The Pilgrim’s Progress, religious allegory by the English writer John Bunyan, published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. The work is a symbolic vision of the good man’s pilgrimage through life. At one time second only to the Bible in popularity, The Pilgrim’s Progress is the most famous Christian

Billy Pilgrim, fictional character, protagonist of Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), a novel by Kurt

Pilgrimage, sequence novel by Dorothy M. Richardson, comprising 13 chapter-novels, 11 of which were published separately: Pointed Roofs (1915), Backwater (1916), Honeycomb (1917), The Tunnel (1919), Interim (1919), Deadlock (1921), Revolving Lights (1923), The Trap (1925), Oberland (1927), Dawn’s

Crusades: The effects of religion: … was another popular religious practice, pilgrimage to a holy shrine. Eleventh-century Europe abounded in local shrines housing relics of saints, but three great centres of pilgrimage stood out above the others: Rome, with the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul; Santiago de Compostela, in northwestern Spain; and

pilgrimage, a journey undertaken for a religious motive. Although some pilgrims have wandered continuously with no fixed destination, pilgrims more commonly seek a specific place that has been sanctified by association with a divinity or other holy personage. The institution of pilgrimage is

Gottfried Böhm: …this vein, Böhm built the Pilgrimage Church of Mary, Queen of Peace (1963–72), at Neviges, a striking jewel-like structure of reinforced concrete that engages with its surroundings as the natural destination of a sloping path. He also designed the Bensberg town hall (1962–71), a modern concrete building with an angular…

Pilgrimage of Grace, (1536), a rising in the northern counties of England, the only overt immediate discontent shown against the Reformation legislation of King Henry VIII. Part of the resentment was caused by attempts, especially under Henry’s minister Thomas Cromwell, to increase government

Van Wyck Brooks: In The Pilgrimage of Henry James (1925), Brooks took a stand against expatriation, arguing that James’s later writing was convoluted and inferior because of his too-long separation from his native land. Brooks suffered a mental breakdown from 1927 to 1931. The Life of Emerson (1932), largely…

Pilgrimage to Cythera, oil painting created by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau and presented in 1717 to the Académie Royale as his reception piece. Acclaimed as one of his finest works, it also established the new genre of paintings of fêtes galantes. The subject of the painting may have been

Sir Richard Burton: Exploration in Arabia: His Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Mecca (1855–56) was not only a great adventure narrative but also a classic commentary on Muslim life and manners, especially on the annual pilgrimage. Instead of returning to London to enjoy his sudden fame, however, he organized a new expedition in…

Christoph Willibald Gluck: The middle years: In La Rencontre imprévue, first performed in Vienna on Jan. 7, 1764, no vaudeville elements remain at all, with the result that the work is a perfect example of opéra comique. Gluck gave the scores of Le Cadi dupé and La Rencontre imprévue particular charm by…

Boston Red Sox, American professional baseball team based in Boston. One of the most-storied franchises in American sports, the Red Sox have won nine World Series titles and 14 American League (AL) pennants. Founded in 1901, the franchise (then unofficially known as the Boston Americans) was one of

Pilgrim Fathers, in American colonial history, settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the first permanent colony in New England (1620). Of the 102 colonists, 35 were members of the English Separatist Church (a radical faction of Puritanism) who had earlier fled to Leiden, the Netherlands, to escape

Garrison Keillor: (2007), Liberty (2008), Pilgrims (2009), and The Lake Wobegon Virus (2020). Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny (2012) centres on a private detective featured in A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor also published the novels Me (1999) and Love Me (2003) as well as books for children and young…

Paolo Veronese: The early years: …latter—depicted in such paintings as The Pilgrims of Emmaus and Feast in the House of Levi—allowed him to compose large groups of figures in increasingly complex Renaissance architectural settings that attest to his knowledge of the works of the 16th-century Venetian architects Michele Sanmicheli, Andrea Palladio, and Jacopo Sansovino.

