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PISA, town, Italy, xix. 118; baptistery,

xix. 124; cathedral, II. 435; Canipo

Santo cloister, VI. 36; its school of

painting, xxi. 433, 442; pictures, xxi.

447; leaning tower, IV. 753; XXI. 22;

council of (1409), X. 550; XIX. 502;

XX. 320.

, ancient state, Greece, xvil. 766.

, Leonardo of (Pisanus), Italian

mathematician, xix. 124. PlSAN, Christine de, early French writer,

ix. 647. PISANELLO (Vittore Pisano), Italian

medallist and sculptor, xix. 124; xxi.

568. PISANI, Victor, Venetian admiral, xxiv.

144. PlSANO, Andrea, Italian sculptor, xix.

122. , Giovanni, Italian architect and

sculptor, xix. 122; wall decorations

of, xvn. 35. , Giunta, Italian painter, X. 624;

xxi. 433; his fresco painting, IX. 770. , Niccola, Italian architect and sculp tor, xix. 123; ii. 435.

, Nino, Italian sculptor, xix. 122.

, Vittore, Italian medallist, XIX.

124; medals of, XVII. 657. PlSANUS, Leonardus, Italian mathe matician, xix. 124. PlSATlS, ancient district, Greece, XVII.

765, 766. PISAURUM (Pesaro), ancient town, Italy,

xvin. 683. PlSCARY, Common of, fishing right, VI.

209.

PlSCATOR, Lucian s dialogue, XV. 44. PISCICULTURE, or Fish-Culture, xix.

126; salmon, XXI. 226; in New Zea land, xvn. 470. PISCINAE, in architecture, n. 470.

, Roman baths, in. 434. PISCO, town, Peru, XVIII. 674. PlSEK, town, Bohemia, xix. 129. PISEMSKI, Russian novelist, xxi. 108. PISE WORK, in building, iv. 471. PISHIN, valley, Baluchistan, XX. 178. PISIDES, George, Byzantine writer, X.

429. PISIDIA, country, Asia Minor, xix.

129; coins of, XVII. 648. PISIDIUM, genus of Mollusca, XVI. 694. PISISTRATUS, tyrant of Athens, Xix.

130; XI. 97; xxn. 255; his alleged

collection of the Homeric poems, xil.

116. Piso, C. Calpurnius, conspirator against

Nero, xvii. 350.

, Cneius Calpurnius, colleague of

Germanicus, x. 446.

, L. Calpurnius, heir of Galba,

xvm. 65.

PISOLITE, mineral, xvi. 397. PISOLITIC IRON ORES, xin. 287. PlSRA, or Pisren (Prisrend), town,

Roumelia, Turkey, xix. 764.

PISSEVACHE, waterfall, Switzerland,

xxn. 777.

PlSSOPHANE, mineral, XVI. 401. PISSUTHNES, satrap of Sardis, xvin.

575- PISTACHIO NUT, xix. 131 ; xvii.

665. PISTACIA, genus of plants, xv. 621;

xxin. 669.

PISTIL, organ of plants, iv. 135, 141. PlSTOlA, town, Italy, xix. 130.

, Cino da, Italian poet, xni. 502. PISTOL, weapon, xi. 285; xix. 131. PISUM, genus of plants, xvm. 441. PlTARD, Jean, French surgeon, XXII,

675.

PITCAIRN, or Pitcairn s Island, island, South Pacific, xix. 132; settlement of the islanders on Norfolk Island, xvn.

537-

PlTCAlRNE, Archibald, Scottish physi cian, xix. 132; xv. 8 1 1.

PITCH, in music, I. 107; of voice, xxiv. 274; xvn. 102.

, tar product, XXIII. 58; Burgundy,

ix. 711; viscosity of, vi. 311.

PITCH-BLENDE, mineral, xvi. 386; xxiv. 7.

PITCHER-PLANT, xin. 138.

PiTCH-PiNE, tree, xix. 105.

