Pedro I
Pedro I., Port. Pron. Pit'drei (dom Anto Nio Pedro De Alcantara Bourbon) ( 1798-1834) . Emperor Of Brazil. He Was The Second Son Of John Vi., King Of Porthgal From 1816, And Was Born At Lisbon. October 12, 1798. In 1807 The Royal Family Fled To Brazil Before The Invading ...
Pedro Ii
Pedro Ii. (dom Pedro De Alcantara) (1825-91). Emperor Of Brazil. He Was The Son Of Emperor Pedro I. And Was Born At Rio De Janeiro, December 2, 1825. He Was But Five Years Old When His Father Abdicated In His Favor, April 7, 1831. During His Minority The Country Was ...
Pedro The Cruel 1334 69
Pedro The Cruel (1334-69). King Of Castile And Leon From 1350 To 1369. He Was The Son Of Alfonso X/. And Maria Of Portugal, And Was Born At Burgos, August 30, 1334. On His Father's Death Pedro Succeeded To The Throne Without Op Position. He Was Greatly Influenced By His ...
Peel
Peel, Sir Robert ( 1788-1850 ) . An Eminent British Statesman. He Was Born On February 5, 1738, The Eldest Son Of Robert Peel (created Baronet In 18001, A Wealthy Cotton-spinner. Peel Was Educated At. Harrow And Christ Church, Ox Ford, Graduating From The Latter In 1808. In 1809 He ...
Peer Of
Peer (of. Per, Pair. Fr. Pair, Peer, Equal. From Lat. Par, Equal). A General Name Applied To The Various Members Of The Titled Nobility Of England. The Peerage Comprises The Ranks Of Duke. Marquis. Earl. Viscount. :ind Baron. The Dignity Of The Peerage, Still Heredit3ry, Was In Early Times Alto ...
Peine Forte Et Dure
Peine Forte Et Dure, Pint V.rt ;') Dnr ((tf., Strong And Hard Punishment ). A Punish Ment Formerly Unposed By The Laws Of England Upon Persons Who, On Being Arraigned For Felony (q.v.). Refused To Plead, Stood Mute Or Per Challenged More Than Twenty Jurors, Which Was Considered A Contumacy ...
Peirce
Peirce, Piers Or Plrs. Benjamin (1809.80), An Ameriea N Mathematician And Astronomer, Born At Salem. Mass. Ile Graduated At Harvard College In 1829. Ile Became Tutor There In 1831: Professor Of Mathematics And Physics In 1833, And Perkins Professor Of Mathematics And As Tronomy In 1842, Which Position He Held ...
Pelagianism
Pela'gianism. A Fifth-century Western Heresy, Which Originated With The Monk Pelagius (q.v.), Who Denied The Dependence Of The Human Will Upon Grace, In Opposition To Augustine's Doe Trine Of The Necessity Of Divine Assistance, And Minimized The Consequences Of Adam's Fall, Thus Denying The Doctrine Of Original Sin. The Views ...
Pelagius
Pelagius. The Name Of Two Popes. Pela Mus 1., Pope 555-60. Ile Came Of A Noble Roman Family, And As A Deacon Accompanil Pope Aga Petus 1. To Constantinople (536). Pope Vigilius Appointed Him His Representative At The Imperial Court There In 540, And He Won Great Influence Over The ...
Pelargonium
Pelargonium (neo-lat., From Gk. Rang, Pelt, Twos, Stork; So Called From The Resem Blance Of The Capsules To A Stork's Bill). A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Geraniace.e, Includ Ing Many Favorite Greenhouse And House Plants, To Some Of Which The Old Generic Name Geranium (q.v.) Is Popularly ...
Pelasgians
Pelas'gians (lat. Pelasgi, From Gk. De 2aayol, J Lasgoi, Of Uncertain Etymology). The Name Of A People Dwelling In Greece In Early Times, Used With Very Different Meanings At Dif Ferent Times. In The Earliest Greek Writings, The Fonierie Poems, The Pelasgians Seem To Be The Inhabitants Of Pelasgian Argos ...
