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PLAYFAIR, John, Scottish mathematician,

xix. 217; on porisms, xix. 520. PLAYFORD, John, English musician,

xvii. 88. PLAZA DE ALMANZOR, mountain, Spain,

xxn. 294.

PLEA, in law, xix. 219. PLEADING, in law, xix. 217. PLEASURE, in ethics, vm. 580; xvm.

690; psychological analysis of, XX.

40, 67, 7 1 ; Aristippus s philosophy of,

II. 507; Epicurean theory, VIII. 475;

Stoic theory, xxn. 567. PLEASURES OF HOPE, by Campbell,

iv. 755- PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION, by

Akenside, I. 435. PLEASURES OF MEMORY, Kogers s

poem, xx. 621. PLEBEIANS, Roman, xvii. 525; xx. 732,

736; in relation to the tribunate,

xxin. 558; law relating to xx. 670. PLEBISCITUM, in Roman law, xx. 679. PLEBS, or Plebeians (<li: Roman, xvii.

525. PLECOGLOSSUS, genus of fishes, xxi.

221, 224.

PLECTOGNATHI, order of fishes, xn.

694. PLECTRORHAMPHUS, genus of birds,

xxiv. 824. PLECTRUDE, wife of Pippin of Heristal,

ix. 531.

PLEDGE, in law, xix. 220. PLEIAD, or Pleiade, coterie of French

poets, in. 544; ix. 650; xx. 841;

Daurat s place in, VI. 835. PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS, in geology,

x. 365. PLENIPOTENTIARY, Ministers, envoys,

i. 657.

PLEOCHROISM, in crystals, xvi. 375. PLEOMORPHISM, of Schizomycetes, xxi.

404.

PLEONASTE, mineral, xvi. 386. PLEROME, in plant histology, xn. 15. PLESCHEYEVO, or Pleshtcheevo, lake,

Russia, xvm. 524; xxiv. 271. PLESIDY, France, Menhir at, xxi. 51. PLESIOSAURIANS, extinct reptiles, xix.

220. PLESSIS, Marshal du (Due de Choiseul),

v. 681.

PLETHO, or Gemistus, Georgius, Byzan tine scholar, x. 136. PLETHYSMOGRAPH, pulse - measurer,

xxii. 155. PLETTENBERG, mountain, "Wiirtemberg,

xxiv. 699. , Walther von, grand-master of

Livonian Brothers of the Sword, XIV.

724.

PLEURAL MEMBRANE, xx. 476. PLEURENCHYMA, vegetable tissue, iv.

85. PLEURISY, or Pleuritis, disease, xix.

222.

PLEURONECTES, genus of fishes, xix. 1 68.

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, cattle disease, xvii. 60.

PLEVNA, or Pleven, town, Bulgaria, xix. 224; siege of (1877), ix. 431; xxi. 102; xxin. 431, 652.

PLEXIMETER, medical instrument, in. 100.

PLEXUSES, Nervous, Anatomy of the, i. 868.

PLEYEL, Ignaz Joseph, Austrian musical composer, xix. 224.

PLIABILITY, Coefficient of, vi. 311.

PLICA POLONICA, disease, xx. 218.

PLINIUS, or Pliny (g.r.), xix. 224.

PLINTH, in architecture, II. 470,

PLINTHITE, mineral, xvi. 425.

PLINY, The Elder, Roman naturalist, xix. 224; on birds, xvm. 3; his economic theories, XIX. 350 ; on ancient geography, x. 177; on medi cine, xv. 803; on plants, iv. 79; his Natural History, vm. 191; his lan guage and style, XI v. 337; his place in Roman literature, XX. 726.

, The Younger, Roman consul and

writer, xix. 225; on the early Chris tians, xin. 658; his Letters, xx. 726; his relations with Suetonius, XXII. 619 ; with Tacitus, xxm. 19 ; his panegyric of Trajan, xxm. 504; his language and style, xiv. 337.

