More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Philemon
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a member of the Colossian church (Col. ii: 7; iv: 9, 11, 14, Phil. 2, 10, 23, 24). The Epistle of Paul to Philemon: An epistle of Paul, in conjunction with Timothy, (i: 1), to Philemon, whose runaway slave, Onesimus, had come to Rome, and been converted by the apostles while the latter was a prisoner (i: 10), and advanced in years (9). Onesimus was most useful to his spiritual father (13), who, however, would not retain him, unless with his master's permission (14). He, therefore, sent him back, carrying the epistle with him, and counseling Philemon to receive him back pating his speedy release, he also requested Philemon to prepare him a lodging (22). The epistle seems to have been written in A. D. 63 or 64. Its genuineness is generally admitted.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Baucis And Philemon
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Philippi
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a city of Macedonia; named after Philip II. of Macedon, who enlarged it because of the gold mines in its neighborhood. It is famous on account of the two battles fought in 42 B. c. between Antony and Octavianus on the one side and the republicans under Brutus and Cassius on the other, in the second of which the republic finally perished. The apostle Paul founded a Christian church here, to which one of his epistles is addressed.
1000 Classical Characters: A town of Macedonia, celebrated for two battles fought there, B. C. 42, between Augustus and Antony and the republican forces of Brutus and Cassius, in which the former were victorious.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a boys' school located at Exeter, New Hampshire, and commonly called Phillips Exeter. Like Phillips Andover, it was founded by a gift from the Phillips family and was opened for students in 1781. The alumni by 1920 numbered over 11,000. Among the early alumni were Jared Sparks, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett and George Bancroft. The enrollment in 1914-1915 was 575. The course is college-preparatory for the New England colleges. The school is very well equipped with modern school buildings, laboratories, gymnasium, etc., the total value of which exceeds a million dollars, while the endowment is about $500,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: at Exeter, New Hampshire , was founded in 1781 by John Phillips, one of the same men who had taken part in the endowment of Phillips Andover. He was a wealthy merchant. His gifts amounted to $65,000. The present endowment of the institution is about $400,000, with an annual income of $100,000. There are about 300 students and sixteen instructors. Both of these celebrated academies make a specialty of preparation for New England colleges. They maintain a high standard of instruction.
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Physics
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Gravitation ; Newton ; Weight ; Hardness ; Water ; Air ; Ice ; Thermometer ; Heat ; Light ; Electricity ; Metric System ; Magnet; X-Rays ; Telegraph; Telescope ; Telephone ; Chemistry Gustav Robert Kirchhoff. Noted scientists in physics Andre Marie Ampere. Noted scientists in physics William Konrad Rontgen. Noted scientists in physics Hermann von Helmholtz. Noted scientists in physics Michael Faraday. Noted scientists in physics Alessandro Graf Volta. Noted scientists in physics
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a study of the presented by bodies. It treats of matter, phenomena force and motion; gravitation and molecular attraction, liquids, gases, acoustics, heat, light, magnetism, and electricity. philosophy It is called also natural or mechanical . In its broadest acceptance to the term physics includes chemistry; spebased cifically on it the is limited to those phenomena the unit of chemistry is the atom. judging a person's nature or character
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Pickerel
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a small pike, a young pike. The term is applied to several species of fishes belonging to the pike family.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Pike
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Pickett
Collier's New Encyclopedia: GEORGE EDWARD, an American military officer; born in Richmond, Va., Jan. 25, 1825; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1846; served in the Mexican War as lieutenant and was made captain in 1855. In 1861 he left the United States service and entered the Confederate army. He was commissioned Brigadier- General and was distinguished throughout the war for bravery and activity. In 1862 he was made Major - General. He took a prominent part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg ( where his division made the famous " Pickett's He died in Petersburg Norfolk, Va, and Five Forks. charge"),
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Gettysburg
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Piedmont
Collier's New Encyclopedia: or PIEMONT, a former Italian principality, which now forms the N. W. part of the kingdom of Italy; is by the Alps separated from Switzerland on the N. and from France on the W.; on the E. lies Lombardy, and on the S. Liguria and Genoa. It included the duchy of Monferrat and part of the old duchy of Milan, and now embraces the , Novprovinces of Alessandria, Cuneo , and Turin, and covers 11,331 square ara miles, with a pop. about 3,200,000. From the end of the 12th century the name Piedmont was used as a collective title for the territories ruled over by the House of Savoy on the E. side of the Graian and Cottian Alps.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: ped'mont, a region of northwestern Italy, lying at the southern foot of the Alps. Its chief city is Turin. It is drained by the head waters of the Po. It was formerly a part of the kingdom of Sardinia. The name is French, from Piedmont, meaning foot of the mountain. The name is general and is applied to similar physical regions elsewhere. The Piedmont region of the United States lies along the southeastern foot of the Appalachian Mountains. It extends from Georgia northward. It is marked throughout its length by a series of waterfalls.
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Pike's Peak
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a peak of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, 65 miles S. of Denver, discovered by Captain Pike, U. S. A., in 1806. It is situated in lat. 38° 50′ N., and lon. 105° 2' W., and rises to a height of 14,147 feet. On its summit is one of the highest meteorological stations in the world.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Colorado
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Pimpernel
Collier's New Encyclopedia: (Anagallis), a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Primulaceæ. The A. arvensis, or field pimpernel, a beautiful annual, is commonly known as the "shepherd's or poor man's weather glass," from the fact that its flowers do not open in rainy weather. The bog pimpernel (Anagallis tenella) grows in the drier parts of marshes. The blue and lilac varieties of the A. collina, originally a native of South Africa, have been introduced into gardens in Great Britain, where they have a fine effect. The water pimpernel is the Veronica A.; the yellow pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a genus of plants belonging to the primrose family. The common pimpernel grows in waste, sandy lands. It has been introduced into eastern North America from Europe. It has a wheel-shaped, five-pointed corolla, with almost no tube. The flowers vary from scarlet and purple to blue and white. They close quickly at the approach of bad weather. The popular name in England is "poor man's weather glass ." "The weather-wise pimpernel," say the poets.
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