Pelayo
Pelayo, ((lied 7371. The First Christian King In Asturias. After The Conquest Of Spain By The Arabs. Practically Nothing Is Known About His Life. Be Was. Strictly Speaking, Nothing Hut A Robber Chieftain; Still By His De Fense Of Coy:1(1611ga. A Mountain Fastness. In 718 Against The Moslems. He Kindled ...
Pelee
Pelee, P5-la', Most (or More Properly. 3iontagne Pelee). An Active Volcano Of The Island Of Martinique, Situated In Its Northwestern Part. In About Latitude 14° 48' N. The Elevation Of The Alorne De La Croix (the Culminating Point At The Time) Previous To Nay, 1902, Was About 4300 Feet ; ...
Peleus
Pe'leus (lat., From Gk. Id/2rec). In Greek Legend, A Son Of _eacus, King Of -egina, And The Nymph Endels, And A Brother Of Telamon. In Jealousy He And Telamon Brought About The Death Of Their Half-brother Phoeus, And Were Banished. Be Withdrew To I'hthia In Southern Thessaly, Where Eurytus Purified ...
Pelican As
Pelican (as. Pcilican, From Lat. Pelicans's, Yclecanus, From Uk. Pelekan, Pelican, Connected With Irt)vercuc, Pclekas, Woodpecker, From Ycleka N, To Hew With An Axe, From Rii.thec, Ireickys, Iskt. Parasu, Axe). A Large Web-footed, Fish-eating Water-bird Of The Family Peleeanialre, Having A Very Large, Long, Flattened Hill. The Upper Mandible, Which ...
Pelipsiitm
Pelipsiitm (lat., From Gk. 11,12.okreou, Mud City; Egypt. Am ; Probably, Though Not Certainly, Identical With The Ancient .1raris, And The Sin Of The Old Testament; Also Called, In Coptic And Arabic, Peremoun, El-period, Farania). An An Cient Egyptian City, Situated A Few Miles From The Mediterranean, At The Extreme ...
Pelissier
Pelissier, P3'16'syht', Aimable Jean Jacq Ues, Duke Of Malakoff (1794-1864). A Marshal Of France, Born At Maronone, Near Rouen. He Studied At The Artillery School Of La Eleehe And At Saint-cyr, From Which_ He Entered The Artillery Of The Royal Guard In 1815. He Served In Spain In 1823, Made ...
Pellico
Pellico, P6116-kii, Silvio (1788-1854 ) . An Italian Poet, Celebrated For His Long And Cruel Imprisonment By The Austrians. Ile Was Horn June 24, 1788, At Sainzzo, In Piedmont. In His Sixteenth Year He Went To Lyons, Where He Stayed, Giving His Time Mostly To French Literature. Until Foscolo's Came ...
Pelops
Pe'lops (lat.. From Gk. In Greek Legend, The Son Of Tantalus, King Of Phrygia. His Father Was Especially Loved Of The Gods. But At A Feast At Which They Were Present He Slew And Served To Them His Sun. The Gods, Recognizing The Nature Of The Food, Refused It. With ...
Pelota
Pelota, Pti-lo'tn., Or `.1m-alai' (sp., From Pi/o/a, Pelota, Little Ball, From Lat. Pita, Ball). A Basque Game Introduced Into The South Ameri Can Republics, And To Cuba, From The Northern Provinces Of Spain, And Imported Thence To The United States. It Can Be Played Either In Or Out Of Doors. ...
Pelvic Girdle
Pelvic Girdle (from Lat. Pelris, Basin; Connected With Gk. 17.0e;', Pcllis, Pella, Bowl). The Pelvic Girdle Is That Part Of The Vertebrate Skeleton Which Serves For The Connection Of The Hind Limbs With The Back. Among Fishes There Is No True Girdle, Although Cartilaginous Plates And Rods Lying In The ...
Pelvis
Pelvis (lat., Basin). A Bony Ring Inter Posed Between The Spinal Column And The Lower Extremities, So As To Transmit The Weight Of The Former To The Latter. Before Considering The Pel Vis As A Whole, It Will Be Expedient To Consider The Individual Bones Of Which It Is Composed. ...
