Page:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, v. 25.djvu/365

P O L P O L

351

POLIANTHES, genus of plants, xxill.

602.

POLIAS, epithet of Athena, II. 830. POLICE, xix. 332; of London, xiv. 834;

of Paris, xvm. 283. POLICHINELLE, French puppet, XX.

1 06. POLICHNE, suburb of Syracuse, Sicily,

xxil. 813. POLICRATICUS, John of Salisbury s

work, xm. 718. POLIGNAC, Jules, Due de, XIX. 345.

, Jules, Prince de, xix. 345; IX.

619. , Melchior de, French cardinal, xix.

POLIGRAPHIA, Trithemius s work, VI.

669.

POLINOS, island, zEgean Sea, xv. 841. POLISH DRAUGHTS, game, vn. 446. POLISH LANGUAGE, xvm. 785; xxn.

150; dictionaries of, VII. 188. POLISH LITERATURE, xix. 299. POLISTES, genus of wasps, XXIV. 392. POLITIAN (Angelo Poliziano), Italian

scholar and poet, XIX. 345; VI. 418;

xm. 507; xix. 384,385; his Latinity,

xiv. 342; his Favola di Orfeo, xvm.

345-

POLITICAL ECONOMY, xix. 346; con tributions to the science by Bastiat, III. 429 ; by Bodin, III. 848 ; by Cairnes, iv. 643; by Condillac, vi. 253; by Hermann, XI. 740; by Cliffe Leslie, xiv. 478; by M Culloch, xv. 134; by James Mill, XVI. 307; by John Stuart Mill, xvi. 312; by Sir Dudley North, xvii. 554; by Ricardo, XX. 534; by Say, XXI. 360; by Senior, xxi. 663; by Adam Smith, xxil. 169; by Turgot, XXIII. 629.

POLITICAL GOVERNMENT, XL 10.

POLITICAL JUSTICE, Godwin s treatise on, x. 717.

POLITICAL SOCIETY, in Austen s system of law, xiv. 356.

POLITICS, xvm. 796 ; influence of Christianity on, v. 697; in relation to socialism, XXIL 220 ; Machiavelli s reports on, xv. 148. , of Aristotle, n. 518.

POLITICUS, dialogue of Plato, Xix. 207.

POLITIQUES, French party, IX. 561.

POLIZIANO, Angelo (Politian, q.v. Italian scholar and poet, xix. 345.

POLK, James Knox, president of the United States, xix. 401; xxill. 767.

POLLACK, fish, xix. 402; xn. 691.

POLLAN, fish, xix. 402; xxi. 223.

POLLEN, of plants, iv. 138; xx. 424; collection of, by bees, in. 485.

POLLENTIA, ancient town, Italy, v. 584; battle of (402), xx. 780.

POLLING, Monte, mountain, Italy, xm.

439-

POLLIO, Caius Asinius, Roman orator, poet, and historian, xix. 402.

POLLIO, Trebellius, Augustan historian,

III. 74.

POLLIS, Syracusan king, xxil. 814. POLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig, Prussian writer,

Xix. 403. POLLOCK, Sir George, British general,

I. 240.

POLLOK, Robert, Scottish poet, XIX. 403. POLLOKSHAWS, town, Scotland, XIX.

403-

POLLUX, mineral, xvi. 421; xix. 592. , Castor and, in Greek mythology,

v. 199. , Julius, Greek sophist, XIX. 403.

POLO, game, xix. 403; xv. 490.

, Gaspar Gil, Spanish pastoral poet,

xvin. 346; XXIL 357. , Jose Toribio, Peruvian historian,

xvni. 675. , Maft eo, Venetian traveller, XIX.

405. , Marco, Venetian mediaeval tra

veller, XIX. 404; x. 178; his visit to

China, v. 648; on Prester John, XIX.

717. , Nicolo, Venetian traveller, XIX.

405.

POLOCHIC, river, Guatemala, XL 239. POLONSKI, Russian poet, xxi. 109. POLOTSK, Polotesk, or Poltesk, town,

Russia, xix. 409; population, xxiv.