Christoph Willibald Gluck: The middle years: In La Rencontre imprévue, first performed in Vienna on Jan. 7, 1764, no vaudeville elements remain at all, with the result that the work is a perfect example of opéra comique. Gluck gave the scores of Le Cadi dupé and La Rencontre imprévue particular charm by…

Christoph Willibald Gluck: The middle years: In La Rencontre imprévue, first performed in Vienna on Jan. 7, 1764, no vaudeville elements remain at all, with the result that the work is a perfect example of opéra comique. Gluck gave the scores of Le Cadi dupé and La Rencontre imprévue particular charm by…

Pilgrims’ Way, the North Downs trackway in southern England. It is a famous prehistoric route between the English Channel and the chalk heartland of Britain in Wessex and survives as minor roads or as bridle paths in many areas. Both a ridgeway and a lower terrace way beneath the chalk escarpment

pili nut, (Canarium ovatum), tropical tree of the family Burseraceae, cultivated for its edible seeds known as pili nuts. The plant is native to the Philippines, where the pili nut has traditionally been a major source of fat and protein in the diet. The uncooked nuts are used as a laxative, though

Pilibhit, city, northern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Bareilly, on a tributary of the Ramganga River (itself a tributary of the Ganges [Ganga] River). Pilibhit is a rail junction and is linked with Bareilly by road. Sugar processing is the

Sudirman Range: …15,476 feet (4,717 metres) at Mount Pilimsit (Ngga Pilimsit; formerly Mount Idenburg). The mountains extend for 200 miles (320 km) west from the Jayawijaya Mountains.

Canadian literature: Poetry and poetics: …to the Soviet Union (Piling Blood, 1984; The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, 1986). The landscape of southwestern Saskatchewan figures centrally in the poetry of Lorna Crozier (Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence, 1988; What the Living Won’t Let Go, 1999). Also from Saskatchewan, Karen Solie (Short Haul Engine,…

Hungarian literature: Writing after 1945: …delightful children’s verses, and by János Pilinszky, an Existentialist Catholic whose most memorable poems deal with the experience of what he called the “universe of camps” produced by World War II. Also noteworthy were the urbane László Kálnoky and István Vas. Ferenc Juhász and László Nagy were two poets of…

colobus: …colour: black-and-white colobus (genus Colobus), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and olive colobus (genus Procolobus).

Mount Pelion, mountain on the Magnesia peninsula of southeastern Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía), Greece, rising to 5,417 feet (1,651 metres) at its highest point. Pelion peak (5,075 feet), just northeast of Vólos, has a wooded western flank overlooking a gulf whose ancient ports were Iolcos and

Mount Pelion, mountain on the Magnesia peninsula of southeastern Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía), Greece, rising to 5,417 feet (1,651 metres) at its highest point. Pelion peak (5,075 feet), just northeast of Vólos, has a wooded western flank overlooking a gulf whose ancient ports were Iolcos and

Pilipino language, standardized form of Tagalog, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines (the other being English). It is a member of the Austronesian language phylum. Tagalog is the mother tongue for nearly 25 percent of the population and is spoken as a first or second language

Dav Pilkey is an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for his humorous books and graphic novels for children. He is the creator of several popular children’s characters, including Captain Underpants, Dog Man, and Ricky Ricotta. His book The Paperboy (1996) was named a 1997 Caldecott

Dav Pilkey is an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for his humorous books and graphic novels for children. He is the creator of several popular children’s characters, including Captain Underpants, Dog Man, and Ricky Ricotta. His book The Paperboy (1996) was named a 1997 Caldecott

construction: Glass as a building material: In 1952 the Pilkington Brothers in England developed the float glass process, in which a continuous 3.4-metre- (11-foot-) wide ribbon of glass floated over molten tin and both sides were fire finished, avoiding all polishing and grinding; this became the standard method of production. Pilkington also pioneered the…

pottery: Pottery factories: …with William Burton of the Pilkington pottery in Manchester, which made experimental decorative ware of all kinds.

Francis Pilkington was an English composer of lute songs (ayres) and madrigals. Pilkington studied music extensively in his youth and received a bachelor of music degree from Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1595. He became a lay clerk at Chester Cathedral in 1602 and a minor canon 10 years later. After

pharmaceutical industry: Tablets: …are traditionally referred to as pills. Prior to the widespread use of the machine-compressed tablet, pills were very popular products that usually were prepared by a pharmacist. To make a pill, powdered drug and excipients were mixed together with water or other liquid and a gumlike binding agent such as…

coleopteran: Annotated classification: Family Byrrhidae (pill beetles) Small, oval; found under debris, in sand, at grass roots; about 350 species; widely distributed; example Byrrhus. Family Callirhipidae 9–27 mm in length; found in warm regions worldwide. Family Chelonariidae About 50 species in

pill bug, any of the terrestrial crustaceans of the families Armadillididae and Armadillidae (order Isopoda). When disturbed, the pill bug rolls itself up into a tiny ball. Like the related sow bug (q.v.), it is sometimes called the wood louse. For mollusks also known as pill bugs, see chiton. The

oral contraceptive, any of a class of synthetic steroid hormones that suppress the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in the female body. FSH and LH normally stimulate the release of estrogen from the ovaries,