Penalty
Penalty (fr. Pt'nalite. From Inil. Peewit Itas, Punishment, From Lot. Pre/m/is, Relating To Punishment, From Turnu, Minishment, From Gk. Poi N Punishment; Connected With Tincin, Skt. Ci, To Avenge). In The Broad Est Sense, Punishment Of Any Kind For Violations Of Law Or H•gal Duty, As The 'death Penalty.' Usually, ...
Penance Of
Penance (of. Penance, Penaunce, Pencanee, From Lat. Prenitenlia, Repentance, From Pcenitere, To Repent, F Requentat Ive Of Pow Ire, Pan Ire, To Punish, From Prune, Punishment) . The Voluntary Or Accepted Punishment By Which A Repentant Sinner Manifests His Sorrow For Sin, And Seeks To Atone For The Sin, And ...
Penang
Penang' (`betel-nut Island'). The Most Northerly Of The British Straits Settlements (q.v.). It Consists The Island Of Penang. Formerly Officially Called Prince Of Wales Island. And The Coast Districts Known As Province Welles Ley And The Bindings. The Island Of Penang, With An Area Of 107 Square Miles, Is Situated ...
Pencz
Pencz, Pints, Ieorg C.1500-50). A German Painter And Engraver. He Was Born At Nurem Berg And Was Probably A Pupil Of Ditrer. Or. At Least, Stood Inimiiediuitelv Under His Influence. He Was Received Into The Painters' Guild In 1523: But In The Year Following. Together With Sebald And Barthel Behan), ...
Pendulum
Pendulum (neo-lat. Nen. Sg. Of Lat. Pen (lulus, Hanging Down, From Pendere, To Hang). A Pendulum Is Any Rigid Body Pointed About A Horizontal Axis So That It Can Swing To And Fro, Making Vibrations Under The Influence Of Gravity. A Pendulum Is The Name Given An Imagi Nary Pendulum ...
Penguin
Penguin (possibly From Welsh Pen Gs'en, White Head, Applied To The Auk And Later Trans Ferred To The Penguin, Or Perhaps From A Native South American Name). One Of The Antarctic Sea Birds Of The Family Spheniscida3, Representing The Larger Group Sphenisei. They Have Short Wings, Quite Unfit For Flight, ...
Pennacook
Pen'nacook (nut Place, Or Crooked Place). A Confederacy Of Algonquian Tribes Formerly Oc Cupying The Merrimac River Basin And Adjacent Region In New Hampshire, Massachusetts, And Southern Maine. They Occupied A Middle Ground Between The Southern New England Tribes, With Whom The English Had Dealing, And The Abnaki And Others ...
Pennsylvania University Of
Pennsylvania. University Of. An In Stitution Of Higher Learning In Philadelphia, Pa., Established In 1740 As A Charitable School, And Raised To The Grade Of An Academy In 1751 Tln•uugh The Efforts Of An Association Of Citizens Formed In Consequence Of A Pamphlet Published By Benjamin Franklin, Entitled, "proposals Rela ...
Penny As
Penny (as. Penig, Pcnnig, Peneg, Pelting, Miming, Pending, Ohg. Phantinc, Pfentine, Plea Ding, Phenning, Ger. Rfcnning, Pfennig, Penny; Perhaps Connected With Ohg. Pliant, Plant, Ger. Nand, Pawn, Pledge, Or Less Plausibly With 01ig. Pfanna, Photon', Patina, Ger. J'fanne, As. Panne, Eng. Pan, From Ml. Patina, From Lat. Patina, Shallow Bowl). ...
Penology
Penology (from Lat. Prrna, Punishment Gk. Xrryia, -logia, Account, From Leqein, To Say). A Term Defined By Dr. F. H. Wines, One Of The Foremost Penologists Of The United States, As The Treatment Of Crime For Its Repression And Prevention, And Of Criminals For Their Extirpation Or Rehabilitation. The Oldest ...
