Parasang – Parker
Parasang
a Persian measure of length, varying in different places from 30 to 60 stadia. According to Herodotus it was 30 stadia, i. e., about 3% English miles. Used to denote a long distance, as we say a mile.
Parenthesis
a sentence or part of a sentence inserted in the middle of another sentence, with the subject of which it is cognate, but from which it may be omitted without impairing the grammatical construction or the substantial meaning. It is commonly marked off by upright curved lines ( ), but frequently also by dashes
Paria
GULF OF, an inlet of the Atlantic on the N. E. coast of South America, between the island of Trinidad and mainland of Venezuela, inclosed on the N. by the Peninsula of Paria. It possesses good anchorage, and receives some arms of the Orinoco.
Parian Marble
a white, largegrained and considerably translucent marble, called by the Greeks lychintes, from lychnos = light, because quarried by lamplight. It was the most celebrated statuary marble of antiquity, and was found in the island of Paros, also in Naxos and Tenos. The celebrated statues of the Venus de Medicis, the Venus Capitolini, etc., are made of this marble.
Paris
DECLARATION OF. In left out of the list of invited guests 1856 the representatives of the Powers
Paris
LOUIS ALBERT PHILIPPE, D'ORLEANS, COUNT OF. See ORLÉANS.
PARK
Paris
TREATIES OF. Of the
Paris
UNIVERSITY OF, a notable French institution that came into exist- French institution that came into existand was long the most famous center of learning in Europe. It was suppressed by a decree of the Convention of 1793.
Parish
a district marked out as that belonging to one church, and whose wild beasts of chase, by the monarch's of ground inclosed and privileged for
Park
NATIONAL MILITARY.
Parker
GILBERT, a Canadian novelist; born in Ontario, in 1862.
Among his works are: "Pierre and His ALTON B. PARKER served as chief counsel in many important cases in New York and elsewhere. He was president of the American Bar Association in 1906 and 1907.
Parker
WILLARD, an American physician and surgeon; born in New Hampshire in 1800; Professor of surgery in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1839-1869; and subsequently Professor of Clinical Surgery in the same institution; he made many important discoveries in practical surgery. He died in 1884.