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INDEX

Pine-Lumbering in the United States: 1492

Pineapple: 1402

Pine Bluff, Ark: 1492

Pink: 1492; carnation 337

Pins: 1493

Pinto, Serpa: 2128

Pinzon, Vicente Yanez: 57, 262

Pinturicchio : 1493

Pipefish: 1493

Piqua, Ohio: 1493

Piracy: 1493; Algiers 49, 512, 1Ŏ50; Captain Kidd 1001; Sallee 1666; Vandals 2002

Piraeus, Greece: 1494

Pisa, Italy: 1494; Campo Santo 358; cathedral 1494; leaning tower 1494; university 1494

Pisgah Mountain: 1314

Pisidia, Asia Minor: 1494, 711

Pisistratus or Peisistratos: 1441, 130, 1063

Pistil: 1494

Pistol: 1604

Piston: 1815

Pitcairn Island: 1494

Pitcairn, Major: 1062

Pitch (in acoustics) : 1494, 8, 1693

Pitch (in botany) : 1495

Pitch (in mechanics) : 1494

Pitcher-Plants : 1495

Pith: 1495

Pitman, Sir Isaac: 1495, !747

Pitt, Mount: 345

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham: 1495, 617

Pitt, William: 1496, Ŏ17, 1810, 2083

Pittacus of Mitylene: 1727

Pittsburg, Kan: 1496

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of: 1742

Pittsburgh, Pa: 1496, 51

Pittsfield, Mass: 1497

Pittston, Pa: 1497

Pius II (pope) : 1687

Pius V (pope): 1497

Pius VI (pope) : 1497

Pius VII (pope): 1497, 689

Pius IX (pope): 1498, 948, 2006

Pius X (pope): 1498

Pixy (myth.) : 649

Pizarro, Francesco: 1498, 129, 1071

Place Vendôme, Paris: 1421

Plague: 1499; London 369, 1111; St. Etienne 1656

Plainfield, N. J: 1499

Plains of Abraham, Quebec: 1573

Planetree: 1499, 1858

Planets: 1499, 128; Copernican system 128, 451; earth 573; Herschel's 869; Jupiter 1500; Mars 1500; Mercury 1500; moon 1259; Neptune 1500; Ptolemaic system 1558; satellite 1682; Saturn 1500; Uranus 1500; Venus 1500

Plankton: 1713

Plant-Breeding: 1500

Plantagenets : 1501

Plantain: 1501, 497

Planté, M: 1833

Plasmodium: 1501

Plassey, Battle of: 411, 920, 1724, 1728

Plaster of Paris: 1501, 819

Plastering: 1501

Plata, Rio de la: 1501, 1420

Platæa, Greece: 1501

Plateau, Joseph Antoine: 1502

Plating: 1502

Platinum: 1502

Plato: 1502, 130, 652, 1082, 1777

Platt-Deutsch: 1503

Platte or Nebraska River: 1503

Plattsburg, N. Y: 1503

Plautus, Titus Maccius: 1503, 550, 1083

Playfair, Lord Lionel: 1504

Playgrounds: 1504

Plays: 550, 1898

Pleiades (myth.) : 1504

Plerome: 1504

Plevna, Battle of: 1957

Pliny the Older: 1505, 613, 1058, 1897, 2134

Pliny the Younger: 1505, 621, 1083,1863

Plotinus: to56

Plover: 1505

Plow: 1506

Plücker Tube: 1506

Plum: 1506

Plumbago or Graphite: 795

Plumbing: 1506

Plumule: 1506                                                  1

Plutarch: 1506, 92, 1082

Pluto (myth.): 1507

Plymouth Company: 1507

Plymouth, England: 1507

Plymouth, Mass: 1507

Plymouth, Pa: 1507

Plymouth Sound: 1508

Pt.eumatics: 1508, 1820

Pneumatic Tires: 1508

Pneumatic Tool: 1508

Pneumatic Tube: 1508

Pnom-Penh, Cambodia: 312

Po River: 1508, 947

Pocahontas: 1509, 1770

Pod: 1509

Poe, Edgar Allan: 1509, 1095, 1588

Poet-Laureate: 1035

Poetry: 1509; dramatic 1510; epic 1510; lyric 1510

Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey: 2070

Poggendorff, Johann Christian: 1510

Pointer (dog) : 539

Point-Lace: 1018

Poison-Ivy: 1511

Ppisonous Plants: 1511

Poisons: 1512; alcohol 42; hashish 846; hemlock 860; nightshade 13 51; nitric acid 1352; prussic acid 7; sulphuric acid 1846; tartaric acid 1872

Poisson, Simeon Denis: 1512

Poitiers, France: 1512, 704

Pokeweed: 1511

Poland: 1512, 634, 711, 1647, 1648, 2043; partition 711, 2043; revolts against Russia ion, 2043; wars with Turkey

974 Polar Bear: 186 Polar Circle: 94 Polar Exploration: 1513, 449, 518, 709, 719,

802, 988, 1354, 1426, 1580, 1635