Pensacola
Pen'saco'la. The Second City Of Florida, A Port Of Entry, And The County Seat Of Escamhia County, 204 Miles West Of Tallahassee: On The Louisville And Nashville And The Pensacola, Ala Bama And Tennessee Railroads (slap: Florida, A 1). Situated On Pensacola Bay About Six Miles From The Gulf Of ...
Pentateuch
Pentateuch, Pen/tit-tell: (from Lat. Pen Ta(euchus, Pentateuchum, Pentateuch, From Gk. Iroo-dreuxos, Pentateurhos, Consisting Of Five Books, From Irevre, Prate, Five + Re5x0s, Tcuchos, Tool, Book, From Reifxav, Icuchcin, To Prepare). The Name Given By The Greek Translators To The Group Of Five Books Which Tradition Ascribed To Moses: Genesis, Exodus, ...
Pentaur
Pentaur ( Egypt Ian Pen-fa-irere(t)). An Egyptian Scribe, Who Was Formerly Regarded As The Author Of The Poem Celebrating The Valor Of Rameses Ii. In The Battle Fought Against The Hittites At Kadesh On The Orontes. In This Char Acter He Is The Hero Of Ebers's Novel Rarda. It Is ...
Pentremites
Pentremites, Pen'tre-mptez (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Irlyrc Petite, Five Lat. Remus, Oar). A Genus Of Fossil Echinoderms Typical Of The Class Blaatoidea. The Blast...ids Were Crinoid-like Animals That Lived In Abun Dance In The Sea Of Late Paleozoic Time. They Resembled The Crinoids In Respect Of The Gen Eral ...
Penumbra
Penumbra (neo-lat., From Lat. Pone, Prole, Almost + Umbra, Shadow). When The Shadow Of An Opaque Object Is Thrown Upon A Surface At Some Distance From It By A Light Of Considerable Apparent Size, It Is Observed That The Shadow Is Divided Into Two Portions, A Dark Portion In The ...
Peonage
Peonage. A Term Loosely Used To Denote The System Of Labor Formerly Prevalent In Span Ish America. And Especially In Mexico. The Sys Tem Originated In The Desire Of The Spanish Gov Ernment To Protect The Natives From The Rapacity Of Their Conquerors. In Mexico The Indians Were Early Given ...
Peony Of
Peony (of. Plow.. Pioine, Fr. Piroinc. From Ml. Peonia. Lat. Pronio, From Gk. Italsa4a, Paionio, Peony, From 7raulr, Poion, Rouiv, Polon, The Physician Of The Gods; So Called Because Orig Inally Regarded As Medicinal), Pceonia. A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Ranunculacex, Na Tives Of Southern Europe, Northern ...
Peoples Palace
People's Palace. An Institution At End, London, Established To Furnish The Peo Ple Of East London With Facilities For Education And Recreation. In 1840 John B. Beaumont Left A Sum Of Money, The Income Of Which Was To Be Spent In Promoting Education And Entertainment For The People In The ...
Peoria
Peoria. An Important Manufacturing City And Railroad Centre. The County-seat Of Peoria County, Ill.. 160 Miles Southwest Of Chicago. On The Illinois River, At The Outlet Of The Expansion Called Peoria Lake, And On The Chicago. Burling Ton And Quincy, The Chicago And Alton, The Chi Cago, Peoria And Saint ...
Pepper As
Pepper (as. Piper, Piper, From Let. Piper, From Gk. Rirepc, Piperi, Rerept, Peperi, Pepper, From Slat. Pippala, Long Pepper), Piper. A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Piperacee (q.v.), With Woody Stems, Solitary Spikes Opposite To The Leaves, And Covered With Flowers On All Sides, The Flowers Mostly Hermaphrodite. ...
Pequot
Pe'quot (from Paquatanog. Destroyers). A Warlike Algonquian Tribe Formerly Occupying The Coast Region Of Eastern Connecticut From The Rhode Island Border Westward To Beyond The Thames. They Were Originally A Part Of The No Began Of The Connecticut River, And Appear To Have Acquired Their Later Name By Their Success ...
Perak
Perak, Pa-riik'. One Of The Federated Malay States (q.v.), Situated On The Western Coast Of The Malay Peninsula, Bounded By The British Province Of Wellesley And The Native State Of Kedah On The North, The Independent States Of Petani And Kelantan And The Protected State Of Pahang On The East, ...
