Pith
the cylindrical or angular colcenter of the stem of a plant, also called comb, of which a good example is af- of cells resembling those of a honey- scopically it presents in section a union the medulla. When examined micro- center of the stem of a plant, also called scopically it presents in section a union of cells resembling those of a honeycomb, of which a good example is afforded by Chinese rice paper, the pith of the Aralia papyrifera. the name given to the fossil remains of a prehistoric animal found in Java, and which represent a form intermediate between man and the higher apes. ERECTUS, PITHECANTHROPUS July 24, 1822; brother of Sir Isaac Pit- nographer, born in Trowbridge, England, PITMAN, BENN, an American pho- July 24, 1822; brother of Sir Isaac Piteducated in his brother's academy; lec- man, the inventor of phonography; was educated in his brother's academy; lectured and taught phonography throughout Great Britain for 10 years. He came to the United States in 1853, and founded the Phonographic Institute in Cincinnati; invented the electro-process of relief engraving in 1856; was military recorder of State trials during the Civil War. His works include "Manual hand"; and "Phonographic Dictionary."
He died in 1910. war.