Tenkalai: Pillai Lokacharya is commonly regarded as the founder of the Tenkalai sect, and Manavala, or Varavara Muni (1370–1443), is regarded as its most important leader. The sect’s main centre is at Nanganur, near Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu state), and the Tenkalai are referred to as the…

South Asian arts: Tamil: …1879, the Piratāpamutaliyār Carittiram, by Vetanayakam Pillai, who was inspired by English and French novels. In important respects Pillai’s work is typical of all early modern Tamil fiction: his subject matter is Tamil life as he observed it, the language is scholastic, and the inspiration comes from foreign sources. Not…

pillar, in architecture and building construction, any isolated, vertical structural member such as a pier, column, or post. It may be constructed of a single piece of stone or wood or built up of units, such as bricks. It may be any shape in cross section. A pillar commonly has a load-bearing or

pillar and scroll shelf clock, wooden shelf clock mass-produced in the United States from the second decade of the 19th century onward. The rectangular case is topped by a scroll broken in the centre by an ornament such as an urn; on either side of the case is a vertical pillar topped by the same

Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky: …essay on theodicy entitled “The Pillar and the Ground of Truth,” in which he argued that only through nonrational, intuitive experience could a person become consubstantial with all of creation and thus encounter God’s reality and understand God’s truth. According to Florensky, rationalistic analysis separates man from creation because it…

rug and carpet: China: Peculiar to China are pillar carpets, designed so that when they are wrapped around a pillar the edges will fit together to form a continuous design, usually a coiling dragon. Saddle rugs and a number of small mats and seat covers were also made, along with some very large…

rock edicts, narrative histories and announcements carved into cliff rock, onto pillars, and in caves throughout India by King Ashoka (reigned c. 265–238 bce), the most powerful emperor of the Mauryan dynasty and a highly influential promulgator of Indian Buddhism. Ashoka’s first years as king were

Dhar: Dhar’s Lāṭ Masjid, or Pillar Mosque (1405), was built out of the remains of Jain temples. Its name was derived from a toppled iron pillar (13th century) bearing a later inscription recording the visit of the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1598. Dhar houses the Kamal Maula mausoleum and a…

Antony Tudor: …later retitled The Lilac Garden), Pillar of Fire (1942), Romeo and Juliet (1943), Undertow (1945), Nimbus (1950), Knight Errant (1968), The Leaves Are Fading (1975), and Tiller in the Fields (1978) explored such themes as grief, jealousy, rejection, and frustration. Although limiting himself to classical techniques, he sought to convey…

Pillar of Fire, a white Holiness church of Methodist antecedence that was organized (1901) in Denver, Colo., U.S., as the Pentecostal Union by Alma Bridwell White, who married a Methodist minister. Her evangelistic fervour brought opposition from Methodist officials, which led to her withdrawal

Tunisia: …in his 1955 autobiographical novel Pillar of Salt:

Amda Seyon I was a ruler of Ethiopia from 1314 to 1344, best known in the chronicles as a heroic fighter against the Muslims. He is sometimes considered to have been the founder of the Ethiopian state. The earliest Ethiopian chronicle tends to support this hypothesis, for it concerns Amda Seyon’s

clay mineral: Interactions with inorganic and organic compounds: The resulting complexes, often called pillared clays, exhibit attractive properties as catalysts—namely, large surface area, high porosity, regulated pore size, and high solid acidity.