Perception
Perception (lat. Pereeptio, From Perci Pere. To Perceive, From Per, Through Capere, To Take). A Term Common Both To Epistemology And To Psychology. The Questions How, In General, We Come To Have Knowledge Of An 'ex Ternal' World, And What Is The Validity Of This Knowledge When Attained, Are Questions ...
Perceval
Perceval, The Hero Of One Of The Most Famous And Widespread Legends In The Arthurian Cycle. Speaking With The Uncertain Ty Which Always Attaches To Any Attempt To Determine Positively The History Of These Legends, It May Be Held That The Version Of The Grail Story In Which Pereeval Is ...
Perch Of
Perch (of.. Fr. Perche, From Lat. Perca, From Gk. -epse, Perch; Connected With 7epia(ic, Rk Nos, Skt. Spotted). The Name Rather Loosely Applied To A Large Number Of Fishes Having A Perciform Body. Often Belong To Cry Different Families. The True Perches Belong To The Family Percidie And Are All ...
Percussion
Percussion (lat, Percussio, From Percu Tere, To Strike Through, From Prr, Through Quatere, To Strike). In Medicine, The Method Of Eliciting Sounds By Tapping Or Gently Striking The Surface Of The Body, Its Object Being To Deter Mine By The Nature Of The Sound The Comparative Density Of The Subjacent ...
Percy
Percy, The Name Of A Noble Family Whose Head, William De Percy, Accompanied Wil Liam I. To England. And Obtained From Him Thirty Knights' Fees In The North Of England. The Rep Resentation Of The House Devolved In The Time Of Henry I. (1100-35) On Agnes, Daughter Of The Third ...
Percy_2
Percy, Sir Henry (known As Hotspur) (1364-1403). An English Military Leader, The Eldest Son Of Henry Percy, First Earl Of North Umberland. He Was Knighted By King Edward_ Iii. At The Same Time As The Future Kings. 'rich Ard Ii. And Henry Iv. The Next Year Under His Father's Guidance ...
Pereda
Pereda, Ph-ra'nft. Jost Mama De (1834—). A Spanish Novelist, Born In The Province Of San Tander. He Was Trained To Become A Civil Engi Neer, But, Being A Man Of Means, He Devoted Himself To Literature, After The Publication Of His Of Sketches Of Manners, The Escenas Mqutnfiexas (1804). In ...
Peregrine Falcon Of
Peregrine Falcon (of. Peregrin, Vele Rin, Fr. Peregrine, From Lat. Peregrines, Foreign, Stranger. From Prrager, Being In Foreign Places, Front Per, Through -- Ogee, Field ; Ultimately Con Nected With English Acre). A Species Of Falcon (falco Peregrines) Found In Almost All Parts Of The Northern Ilemisphere, And In Africa ...
Perez
Perez, Pri'rkli, Antonio ( 1539-1011). A Spanish Statesman. Minister Of Philip Ii., Born At Monreal He Ariza, Aragon. He Was A Nat Ural Son Of Gonzalo Perez, One Of The Ministers Of Charles V. And Of Philip, And Entered Upon Adormsiraove Duties In 1567. After Studying At Louvain, Venice, And ...
Perez Galdos
Perez Galdos, Beixtro (1845—). A Spanish Novelist, Born In The Canaries. In 1863 He Went To Madrid To Study Law. Galdss Is One Of The Most Prolific Of Modern Spanish Men Of Letters. His Works Are Marked By Out-and-out Revolutionary Tendencies. One Of The Most Im Portant Divisions Of His ...
Perfumery
Perfumery (from Perfume, Of. Perfumer, I Fr. Purl Atm.); To Perfume, From Lat. Per, Through Funiure, To Smoke, From Fumus, Smoke; Con Nected With Skt. Dkunia. Smoke). A Substance Which Is Prepared For Use On Account Of Its Agree Able Odor. Perfumes Have Been Used From The Earliest Times. Among ...
