Pisagua
a small port of the now Chilean province of Tarapacá, 40 miles N. of Iquique. It was bombarded and was the scene of much fighting during the Chilean civil war in 1891.
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These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Pisagua, Pisander, Piscataqua.
Pisander
See page 213, A commander in the Spartan fleet during the Peloponnesian war. He was greatly opposed to democracy at Athens . He was killed in naval battle near Cnidus, B. C. 394. a See page 213, The Parthenon (Athens).
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Piscataqua
a river which constitutes part of the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire, and forms at its mouth the excellent harbor of Portsmouth.
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Pisces
in astronomy, the 12th and last of the zodiacal constellations. It is a large constellation, bounded on the E. by Aries and Triangulum, on the W. by Aquarius and Pegasus, on the N. by Andromeda, and on the S. by Cetus. The two fishes are represented on celestial globes and maps as separated some distance from each other, and as having their tails connected by a string. One is under the right arm of Andromeda, the other under the wing of Pegasus. About 40 stars are visible to the naked eye. Bode marks the position of 257; the largest, Alpha Piscium, is of magnitude 3½, and is a double star, one constituent being pale green and the other blue. Also the portion of the ecliptic from which precession has made the constellation move away. The sun enters it, crossing the equator, at the vernal equinox. PISCICULTURE. See FISH CUL- TURE.
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Pisgah
a name that seems to have applied generally to the mountain range or district to the E. of the Lower Jordan, identical with, or itself a part of, the mountains of Abarrim (Deut. xxxii: 49; xxxiv: 1), one of the summits of which is Mount Nebo (the modern Neba), 2,644 feet above the level of the Mediterranean. From this point Moses enjoyed his glimpse of the Promised Land, in early spring.
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Pishin
a district of southern Afghanistan (British Beluchistan after the Afghan War), just N. of Quetta, which has been governed by a political agent of the governor-general of India since 1878. The British occupied it on account of its great strategical importance; it is the meeting-place of several roads, practicable for troops but not for wheeled carriages, leading from Sind and Punjab to Kandahar. The districtarea, 3,600 miles; elevation, 5,000 feetconsists of alluvial valleys separated by range of hills, the whole sloping S. W. and surrounded by mountain chains that reach N. and S. 11,000 feet. The people, partly settled, partly nomad, grow wheat, barley, maize, millet, lucerne, watermelons, and muskmelons, and trade ind in horses to India. Pop. about 450,000.
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Piso
A celebrated family at Rome, eleven of whom had obtained the consulship, and some of whom had been honored with triumphs for their victories. Of this family the most famous were: Lucius Calpurnius, who was tribune of the people about 149 years before Christ, and afterward consul. He gained honor as an orator, a statesman, and a historian. Caius, another of the family, distinguished himself during his consulship by his firmness in resisting the tumults raised by the tribunes and the clamors of the people. Cneius, who was consul under Augustus, rendered himself odious by his cruelty. He IÓOO CLASSICAL CHARACTERS was accused of poisoning Germanicus, and, being shunned by his friends, destroyed himself. Lucius, a governor of Spain, who was assassinated by a peasant. Lucius, a governor of Rome for twenty years, during which time he discharged his duties with moderation and justice. Caius, who was at the head of a conspiracy against Nero. He committed suicide by venesection. Pistor (The Baker). A surname of Jupiter at Rome, because when the Gauls were besieging Rome he suggested to the besieged the idea of throwing loaves of bread among the enemies, to make them believe that the Romans had plenty of provisions.
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Piso
an eminent Roman family, which produced some great men, as:
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Piso
LUCIUS, a senator, self, A. D. 20. who attended the Emperor Valerian into Persia in 258. On the death of that emperor he assumed the imperial title; but was defeated by Valens, who put him to death in 261.
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Piso
LUCIUS CALPURNIS, surnamed Frugalis, on account of his frugality, consul 14 149 B. C., who terminated the war with Sicily. He composed orations, which are lost. PISO consul 67 B. C., author of a law the factions which usually attend the election of the chief magistrates CNEIUS, consul under Augustus, and governor of Syria under Tiberius situation he behaved with great charged with poisoning Ge He was c cus; on which account he
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Pistacio Nut
the fruit of the pistacia vera. The kernel is very oily, of in ar flavor and bright green a peculiar color, and is much used in confections, etc.
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Pistil
the female organ in plants, standing in the middle of the stamens, around which again stand the floral envelopes.
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Pistillidium
a name given to certain small, sessile, ovate bodies in the fructification of mosses, enveloped in membrane tapering upward into a point. When abortive they are called paraphyses.
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Pistoia
or PISTOJA (ancient Pistoria), a town of Italy; 20 miles N. W. of Florence, on a spur of the Apennines. Its streets are thoroughly Tuscan, and it is surrounded with walls, pierced by gates, and has a citadel. The chief five ga buildings are the cathedral of San Jacopo (12th and 13th centuries), containing a magnificent altar of silver (1286-1407) and several good pictures; the church of St. Bartholomew, with a fine white marble pulpit by Como (1250); St. Andrea, with Giovanni Pisano's pulpit (1301); St. John, with a font by Giovanni Pisano and terra cottas by Andrea della Robbia; the 14th conspiracy century communal palace; and other palaces. The principal manufactures are iron and steel wares, and firearmsthe word "pistol" in all probability takes its name through pistolese, "a dagger," from Pistoia (Pistola). Here Cataline was defeated in 62 B. C. The town was conquered by Florence and Lucca in 1306. about 70,000; town, Pop., commune about 14,000. PISTOL. See FIREARMS.
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Pistole
a gold coin once current in Spain, France, and the neighboring countries; average value about $3.85.
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