PLINY S DOVES, Mosaic work of Had rian s villa, at Tivoli, xvi. 851.

PLIOCENE ROCKS, in geology, x.

364-

PLOCK, government and town, Russian Poland, xix. 227.

PLOMBGOMME, mineral, xvi. 407.

PLOMBIERES, spa, France, xvi. 436.

PLONER SEE, lake, Schleswig-Holstein, xxi. 414.

PLONSK, town, Russian Poland, xix. 227.

PLOTINUS, Neoplatonist philosopher, xii. 603; xvii. 130,335; on the beau tiful, I. 216; his connexion with Ammonius, I. 743.

PLOT-MEASURING INSTRUMENT, in surveying, xxn. 720.

P LOTUS, genus of birds, xxn. 188.

PLOUGH, agricultural implement, I. 311, 313; ploughing, I. 336.

PLOUGHMAN S COMPLAINT, anonymous poem, xiv. 8 1 1.

PLOUGHMAN S CREDE, anonymous poem, xiv. 285, 811.

PLOVER, bird, xix. 227; American, xiv. 76; golden, xiv. 308; Kentish, xiv. 76; long-legged, xxn. 551; distribu tion of, in. 757; eggs of, xiv. 308.

PLOVER S PAGE, bird, xxi. 260.

PLOWMAN, Piers, by Langland, xiv. 285. See Piers.

PLOWMAN S TALE, The, anonymous poem, xiv. 285.

PLUCKER, Julius, German mathe matician and physicist, XIX. 228; his experiments in magnetic induction, xv. 250.

PLUG TOBACCO, xxin. 426.

PLUM, tree and fruit, xix. 230; xn. 275

PLUMBAGO, mineral, xix. 230; v. 87.

PLUMBER-WORK, in building, iv. 502

PLUMBOCALCITE, mineral, xvi, 397.

PLUM-KERNEL OIL, xvn. 744.

PLUMMER HALL, Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xxi. 211.

PLUNGING, in swimming, xxii. 770.

PLUNKET, Lord, Irish lawyer and states man, xix. 231.

PLUSH, cloth, xix. 232.

PLUTARCH, Greek writer, xix. 232; xvn. 334. _

PLUTIA (Piazza Armerina), ancient town, Sicily, xix. 79.

PLUTO, Greek god of the dead, xix.

235- PLUTUS, Greek god of riches, xix. 236.

, of Aristophanes, II. 509.

PLUVIOGRAPH, Beckley s, xx. 257. PLUVIOMETER, or Rain Gauge, xx. 256. PLUVIUS, epithet of Jupiter, xin. 780. PLYCTOLOPHUS, genus of birds, xvn.

355- PLYMOUTH, town, England, xix. 236;

dockyard, vn. 315, 318; libraries,

xiv. 52!, 544. , town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xix.

238; xxin. 729. , town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xix.

238. , town, Montserrat, West Indies,

xvi. 797. BRETHREN, Christian sect, xix.

238- COMPANY, Colonies founded by,

XXlll. 729; XV. 615; their settlements

in New Hampshire, U.S.A., xvn. 393. PNEUMA, Stoic doctrine of, xxn. 564. PNEUMATIC DESPATCH, xix. 239. PNEUMATIC INSTITUTION, for cure of

diseases, in. 480. PNEUMATIC POWER - TRANSMITTER,

xv. 753. PNEUMATICS, xix. 240; xn. 439, 445;

Papin s inventions in, xvni. 229. PNEUMATIC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, in

Rome, XV. 803. PNEUMATIC TUBES, xn. 491. PNEUMATOMACHI, early Christian sect,

xv. 145. PNEUMODERMON, genus of Mollusca,

xvi. 667. PNEUMOGRAPH, for recording chest

movements, XX. 477. PNEUMONIA, disease, xix. 249; xvm.

395- PNEUMONOCHLAMYDA, suborder of

Mollusca, xvi. 649.

P NOM-PENH, town, Cambodia, iv. 725. PNYX, place of assembly at Athens,