Each of these 16 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
known also as the prairie hen, or prairie chicken. The male is remarkable as possessing two erectile tufts in the nape, and an air bladder (connected with the windpipe, and capable of inflation) on each side of the neck, in color and shape re- Vol. VII-Cyc sembling small oranges; general plumage brown, mottled with a darker shade; habitat, prairies of the Mississippi valley, from Louisiana N.
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or PINNIPEDIA, a section of the carnivorous order of mammals, in which the fore and hind limbs are short, and are expanded into broad webbed swimming paddles. The section comprises the seals and walruses. PE-
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a town of west Russia, standing in the midst of what were formerly vast marshes ( in large part drained since 1875), on a branch of the Pripet, 98 miles E. of Brest-Litovsk; it manufactures leather, and has a large transit trade. Pop. about 40,000. It was captured in 1915 by the Germans.
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a measure of capacity used both for dry and liquid measures. It contains 34.65925 cubic inches, or the eighth part of a gallon. In medicine it is equivalent to 12 ounces.
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a species of Quer quedula; Q. acuta, or Dafila caudacuta, having the upper parts and flanks ash, PINTAIL DUCK with narrow stripes of black; under parts white; head umber-brown; tail pointed. It inhabits the N. of Europe and America. (pin-tû-rikyō) PINTURICCHIO ("the little painter"), an Italian painter of the Umbrian school, whose real name was Bernardino di Betto; born in Perugia, Italy, in 1454. At Rome he was engaged on the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, being at this time under the influence of Perugino. His chief work was a series of mural paintings illustrating the life of Pope Pius II. in the cathedral library at Siena. There are also fine frescoes by him in the Buffalini Chapel of the Church St. Maria in Araceli, Rome. He left many exquisite altar pieces; he never painted in oil. He died in Siena, Italy, Sept. 11, 1513.
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ALONZO, VINCENTE, YANEZ and MARTIN (brothers), Spanish navigators, who had commands in Columbus' first voyage, and by whose exertions mainly it was that a sufficient number of men were induced to risk their lives on this perilous enterprise. Vincente Yañez was the more distinguished of the brothers; he made several voyages, on the most important of which he sailed in December, 1499, and discovered Brazil and the river Amazon, three months before Cabral took possession of South America for the crown of Portugal.
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the notorious roof cells (sotto piombi, "under the leads") of the state prisons of Venice, in which Casanova and many other notable prisoners were confined.
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one of a body of soldiers equipped with pickax, spade, etc., whose duty it is to clear and repair roads, bridges, etc. Also, one who goes before to prepare or clear the way, or remove obstructions for another, especially in the settlement of a new region.
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a town of Russian Poland, 87 miles S. W. of Warsaw. Cotton and wool spinning is largely prosecuted. It is one of the oldest Polish towns; here in the 15th and 16th centuries diets were held and the kings elected. Pop. about 45,000. The place was captured by the Germans in 1915.
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a disease in fowls, consisting in a secretion of thick mucus from the tongue and lining membranes of the mouth, by which the nostrils are stuffed and clogged.
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a genus of Batrachian reptiles, closely allied to the common toad, but distinguished by the body being horizontally flattened, the head large and triangular, tongue wanting, tympanum concealed beneath the skin, the eyes small, placed near the margin of the upper jaw. The best known species is the Surinam toad, P. Surinamensis, which is considerably larger than the common toad. The pipa lays its eggs in the water, after which they are collected water, by the male, and placed on the back of the female, the skin enlarging in such a manner as to inclose the eggs in cells; here the development goes on till the young come forth as perfectly formed toads.
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a popular name for any individual of the family Syngnathida. Siphonostomata typhle is the broadnosed pipefish; Nerophis æquoreus, the ocean pipefish; N. lumbriciformis, abriciformis, the worm, or little pipefish; and N. ophidion, the straight-nosed pipefish.
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. See Petroleum
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See CAST-IRON PIPES. Piston-blowers are machines which force the blast with every alternate motion of the piston. See BLOWER. Pit is a general foundry term for all holes dug in the floor in which to form moulds in green-sand, or close together and cast such as are formed in dry sand or loam. In the former instance the hole is dug, the pattern inserted, and the sand rammed therein, as described at "Bedding In" (q.v.), while in the latter it may be required only to lower the mould down to a suitable depth for casting (see DRY-SAND MOULDING); or, as in the case of a loam-mould, it may be necessary both for closing, and binding the walls sufficient to resist the pressure of the molten iron within by ramming sand firmly in the space betwixt the pit-sides and the mould. See LOAM-MOULDING; CURB; RAMMING. Pitch is the black residue remaining after distilling wood-tar. Charcoal is made by covering piles of wood to partially exclude the air; this is fired, and the volatile constituents of the wood gradually distil off, leaving the charcoal. If it is desired to produce tar, the resinous woods are employed, and the pit-bottom is made concave. During combustion, the liquid products are separated, collect at the bottom, and flow out through a trough into a reservoir. They consist of tar, acetic acid, and oil of turpentine. When the tar is distilled, essence of turpentine is separated, and what remains is pitch. See TAR.
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the Gymnorhina tibicen, a bird from New South Wales. It has great powers of mimicry; called also the flute player. Also the Gymnorhinnæ, a sub-family of Corvidæ, with five genera.
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a name given to several vaof rieties apples. Normandy pippins are apples dried in the sun and stored for winter use .
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