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Photogravure – Pickerel Weed

Photogravure

a term applied to methods of producing, by photography, plates for printing in a copper plate press. The processes are kept secret.

Photosphere

in astronomy, a surround the sun within an outer environment of a dense atmosphere. It is from the photosphere that light and heat are radiated. Used more rarely of the fixed stars.

Phthalic Anhydride

CH (CD), O. A white, crystalline substance, specific gravity 1.527, melting point 128° C. Sublimes below boiling point. Soluble in alcohol, slightly soluble in ether and hot water. An important intermediate in the dye industry, being used in the manufacture of eosin and other dyestuffs.

PHTHISIS. See CONSUMPTION.

Physiognomy

the art or science of by his outward look, especially by his LAVATER. Modern writers consult Sims' "Physiognomy Illustrated" (1891); Fosbrook's " Character Reading Through Aspects of the Features" (1914). Also face. individuals by the lineaments of the art of foretelling the future fortunes of face. facial features and characteristics. See treats of the processes which go on in

Piazza

a square open space surrounded by buildings or colonnades; popularly, but improperly, applied to an arcaded or colonnaded walk under cover, and even to a veranda.

PIAZZA ARMERINA 241 PICARDY, BATTLES OF

Picayune

the name of a Spanish half real in Florida, Louisiana, etc.

Pic Du Midi

a summit of the Pyrenees, 9,466 feet high, in the S. E. corner of the French department of Basses- Pyrénées.

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Piccolomini

a distinguished Siennese family, still flourishing in Italy in two branches. The two most celebrated CHARLES PICHEGRU

Pichurim Beans

a name given to the seed lobes of Ocotea pichurim, a South American tree. T They resemble nutmeg and sassafras in taste and are used for flavoring chocolate, etc.

Pickens

FORT, a fort on Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola harbor, held by a small Union force under Lieut. A. J.

Slemmer at the beginning of the Civil War. It refused to surrender when besieged by the Confederates in 1861, and was held till re-enforced.

PICKEREL

Pickerel

a small pike, a young pike. The term is applied to several species of fishes belonging to the pike family.

Pickerel Weed

a genus of fresh water plants, the Pontederia.