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PINEROLO [PIGNEROLI, a See also:city and episcopal see of See also:Piedmont, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Turin. Pop. (1901), 12,608 (See also:town); 18,039 (See also:commune). It is built on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill-See also:side just above the valleys of the Chisone and the Lemina, at a height of 1234 ft. above the See also:sea, 24 M. by See also:rail S.W. of Turin. The railway goes on to Torre Pellice; and See also:steam tramways run from Pinerolo to Perosa, and to See also:Cavour and See also:Saluzzo. Till 1696 it was strongly fortified with a citadel on See also:Santa Brigida, a See also:castle on S. Maurizio, and city walls constructed by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas I. of See also:Savoy. It has a See also:cathedral (St See also:Donatus), the See also:palace of the princes of Acaia and other buildings of some See also:interest. See also:Cotton, See also:silk, See also:wool and See also:hemp are among the See also:local manufactures.
Pinerolo was bestowed on the bishops of Turin by See also:Otto III. in 996; but in 1078 the countess See also:Adelaide made it over to the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of Santa Maria, in whose See also:possession it remained till 1159. Thomas I. of Savoy captured the castle in 1188, and in 1246 the commune formally recognized the supremacy of Savoy. Passing in 1295 into the hands of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, son of Thomas III., Pinerolo became his See also:residence and See also:capital, a distinction which it retained under Amadeus VIII. of Savoy. See also:Francis I. of See also:France obtained possession of the town in his descent into Italy, but See also:Emmanuel Philibert received it back from See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. in 1574. A second occupation by the See also:French occurred under See also:Cardinal See also:Richelieu; the French See also:language was imposed on the See also:people, See also:great fortifications were constructed, and the fortress (Pignerol) was used as a See also:state See also:prison for such men as See also:Fouquet, De Caumont and the See also:Man with the See also:Iron See also:Mask (see IRON MASK). See also:Victor Amadeus bombarded the See also:place in 1693, and ultimately compelled See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. to relinquish his hold on it; but before the withdrawal of the French troops the defences were demolished. In 1748 the town was made a See also:bishop's see.
See also:PIN-EYED, a botanical See also:term for See also:flowers which occur in two forms, one of which shows the stigma at the mouth of the corolla. as in the See also:primrose; the term is contrasted with thrum-eyed.
PING-PONG, or TABLE-See also:TENNIS, a See also:miniature variety of See also:lawn-tennis played on a table, which may be of any See also:size not less than 51 ft. See also:long by 3 ft. broad. Various attempts were made to adapt lawn-tennis to the See also:house, but the real popularity of the See also:game began when, near the See also:close of the loth See also:century, celluloid balls were introduced, and the game was called ping-pong from the See also:sound of the balls as they were struck by the racket or rebounded from the table. In 1900 the See also:ball was improved and made heavier, and for the next two years ping-pong enjoyed a popularity never before attained by a game in so See also:short a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, not only in Great See also:Britain but in France, the See also:British Colonies and See also:America. Two leagues were formed, the " Table-Tennis Association " and the " Ping-Pong Association," whose See also:laws were practically identical. The See also:regular See also:tournament table is 9 ft. long by 5 ft. broad, and the See also:net is a little less than 7 in. high. The balls, which are of hollow celluloid, are about 4 in. in See also:diameter. The racket has a blade, shaped like a lawn-tennis racket, about 6 in. long and a handle long enough to grasp comfortably, all in one piece. Rackets are made either wholly of See also:wood covered with vellum, See also:cork, See also:sand-See also:paper or See also:rubber, or of See also:light frames covered with vellum or some other material. The table was at first marked out in courts, but is now See also:plain. It should be unpolished and stained. In serving, a player must stand directly behind his end of the table and use an underhand See also:motion only. The ball must clear the net and strike the table anywhere on the other side. The game is then continued until the ball misses the table or fails to pass over the net. Only one service is allowed, except in See also:case of a let. The scoring is the same as in lawn-tennis.
See Ping-Pong, by See also:Arnold See also:Parker (See also:London, 1902) ; Table Tennis, by A. See also:Sinclair (London, 1902).
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