262. POLOTZKI, Simeon, Russian writer, XXI.

105. POLTAVA, government and town,

Russia, xix. 410; battle of (1709),

v. 421; xxi. 97; XXIL 750. POLVERINA, Tuscan edict, xv. 790. POLVERINI, Jacopo, Tuscan noble, XV.

790. POLY/ENUS, author of the Strategies,

xix. 411. POLYANDRY, ix. 18; in Tibet, xxm.

344- POLYANTHUS, garden plant, xn. 259;

xix. 737.

POLYARGYRITE, mineral, xvi. 395. POLYARTHRA, genus of Rotifera, xxi. 4. POLYBASITE, mineral, xvi. 395; xxn.

69. POLYBIUS, Greek historian, XIX. 411;

XL 144; his relations with Livy, xiv.

729; on the travels of Pytheas, xx.

143- POLYBUS, Greek writer on anatomy, I.

800. POLYCARP, bishop of Smyrna, xix. 414;

II. 197; on the Gospels, x. 815, 822. POLYCERA, genus of Mollusca, XVI.

655, 657.

POLYCH^ETA, order of Annelida, II. 65. POLYCHLORITE, colouring matter in

saffron, xxi. 146. POLYCHRONICON, Higdon s chronicle,

XI. 809. POLYCHRONIUS, bishop of Apamea,

xxm. 255.

POLYCLADIDA, tribe of planarian

worms, xix. 171, 174. POLYCLETUS, Greek sculptor, xix. 416;

" 357-

POLYCLINID.E, family of Tunieata, xxm. 617.

POLYCONIC DEVELOPMENT, in map- making, x. 209.

POLYCRASE, mineral, xvi. 427.

POLYCRATES, Athenian rhetorician, Xix. 417. -, tyrant of Samos, Greece, xix. 416;

XXI. 249; patron of Anacreon, I. 788; seal of, x. 138.

POLYDESMUS COMPLANATUS, wheat

pest, xxiv. 536.

POLYDORA, genus of Annelida, II. 71. POLYDORUS, Rhodian sculptor, xiv.

293-

POLYDYMITE, mineral, xvi. 391.

POLYEMBRYONY, reproductive process in plants, xx. 429.

POLYESIE, district, Russia, xvi. 478.

POLYEUCTE, Corneille s play, vi. 420.

POLYEUCTES, patriarch of Constanti nople, xvii. 482.

POLYGAMY, vi. 244; among the Mor mons, xvi. 827.

POLYGENIST THEORY, of origin of races, II. 114.

POLYGLOTT, XIX. 417.

BIBLES, xix. 417; in. 647; of

Antwerp (Plantin s), II. 501 ; xix. 177; Complutensian, xm. 694; Wal ton s, xxiv. 341.

DICTIONARIES, vu. 182 ; Cale-

pino s, iv. 683. POLYGNOTUS, Greek painter, xix. 417;

II. 358; xvii. 41. POLYGONS, Construction of, x. 381; xx.

141; mensuration of, xvi. 16. POLYGONUM, garden perennial, XII. 252. POLYGORDIUS, genus of worms, XXIV.

683.

POLYHALITE, mineral, xvi. 402. POLYHEDRA, Mensuration of, xvi. 24. POLYHISTOR, Cornelius Alexander,

Milesian writer, xix. 418.

, Morhof s work, xvi. 824. POLYHYDRITE, mineral, xvi. 425. POLYHYMNIA, one of the Muses, xvii.

74- POLYMIGNITE, mineral, xvi. 427.

POLYMITARCYS, gCIlUS of insects, VIII.

458.

POLYNESIA, xix. 418; birds of, in. 741; languages, xvm. 779; dictionaries of languages, VII. 192; Christian missions in, xvi. 516; mythology, xvii. 149; religions, XX. 364 ; taboo systems, xxm. 15; totemism, xxill. 468.

POLYOLBION, Drayton s poem, I. 501; VII. 452.

POLYPE, uses of the term in zoology, xix. 428.

POLYPHEMUS, of Greek legend, XVIL