Pericarditis
Per'icardi'tis (neo-lat., From Perirar Dium, From ) K. Irepecdp5.orr, Prrikardion, Mem Brane Around The Heart. New Sg. Of Repocdpatos, Perikardios, Surrounding The Heart. From Crept, Pert, Around Kapola, Kardia, Heart: Eonneeted With Lat. Eon, Lith. Szird Is, Ochureh Slay. Sridicr, Guth. Hairto, 011g. Bgigef. I:er. Firrz, _1 S. Hcorte, Eng. ...
Periceci
Perice'ci (lat., From Gk. Ileplotrot, Pe Rioikai, Dwellers Round, I.e. Round About Some Particular Locality Or City, From 7repto1re1v, Peri Aikein, To Dwell Around, From Rept, Pet, Around Otrav, Oikein, To Dwell, From Dim, Oikos, 114)11,4.1. The Subject Population Of Laconia And The Spartan Territory. They Were Not Slaves Like ...
Pericles
Per'icles (lat., From Gk. Ilepac2ijc, Peri Kles (?111.c. 429). The Greatest Statesman Of Ancient Greece. His Father Was Xanthippus, Vic Tor Over The Persians At Alycale In B.c. 479. His Mother Was Agariste, The Niece Of Clisthenes, The Lawgiver. He Received A Careful Education And Was Especially Influenced Hy His ...
Period
Period (lat. Periodus, From Gk, Replocios, A Going Round, Circumference, Circuit, Cycle. Sen Tence, Period, From Rept, Peri, Around + 656s, Hodos, Road). A Term Used In Chronology In The Same Sense As Cycle, To Denote An Interval Of Time After Which The Astronomical Phenomena To Which It Refers Recur ...
Periodic Law
Periodic Law. The Generally Accepted Embodiment Of The Relations Existing Between The Various Properties Of The Chemical Elements. So Far As They Eau Lie Compered With One Another. It May Be Stated As Follows: If The Elements Are Arrangid In The Order Of Their Atomic Weights, Each Of Their Properties ...
Periodicals In The United
Periodicals In The United States. The His Tory Of The Periodical In The United States Be Gins In Colonial Times With The American Maga Zine, Issued At Philadelephia, February 13, 1741, By The Printer Andrew Bradford, A Business Rival Of Franklin's, And Edited By John Welibe. The Idea Was Due ...
Peripatetic Philosophy
Peripatetic Philosophy (lat. Pert Patctieus, From Gk. Repttrarrirac6r, Veripatetikos, Given To Walking About, From Reporareiv, Peri Patein, To Walk About, From Rept, Peri, Around Pa Rein. To Walk, From 7rdros, Patos., Path). A Name Applied To The Philosophy Of The School Of Aristotle, Derived, According To Some, From The Name ...
Peripatus
Perip'atus (neo-lat., From Ok. Reptra Tos, A Walking Around, From Reporare7s, Peri)a Fria, To Walk Around). This Strange Creature Stand. Alone, With No Animals Intermediate Be Tween Itself And The Worms On The One Hand, And The True Arthropoda On The Other. Originally Supposed To Be A Worm, It Is ...
Peritoneum
Per'itone'um ( Lat. Peritoneu M , Per I To From Gk. 7replr6vatov, Ritonoion, Neu. Of Rfinr6vatos; Prritonaios, Stretched Around, From Reptretvelv, Periteimin. To Stretch Around, From /rept, Prri, Around .7-chap, (chitin, To Stretch). A -.emus Membrane Nt Bich More Or Less Com Pletely Invests All The Viscera Lying In The ...
Peritonitis
Per'itoni'tis (neo-lat., From Lat. Per Itoneum, Peritontrum, Peritoneum). An Inflam Mation Of The Peritoneum (q.v.). Peritonitis May Be Acute Or Chronic. Primary Or Secondary. Primary Or Idiopathic Inflammation Of The Peritoneum Occurs After Exposure To Cold Or Wet, And Is Sometimes Known As Rheumatic Peritonitis. Its Rarity Is Rather Remarkable, ...
