Architecture, the top or roof of a house, terminating in a point. This kind of roof among the ancients was appropriated to temples; their ordinary roofs were all flat, or made in the platform way.
Pinnated leaves. See Botany Index.
Pinnatifid leaves. See Botany Index.
Pinnoterus, or Pinnothylax, is a kind of crab-fish, furnished with very good eyes. It is said to be the companion of the pinna marina. They live and and lodge together in the same shell, which belongs to the latter. When it has occasion to eat, it opens its valves, and feeds out its faithful purveyor to procure food. If during their labour the pinnoterus perceives the polypus, it immediately returns to warn its blind friend of the danger, when, by shutting its valves, it escapes the rage of its enemy; but when the pinnoterus loads itself with booty without molestation, it makes a gentle noise at the opening of the shell, and when ad-
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Pinelli, sympathizing, and compassionate, particularly to men of letters, whose wants he often anticipated. His zeal for the progress and advancement of science rendered him very communicative of his knowledge and of his books; but this was always done with judgement and discretion. He died in 1621, aged 68, without having published any work. Paul Gualdo, who has written Pinelli's life, does not specify the number of volumes of which his rich library consisted: he only informs us, that when it was transported by sea to Naples, it was packed up in 130 chests, of which 14 contained manuscripts; but it did not go wholly to his heirs. The senate of Venice caused their seal to be set upon the manuscripts, and took away whatever concerned the affairs of the republic, to the number of 200 pieces.
"I compare (says President de Thon) Pinelli to Titus Pomponius; for, as that illustrious Roman was called Atticus, Pinelli also bore the title of Venetian, on account of the great affection which the republic of Venice had for him.
Pinet, Antony du, lord of Noroy, an ecclesiastical writer, lived in the 16th century, and was a native of Besançon. He was strongly attached to the Protestant religion, and a bitter enemy to the church of Rome. His book, entitled La Conformité des Églises Réformées de France, et de l'Église primitive, printed at Lyons, 1564, in 8vo; and the notes which he added to the French translation of the Fees of the Pope's Chancery, which was printed at Lyons, in 8vo, 1564, and reprinted at Amsterdam in 1700, in 12mo, plainly discover his sentiments. He published the last-mentioned performance under this title: Taxe des parties castrales de la Législature du Pape, in Latin and French, with some notes taken from decrees, councils, and canons, in order to ascertain the discipline anciently observed in the church. In the epistle dedicatory, he affirms the tone of a declared enemy to the court of Rome. He apologizes for having presented this book "to a society so holy as yours (the Protestants), in which are heard only hymns, psalms, and praises, to the Lord our God: but it is proper to throw to the villain his villany, and the fool his folly, lest one should be thought to resemble them." We see by this specimen, that Pinet had no more politeness in his style than in his manners. His translation of Pliny's Natural History, printed at Lyons in 2 vol. folio, 1566, and at Paris, 1608, was formerly much read. Though there are a good many errors in it, it is yet very useful at present, especially for those who understand Pliny's Latin, on account of the translator's researches, and a great number of marginal notes. Pinet also published Plans of the principal fortresses in the world at Lyons, 1564, in folio.
Ping-leang fou, a city of China in the province of Chen-fu. It is one of the most considerable cities of the western part of the province, and is situated on the river Kin-ho. The air here is mild; and the agreeable views which the surrounding mountains present, added to the streams which water the country, render it a very delightful residence. It has under its jurisdiction three cities of the second class and seven of the third. In this district is a valley so deep and narrow, that it is almost impervious to the light: a large highway, paved with square stones, runs through it.
Vol. XVI. Part II. mitted the two friends feast on the fruits of its industry. See Pinna, &c.