PlTCHSTONE, rock, X. 231, 234.

PITH, in plants, iv. 100.

PITHAGORAS, tyrant of Selinus, XXI.

633.

PITHECIA, genus of apes, n. 154. PITHECUSA (Ischia), island, Italy, XIII.

385.

PITHO, satrap of Media, xvin. 585. PITHOLE, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,

xvin. 716. PITHOM, town, Egypt, xix. 133; XX.

265. PITHOU, Pierre, French jurist, xix.

133-

Pmscus,Bartholomaus, German mathe matician, xxni. 562; his mathematical tables, xiv. 775; xxiii. 9.

PITMAN, Isaac, English phonographer, xxi. 834.

PlTON DES NEIGES, mountain, Reunion, xx. 491.

PIT PROPS, in mines, xvi. 450.

PITSCOTTIE, Robert of, Scottish chroni cler, xxi. 542.

PITT, mountain, Oregon, U.S.A., xvn. 822; xxiii. 800.

, William, earl of Chatham, v. 440;

vin. 356.

, William, English statesman, xix.

1345 vin. 358, 359; x. 425; his measures of finance, IX. 186.

PITTA, bird, xix. 148.

PITTACUS, of Mytilene, Greek sage, xix. 149.

PITT DIAMOND, vn. 166.

PITTICITE, mineral, xvi. 408.

PITTI GALLERY, at Florence, ix. 332.

PITTSBURGH, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xix. 150.

LANDING, Tennessee, U.S.A.,

Battle of (1862), xxin. 776. PITTSFIELD, town, Massachusetts,

U.S.A., xix. 151.

PITT S ISLAND, Pacific Ocean, v. 444. PITTSTON, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,

xix. 151. PlT-VlPERS, family of snakes, XX. 293,

XXII. 193, 199. PlTYRIASiS, skin disease, xvm. 270;

XXII. 123. PITYUSA, Greek colony, Asia Minor,

xiv. 249. PIURA, San Miguel de, town, Peru, I.

89; xvm. 441, 674. PiUS L, pope, xix. 151.

- II., pope, xix. 152, 503; xx. 559; his connexion with Siena, xxn. 41,

43-

III., pope, xix.. 153.

IV., pope, xix. 153, 504; his rela tion to council of Trent, xxin. 548. -V., pope, xix. 153, 504.

VI., pope, xix. 154, 507.

-VII., pope, xix. 155, 508; xin. 485.

- VIII., pope, xix. 156, 509.

IX., pope, xix. 156, 509; xin. 488;

xx. 806 ; Vatican Council under (1869), xxiv. 1 10.

, Quintus Cnecilius Metellus, Roman

general, xvi. 106.

PIVATI, Gianfrancesco, Italian encyclo paedist, vin. 197.

PlYADASI, Indian king, his edicts in ancient inscriptions, xin. 118.

PlZARRO, Francisco, conqueror of Peru, xix. 159; x. 182; conquest of Peru by, xvill. 677, 679; his treatment of Atahuallpa, n. 826.

, Gonzalo, Spanish captain, Peru,

xvin. 676.

PIZZOLO, Niccolo, Italian painter, XV. 501.

PLACENTA, of mammals, xv. 368; of plants, IV. 142 ; placental develop ments, in physiology, xvin. 364; pla cental function in congenital disorders, xvin. 374.

PLACENTALIA, order of mammals, xv.

372, 383-

PLACENTIA (Piacenza)- ancient town, Italy, XIX. 64; amphitheatre at, I.

775-

BAY, Newfoundland, xvn. 382.

PLACES, Names of, XVIL 168. PLACODERMI, suborder of fossil fishes,

xn. 686.

PLADDA, islet, Scotland, n. 629. PLAGIAULAX, fossil mammal, xv. 376. P LAG IGNITE, mineral, xvi. 394. PLAGIOSTOMATA, suborder of fishes,

xn. 685. PLAGIOTROPIC ORGANS, in plants, xix.