Netherlands: Religion: …separation of society into “pillars” (zuilen) identified with the different Dutch religions. Calvinist Protestantism became the officially recognized religion of the country, politically favoured and economically supported by government. But the Reformed preachers were thwarted in their efforts to oppress or drive out other religions, to which a far-reaching…

Pillars of Heracles, two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern pillar is the Rock of Gibraltar at Gibraltar, and the southern pillar has been identified as one of two peaks: Jebel Moussa (Musa), in Morocco, or Mount Hacho (held by Spain), near the city of Ceuta

Pillars of Heracles, two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern pillar is the Rock of Gibraltar at Gibraltar, and the southern pillar has been identified as one of two peaks: Jebel Moussa (Musa), in Morocco, or Mount Hacho (held by Spain), near the city of Ceuta

The Pillars of Society, drama in four acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in Norwegian as Samfundets støtter in 1877 and performed the following year. The play’s title initially refers to Karsten Bernick, whose good reputation is threatened by the return to town of his brother-in-law, Johan Tönnesen

Romanian literature: Between the wars: …and German lyric poetry on Ion Pillat, and the bitter Symbolist poetry of George Bacovia. After Eminescu, who remained influential throughout the 20th century, it was Tudor Arghezi who brought about a real rejuvenation in Romanian lyric poetry. In his poems language acquires an exceptional expressiveness and harmony, and the…

Baltiysk, city and port, Kaliningrad oblast (province), northwestern Russia. It lies at the entrance to the tip of the narrow peninsula separating Frisches Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. Originally the German East Prussian town of Pillau (1686–1946), Baltiysk is connected by canal to Kaliningrad and

Batu Caves: K. Thamboosamy Pillay, a leader of the Tamil Hindu community in Malaya (as the region was then called), built a temple within the caves in 1891. It is said that he took inspiration from the similarity in shape of the cave entrance to the tip…

tapestry: 17th and 18th centuries: Those designed by Jean Pillement (1728–1808) are especially famous. Coarse and rather dull, the verdures, or “garden tapestries,” which were the first Beauvais tapestries, were made in quantities. Aubusson architectural panels either imitate those of the Gobelins and Beauvais factories, often with more complex elements and the addition…

Germany: The princes and the Landstände: …in a pitched battle near Pillenreuth in 1450. The elector John Cicero took up the battle 38 years later, when the cities of the Altmark in west Brandenburg refused to pay an excise tax on beer voted by the assembly of estates. He discomfited the cities in the ensuing “Beer…

pre-Columbian civilizations: Social and political organization: …two classes—the pipiltin (plural of pilli), and the professional warriors. Society was divided into three well-defined castes. At the top were the pipiltin, nobles by birth and members of the royal lineage. Below them was the macehual class, the commoners who made up the bulk of the population. At the…

pillory, an instrument of corporal punishment consisting of a wooden post and frame fixed on a platform raised several feet from the ground. The head and hands of the offender were thrust through holes in the frame (as were the feet in the stocks) so as to be held fast and exposed in front of it.

spreading centre: …centres include metal-rich sediments and pillow lavas, which are concentrations of igneous rock that resemble large overstuffed pillows about 1 metre (about 3 feet) in cross section and one to several metres long. They commonly form small hills tens of metres high at the spreading centres. In addition, sediments at…

Pillow Book, (c. 1000), title of a book of reminiscences and impressions by the 11th-century Japanese court lady Sei Shōnagon. Whether the title was generic and whether Sei Shōnagon herself used it is not known, but other diaries of the Heian period (794–1185) indicate that such journals may have

Pillow Book, (c. 1000), title of a book of reminiscences and impressions by the 11th-century Japanese court lady Sei Shōnagon. Whether the title was generic and whether Sei Shōnagon herself used it is not known, but other diaries of the Heian period (794–1185) indicate that such journals may have

bobbin lace, handmade lace important in fashion from the 16th to the early 20th century. Bobbin laces are made by using a “pricking,” a pattern drawn on parchment or card that is attached to a padded support, the pillow or cushion. An even number of threads (from 8 to more than 1,000) are looped

spreading centre: …centres include metal-rich sediments and pillow lavas, which are concentrations of igneous rock that resemble large overstuffed pillows about 1 metre (about 3 feet) in cross section and one to several metres long. They commonly form small hills tens of metres high at the spreading centres. In addition, sediments at…

spreading centre: …centres include metal-rich sediments and pillow lavas, which are concentrations of igneous rock that resemble large overstuffed pillows about 1 metre (about 3 feet) in cross section and one to several metres long. They commonly form small hills tens of metres high at the spreading centres. In addition, sediments at…