Periwinkle
Periwinkle. A Small Gastropod Mol Lusk Of The Genus Littorina, Characterized By The Shell Being Top-shaped, Solid. The Columella Thick Ened. The Lip Of The Aperture Not Toothed. And The Round Aperture Closed By A Horny Opercu 1 . The Animal Has Long Tentacles, With An Eve At The Base ...
Perm
Perm, A Government Of Eastern Russia. Bounded By The Government Of Vologda On The North. Tobol.k On The East. Orenburg And Ufa On The South, And Vyatka On The West (map: Russia, .1 3). Area, About 128.300 Square Miles. While Politically A Government Of European Rus Sia, Geographically Perm Belongs ...
Permutations And Combinations
Permutations And Combinations (lat. Permutatio, From Permutare, To Change En Tirely, From Per, Through + Mature, To Change, Frequentative Of Movere, To Move, Skt, Uric, To Push). The Different Groups Of R Things Which Can Be Selected From A Collection Of N Different Things. Without Reference To Their Arrangement, Are ...
Perrault
Perrault, Par'n'l. I 703 A French Critic Be-t Known R Mother Goo,. Eori, N. The Nursery To E* F France. Ile Rn .lannary 12. 11;2". In Paris. And Wa- Prepared R Tl C Bar, But ..,11 N K The Bar For Letter., Winning Ili-tinetion And An Elec Tion To The ...
Persepolis
Persep'olis (lat., From Gk. Ilepalroxls, Ilepactiroms, City Of The Persians). The Greek Name Of The Capital Of The Persian Empire Under Darius 1. And His Successors. The Native Name Is Unknown. The Locality Is Identified With The Principal Group Of Ruins, The Takhti Jemshed Or Throne Of Jemshed, The Traditional ...
Perseus
Per'seus (lat., From Gk. Ilepackl. In Grecian Legend, The Son Of Zeus And Danae (q.v.l. And Grandson Of Ac•risiu.s. King Of Argos. As His Grandfather Had Been Warned That He Would Per Ish By The Hand Of Danae's Son. He Inclosed Moth Er And Child In A Chest And Cast ...
Perseus_2
Perseus (c.212 N.c.-?). The Last King Of Macedonia, The Eldest Son Of Philip Y. He Was Born About N.c. 212. He Was From His Earliest Years Trained To A Military Life, And, Having Com Passed Through Intrigue The Death Of His Brother Demetrius, Who Was A Favorite Both With The ...
Persia
Persia, Per'sha Or Pi•r'zhh (lat. Persia, Per Sis, From Gk. Hepals. From Opers. Parsa, Pers. Par•.s, Ar. Fars. Persia). A Native State Of South Western Asia, Called By The Inhabitants Iran, The Name Persia (farsistan) Being Applied Only To A Small Province. It Extends From Latitude 25° N. (ras Faisa, ...
Persian Art
Persian Art. The History Of Persian Art Falls Into Two Main Divisions: That Before And That After The Advent Of Mohammedanism. 111 The Earliest Period The Civilization And Art Bore A Great Resemblance To The Babylonian And Ehun Ite. The Palaces, Rock-cut Sculptures, And Images Of Gods Closely Resembled Those ...
Persian Language
Persian Language. The Modern Ira Nian Language Of Persia. The Earliest Authentic Specimens Are Found In The Fragments Of Hand Hala Of Badghis In The First Half Of The Ninth Cen Tury, And Of Abbas Of Nery (ass. 809). Closely Connected With The Niddle Persian Or Pahlavi (q.v.) And With ...
Persian Literature
Persian Literature. The Literature Of Persia Is, Strictly Speaking, Divided Into Three Great Periods, Old, Middle, And New. In View, However, Of The Wide Distinctions In Chronology, Language, And Spirit, The Old Iranian Literature, Including The Avesta (q.v.) And The Old Persian Inscriptions (see 01.1) Peastan), As Well As The ...
Persian Mythology
Persian Mythology. Only Scanty Traces Of The Mythology Of Ancient Persia Have Survived. The Reform Supposedly Instituted By Zoroaster (q.v.) Seems To Have Swept Away The Older Nature Worship Which Prevailed In Iran As In India. It Is Evident, However, That This Re Form Was Ndt Absolutely Thorough, And That ...
