Pittman
KEY, United States Senator from Nevada. Born at Vicksburg, Miss., 1872 and began the practice of law in Seattle, Wash., at twenty years of age. When the search for gold occurred in the in the Klondike region he joined movement and worked for two years as a miner. During this period he fought the corrupt governments established in many Alaskan towns and fought for the miners in the courts against attempts to defraud them of their rights. ts. In 1901 he removed to Tonopah, Nev. In January, 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and re-elected 1917.
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Pittsfield
a city and county-seat of Berkshire co., Mass.; on the Housatonic river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany railroads; 52 miles W. of Springfield. The city comprises about a dozen villages . Here are a high school, private schools, the Berkshire Berks Athenæum with art gallery and public library, House of Mercy Hospital, Berkshire County Home for Aged Women, Bishop Memorial Training School for Nurses, Berkshire Agricultural Society, churches, public schools, street railroads, electric lights, National and savings gs banks, and several daily and weekly The city has manufacnewspapers. tories of cotton and woolen goods, silk, knit goods, shirts, shoes, pianos, paper paper, machinery, brick, electric machinery, , of the most learned Pop shuttles. ( 1910 and) bobbins 32,121;, ( and 1920 brass) castings. 41,534.
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Pittston
a city in Luzerne co., Pa., on the Susquehanna river, and on the Lehigh Valley y,, the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley, the Lackawanna and other railroads; 9 miles S. W. of Scran- , ton. Here are waterworks, gas and electric lights, several banks, ks, and a num ber of daily and weekly newspapers. It is chiefly a mining town, though there are several manufacturing industries, including a knitting mill, a silk mill, foundries and stove, car-wheel, engine, and iron roofing works. The city was settled about 1770, was incorporated as a borough in 1853, and became a city of the third class in 1894. Pittston has an assessed property valuation of nearly $1,500,000. Pop. (1910) 16,267; (1920) 18,497.
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Pituitary Body
a small reddishgray mass divided into an anterior and a posterior lobe, and occupying the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone. Formerly called the pituitary gland, from the erroneous belief that it discharged mucus into the nostrils.
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Piura
a department of Peru with an area of 14,834 square miles. While the eastern part is mountainous with valleys of considerable fertility, the western portion is chiefly desert land. Cotton is grown to some extent and minerals are found. The capital is the city of the same name. Pop., department, about 200,000; city, about 15,000.
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PIUS X
was elected Pope by the college of cardinals August 4, 1903. At the time of his selection he was a cardinal, the Patriarch of Venice. His relatives are people in humble circumstances. As a boy, student, priest, and ecclesiastic, he has been noted for studious habits, kindly disposition, piety of character, and zeal in the interests of mankind. He is not a narrow man. One of his first steps was to establish friendly relations with the government of the Italian people.
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Pivot
The end of an arbor or shaft that rests in a support or bearing.
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Pivot Gauge
A steel plate with tapered slit for measuring the diameter of pivots.
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Pivoted Detent
A detent which is mounted upon a pivoted arbor around which is a small spiral spring which causes it to return to the locking position.
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Placenta
in anatomy, the organ by which the fœtus is connected with the mother, and vascular connection between the two maintained. It ultimately comes away as the afterbirth. Called also uterine cake. In botany, the part of the ovary from which the ovules arise. It generally occupies the whole or a portion of an angle of each cell. to constitute a lit- When elongated so as tle cord it is called the umbilical cord.
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Placoid
a term used to designate a variety of scales covering the bodies of the elasmobranchiate fishes (sharks, skates, rays, etc.), the Placoidei of Agassiz. These structures consist of detached bony grains, tubercles, or plates, of which the latter are not uncommonly un armed with spines. peculiarly malignant
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Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa, a fish well known in northern Europe. It ranges from the coast of France to Iceland, frequenting sandy banks, sometimes met with on mud banks. in great repute as a food fish, as its flesh is soft and watery.
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Plain
an expanse of low-lying territory as distinguished from a table-land plateau. Speaking broadly, the or Western Hemisphere is the region of plains, and the Eastern of table-lands. Also, a nickname for the level floor of the hall in which the first French National Convention was held in 1792. By metonomy it was applied also to the Girondist party whose seats were there.
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Plain Song
Cantus planus, the most ancient and simple form of church music, consisting of easy progressions in one of the church modes, suitable for use by priests or a congregation; it is opposed to cantus figuratus, or figurate song, containing more ornate progressions of a later period. When counterpoint was introduced, it was customary to compose parts above or below a portion of ancient plain song, hence, the term plain song is often synonymous with Canto into fermo, or the fixed melody to which counterpoint is added. The term as used in these days includes roughly, ancient chants, inflections, and melodies of the church. Called also plain chant and sometimes plain singing. Also the simple, plain notes of an air without ornament or variation. one PLAINTIFF, ks. It is not who enters or lodges a complaint in a court of law; one who commences a suit in law against another; opposed to defendant.
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Plainfield
a town of Connecticut It includes several vilin Windham co. lages. It is on the Quinebaug and Moosup rivers and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In the town are public libraries, and in the village is the Plainfield Academy, one of the oldest institutions of the kind in New England. There are cotton and woolen mills and yarn factories, foundries and other industries. Pop. (1910) 6,719; (1920) 7,926.
a city in Union co., N. J., on the Central of New Jersey railroad; 24 miles W. of New York. It is a suburban place of residence for New York business men. It contains private schools, public library, Muhlenberg Hos Hospital, street railroad and electric light plants, banks, and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of hats, clothing, silk and cotton goods, machinery, printing presses, etc. Pop. (1910) 20,550; (1920) 27,700.
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