Pillow Talk, American romantic comedy film, released in 1959, that features the first on-screen pairing of actors Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Day earned her sole Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Jan Morrow, a successful, self-reliant urban career woman whose quiet, secure life is turned

Pillsbury Company, former American flour miller and food products manufacturer that was acquired by its rival, General Mills, in 2001. Both companies were headquarted in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through its long history in the baking-goods industry, its cookbooks, and its promotional baking

Pillsbury Company, former American flour miller and food products manufacturer that was acquired by its rival, General Mills, in 2001. Both companies were headquarted in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through its long history in the baking-goods industry, its cookbooks, and its promotional baking

Charles Alfred Pillsbury was a U.S. flour miller who built his company into one of the world’s largest milling concerns in the 1880s. After selling his share in a Montreal dry-goods business, Pillsbury went to Minneapolis in 1869 to join his uncle, John S. Pillsbury, who would later become the

Siegbert Tarrasch: …for first with the American Harry Nelson Pillsbury, whom he defeated in a play-off match. After 1907 he participated in more than 20 international matches but never placed in the top three positions. Especially disappointing to him was his loss to Emanuel Lasker in 1908 for the world championship. Despite…

attention: 19th-century roots: In 1906 another prominent psychologist, W.B. Pillsbury, suggested three methods for measuring attention. The first relied upon tests that measured attention through performance of a task judged to require a high degree of attention; the second measured diminished attention through decreased performance; and the third gauged the strength of attention…

Pillsbury Company, former American flour miller and food products manufacturer that was acquired by its rival, General Mills, in 2001. Both companies were headquarted in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through its long history in the baking-goods industry, its cookbooks, and its promotional baking

fern: Annotated classification: …rooted in the substrate—Marsilea (waterclover), Pilularia (pillwort), and Regnellidium—with about 75 species found nearly worldwide. Order Cyatheales (tree ferns) Family Cyatheaceae (scaly tree ferns)

Boris Pilnyak was a Soviet writer of novels and stories, prominent in the 1920s. Pilnyak spent his childhood in provincial towns near Moscow, in Saratov, and in a village on the Volga river. He attended high school in Nizhny Novgorod and a commercial institute in Moscow. In his autobiography he

Boris Pilnyak was a Soviet writer of novels and stories, prominent in the 1920s. Pilnyak spent his childhood in provincial towns near Moscow, in Saratov, and in a village on the Volga river. He attended high school in Nizhny Novgorod and a commercial institute in Moscow. In his autobiography he

Western painting: Scandinavia: One such portraitist was Carl Gustav Pilo, who, though trained in Stockholm, executed many frankly Venetian portraits during his years as court painter in Copenhagen. Another was Lorentz Pasch the Younger, who trained under Pilo in Copenhagen, although he subsequently worked mainly in Sweden. Other painters of Swedish origin…

Pilobolus, a cosmopolitan genus of at least five species of fungi in the family Pilobolaceae (order Mucorales) that are known for their explosive spore dispersal. Pilobolus species feed saprobically on the feces of grazing animals. These fungi are diminutive, usually less than 10 mm (0.4 inch) in

cholinergic drug: …that is employed therapeutically is pilocarpine, a selective muscarinic-receptor agonist that is used in eyedrops to constrict the pupil and to decrease the intraocular pressure that is raised in the disease glaucoma.

Teide Peak: Teide is the peak atop El Pilón, a 492-foot- (150-metre-) high volcanic cone that rises from a crater on the upper reaches of the mountain El Teide, which is itself a conglomeration of several volcanoes rising within a 10-mile- (16-km-) wide caldera called Las Cañadas. Snow covers the summit only…

Germain Pilon was a French sculptor whose work, principally monumental tombs, is a transitional link between the Gothic tradition and the sculpture of the Baroque period. A sculptor’s son, Pilon was employed at age 20 on the decoration of the tomb of King Francis I at Saint-Denis. His earlier work

pileus: …Greek sailor’s hat called the pilos. In Roman times the head was generally left uncovered, but commoners and freed slaves sometimes wore the felt pileus.