Persimmon
Persimmon (from The Virginia Indian Name), Or Date Pfxrxt. A Tree And Its Fruit, Including Several Species Growing Wild And Culti Vated To Some Extent. The Japanese Persimmon Or Kaki (diospyroskoki) Is The Principal Native Fruit Of Japan. It Is Found Also In Korea, Eastern And Southern China, And Parts ...
Persius Ac Lus Persius
Persius Ac Lus Persius Flaccus) . One Of The Most Famous Roman Satirists. Ile Was Born At Volaterra. (now Volterra), In Etruria, A.d. 34. Ile Was Of A Distinguished Equestrian Family, Was Educated Under The Care Of The Stoic Philos Opher Corith's. Lived Od Terms Of Intimacy With The Most ...
Personal Property Personalty
Personal Property; Personalty. These Tennis Are Applied To All That Class Of Prop Erty Which Is To He Distinguished From Real Prop Erty Or Real Estate, And Which Consists For The Most Part Of Property Which Is Either Movable Or Merely Temporary In Character. The Only Abso Lute Distinction, However, ...
Personal Representative
Personal Representative. Besides Its General Sense Of One Who Succeed- To Or Rep Resents Another In The Enjoyment Or Possession Of Rights Or Property By Reason Of Sonic Ship Existing Between Them, The Term Per Sonal Representative Is Specifically Used In Law' To Designate The Person Who As Executor Or ...
Perspective
Perspective (fr. Perspective, From Lat. Perm/wet/is, P.p. Of Perspierre, To See Through, From Per, Through Specere, To See). The Art Of Representing Natural Objects Upon A Plane Sur Face In Such Manner That The Representation Shall Affect The Eye In The Same 'way As The Objects Themselves. The Distance And ...
Perth
Perth. The Capital Of Perthshire, Scot Land, A City, Royal And Parliamentary Burgh, On The Tay:, 45 Miles Northwest Of Edinburgh (map: Scotland, E 3). The Charming Scenery Of The Immediate Vicinity, The Tay, Sweeping South Ward Along Its Eastern Side, And The Superb Back Ground Of The Grampians. On ...
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy, Am-hoi' Or Fim'boi. A City And Port Of Entry In Middlesex County, N. J., 15 Miles South Of Newark; On Raritan Bay, At The Mouth Of The Raritan River, And On The Lehigh Valley, The Central Of New Jersey, The Pennsyl Vania, And The Staten Island Rapid Transit ...
Perturbations
Perturbations (lat. Perturbatio, Con Fusion, From Perturbare, To Confuse, From Per, Through --f. Turbare, To Disturb, From Turbo, Throng, Tumult). In Astronomy, A Term Used To Describe Disturbances In The Orbital Motion Of The Planets Or Other Celestial Bodies. The Sim Plest Kind Of Motion Imaginable Tinder The Law Of ...
Pertz
Pertz, Ports, Georg Heinrich (1795.1876), A German Historian. He Was Born At Hanover, Studied At Gottingen, And At Twenty-four Pub Lished An Authoritative Gesehiehte Der Itrrorin Gisehen Ilausmeier (1819). Four Years After Wards Pertz Was Appointed Secretary Of The Royal Archives Of Hanover And Began His Impor Tant Research In ...
Perugia
Perugia, Pii-rjit. The Capital Of The Prot Ince Of Perugia, Italy, Situated On Pictur , Isq T It. Hills Between The Tiber And La Go Trasi 11/1.110, At :in Altitude Of 1700 Feet Above The 103 Miles By Rail Southeast Of Florence. And The Same Ilistame North Of Rome (map: ...
Perugino
Perugino, Pfi'r3u-wno, Pietro, Properly Pietro Vanntcci (1.4.46-1523). An Italian Painter. One Of The Chief Masters Of The Umbrian Schools During The Earlier Renaissance. Born At Chm Della Pieve, A Mountain Town Near Perugia, In 1446, Perugino Was The Natural Heir Of The Traditions Of The Umbrian School, The Leading Note ...