Placentia
Placentia, A City Of The North Of Italy, In The Government Of Parma, And Capital Of The Former Dutchy Of Placentia. It Is Situated In A Rich And Extensive Plain, At The Confluence Of The Po And Trebia. It Is A Large And Handsome Town, Surrounded With Fortifications ; The ...
Plague
Plague. This Formidable Disease, Though Always Originating In Countries Far Remote From Us, Is Brought So Much Within. Our Reach, By Our Extended Commercial In Tercourse, As To Be An Object Of Interest, Even To Ourselves, If Less So Than To The Christian Nations Of The Mediterra Nean. There Are ...
Plan
Plan, By This Term Is Understood The Drawings Or Re Presentations Of The Intended Structure ; They Consist Of Three Sorts : 1st, Skewing The Shape, Dimensions, And Relative Situation Of The Several Apartments. 2d, Spew Ing The Appearance Which The External Faces Of The Edi Fice Will Have When ...
Planetary Machine S The
Planetary Machine S. The Machines Contrived For Exhibiting The Motions Of The Planetary Bodies, In Different Ages Of The World, Have Been Mechanical Representations Of The Particular Systems That Prevailed At The Respective Times Of Their Construction, And The Names Given To Them Seem To Have Been Dictated By Circumstances ...
Planing Machine
Planing Machine, As The Term Implies, Is An Engine For Effecting, By Machinery, The Operation Of Plan Ing Timbers, Boards, &c. Of All The Manual Perform Ances Of A Carpenter Or Joiner, There Is Perhaps No One That Is More Laborious, That Employs More Time, Or Re Quires Less Skill, ...
Plastic Nature
Plastic Nature, Stc. The Doctrine Of The Soul Of The World, Makes A Con Spicuous Figure In Most Of The Ancient Systems Of Philo Sophy, Under Various Modifications. It Has Sometimes Been Ascribed To Plato, As Its Original Inventor ; But It Is Certainly Of A Much Higher Antiquity: It ...
Platalea
Platalea, Lin. &c. Plater, Leach. Spoonbill. Bill Very Long, Much Flattened, Dilated Towards The Ex Tremity, And Rounded, Like A Spoon, Or Spatula ; Upper Mandible Channelled, And Transversely Sulcated At The Base ; Nostrils Approximated, Oblong, Open, Bordered With A Membrane ; Face And Head Wholly Or Partially Naked ...
Plato
Plato, A Celebrated Athenian Philosopher, Was The Son Of Aristo, An Athenian, And Parectonia. He Was Born In The Island Of Agina, About 428 Or 430 Years Before Christ, His Original Name Was Aristocles ; But, On Account Of The Breadth Of His Shoulders, He Received The Name Of Plato, ...
Pliny
Pliny Tne Elder, Caius Plinius Secundtjs, A Cele Brated Roman Author, Was Born At Verona In The Reign Of Tiberius, In A. D. 23. Pliny Distinguished Himself Early In The Field, And After Having Been Made One Of The Augurs Of Rome, He Was Appointed Governor Of Spain. Though He ...
Plymouth
Plymouth, A Large And Populous Sea-port Borough And Market Ton N, In The Hundred Of Roborough, And Deanery Of Plympton, Is Situated At The Extreme South West Corner Of The County Of Devon, Between The Estuaries Of The Rivers Tamar And Plym, And From The Latter Of Which It Takes ...
Poesy Poetry
Poetry, Poesy, Is A Term Derived From The Greek ;roc Nrcia, Of I Make, Intimating, That The Art Which It Denotes Was Regarded Of Unrivalled Eminence, Or Of Pe Culiarly Difficult Execution. In Nothing Have Critics Differ Ed And Disputed So Much As About The Definition Of This Di Vine ...
Point De Galls
Galls, Point De, Is A Town In The Island Of Ceylon, Being The Third In Point Of Size, Built Upon A Long Rocky Promontory. The Fort Is About A Mile And A Half In Circuit, And Is Situated Upon A Neck Of Land, And Almost Surrounded By The Sea. The ...
Poisons
Poisons 'furs Is A Most Important Subject, In Many Points Of View. The History Of Poisons, Like That Or All The Other Proper Ties Of Natural Bodies, Forms An Important And Interesting Subdivision In Their Natural History, Independently Of The Uses Or Abuses That May Be Made Of These Substances. ...
Poland
Poland, Formerly A Large Country Of Continental Eu Rope, Derived Its Name (pohlen, A Plain) From The General Aspect Of Its Surface, Which, With The Exception Of A Few Diminutive Eminences, Is So Extremely Level, That, After A Rainy Season, The Waters Of Different Rivers, Inundating Large Portions Of The ...
Polar Regions
Polar Regions Designation For Those Parts Of The Globe, Within The Arctic And Antarctic Circles, And Consequently Occupying A Space, Circumscribed By A Circleof 23-1• Degrees Of Latitude Around Each Pole. The General Want Of Inhabitants, And The Deficiency Of Those Products Suited For The Necessities Of Human Beings, Intimate ...
Political Economy
Political Economy Is The Name Given To An Im Portant Division Of The Science Of Government. The Object Of Government Is, Or Ought To Be, The Happiness Of Men, United In Society; It Seeks The Means Of Securing To Them The Highest Degree Of Felicity Compatible With Their Nature, And ...