abate Etastasio
Etastasio, Pietro Abate, The Celebrated Dra Matist, Was Born At Route On The St1 Of January 1698.* His Birth Name Was Trapassi. We Shall Immediately Have Occasion To Mention The Circumstance In Conse Quence Of Which It Was Changed. His Family Had Once Been Opulent, Though Reduced To Poverty By ...
Pindar
Pindar, One Of The Most Celebrated Lyric Poets Of Ancient Greece, Was Born At Cynoscephalw Near Thebes, And Flourished About The Year 480 Before Christ, And Is Said To Have Died In The Public Theatre At The Advanced Age Of Eighty-six, In The Year 535. In The Curly Part Of ...
Pink Minnow
Minnow, Pink, Or Minim—cyprinus Phoxinus. Is The Smallest Of The Cyprinus Genus, Being In General Little More Than Two Inches Long. They Are Not Very Prolific, Spawning But Once In Two Or Three Years. They Frequent The Shallow Parts Of Rivers And Brooks, And Arc Bold Biters. With The Capture ...
Pipra
Pipra, Lin. &c. Manakin. Bill Compressed, More Deep Than Broad, And Notched; Nasal Fossze Large ; Tail Short ; Two Exterior Toes United At About Half Their Length. P. Rupicola, Lin. Ste. Crested, Or Rock Manakin, Or Hoopoe Lien. Body Saffron Coloured ; Tail-coverts Trun Cated ; Crest Erect, With ...
Pisa
Pisa, A City Of Italy, In The Grand Dutchy Of Tuscany, Is Situated In A Fertile Plain, On The River Arno, About Five Miles From The Sea. This River Flows Through The Town, Dividing It Into Two Nearly Equal Parts That Are Connected By Three Bridges, One Of Which Is ...
Pitt
Pitt, William, Earl Of Chatham, The Second Son Of P.obert Pitt, Esq. Of Boconnock, In The County Of Corn Wall, Was Born On The 15th Of November, 1708. The Fa Mily Was Originally Of Blandford In Dorsetshire ; Christo Pher Pitt, The Translator Of Vida And Virgil, And Thomas Pitt, ...