Pylos, any of three sites in Greece. The most important of them is identified with the modern Pylos, the capital of the eparkhía (“eparchy”) of Pylia in the nomós (department) of Messenia (Modern Greek: Messinía), Greece, on the southern headland of the Órmos (bay) Navarínou, a deepwater shipping

Bay of Navarino, small, deep, and almost landlocked bay of the Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Ióvio Pélagos) in the nomós (department) of Messenia (Messinía), in the southwestern Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos), Greece. Known also as Pylos (Pýlos) Bay after Homeric Pylos, which has been identified farther to

xenarthran: Pilosa: Sloths and anteaters are the living members of the order Pilosa, whose name refers to the animals’ hairiness. Three families exist today, encompassing five genera and nine species. Six families, primarily ground sloths, are extinct. The order Pilosa is further subdivided into the suborder…

old man cactus: …or woolly torch (Cephalocereus palmeri); golden old man (Pilosocereus chrysacanthus); old woman (Mammillaria hahniana); Chilean old lady (Eriosyce senilis); and old man of the mountain (Cleistocactus trollii).

stemsucker, (genus Pilostyles), genus of 9–20 species of parasitic plants in the family Apodanthaceae. Stemsuckers primarily parasitize woody shrubs of the pea family (Fabaceae) and are considered endoparasites, meaning they live almost entirely within the stems of their host plants and obtain

traffic control: History: , the pilot), this means short periods of high concentration and stress (takeoffs and landings) with relatively long periods of low activity and arousal. During this long-haul portion of a flight, a pilot is much more concerned with monitoring aircraft status than looking around for nearby planes.…

rat snake: The black rat snake, or pilot black snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta), of the eastern United States usually is about 1.2 m (about 4 feet) long but may exceed 2.5 m (8 feet). It is black, with whitish chin and throat—like the true black snake (see racer)—but…

navigation: Sailing instructions: …to coastal navigation was the pilot book, or periplus, in which the courses to be steered between ports were set forth in terms of wind directions. These books, of which examples survive from the 4th century bc, described routes, headlands, landmarks, anchorages, currents, and port entrances. No doubt the same…

shipping route: History: Maury’s Pilot Charts, containing recommended routes, earned him the title of “Pathfinder of the Seas.” Within a few years, as steam propulsion was introduced and wind ceased to be a navigational consideration, modern shipping routes were gradually adopted. They are based simply on the fact that…

pilot fish, (Naucrates ductor), widely distributed marine fish of the family Carangidae (order Perciformes). Members of the species are found in the open sea throughout warm and tropical waters. The pilot fish is elongated and has a forked tail, a lengthwise keel on each side of the tail base, and

Petrified Forest National Park: Pilot Rock (6,235 feet [1,900 metres]), in the northwestern corner of the northern lobe, is the park’s highest point. Much of the northern lobe is designated as a wilderness area.

pilot whale, (genus Globicephala), either of two species of small, slender toothed whales of the dolphin family Delphinidae. They are characterized by a round bulging forehead, a short beaklike snout, and slender pointed flippers. The short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and the

automatic pilot, device for controlling an aircraft or other vehicle without constant human intervention. The earliest automatic pilots could do no more than maintain an aircraft in straight and level flight by controlling pitch, yaw, and roll movements; and they are still used most often to

The Pilot, novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1823. The work, which was admired by Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad for its authentic portrayal of a seafaring life and takes place during the American Revolution, launched a whole genre of maritime fiction. It features a

The Pilot, novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1823. The work, which was admired by Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad for its authentic portrayal of a seafaring life and takes place during the American Revolution, launched a whole genre of maritime fiction. It features a

pelota, any of a number of glove, racket, or bat court games requiring a rubber-cored ball. These games arose from the old French game known as jeux de paume. Varieties of this game are played in many parts of the world. The variations of pelota can be classified as either jeux directs—games in

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Pilote de guerre (1942; Flight to Arras) is a personal reminiscence of a reconnaissance sortie in May 1940 accomplished in a spirit of sacrifice against desperate odds. While in America he wrote Lettre à un otage (1943; Letter to a Hostage), a call to unity among Frenchmen, and Le…

traffic control: Traffic elements: …must be considered by the pilot in directing the vessel. Wind also can strongly influence ship movement, both for sailing vessels that use wind for power, and for motorized vessels. Limitations in visibility posed by nighttime conditions, fog, rain, or snow also strongly influence ship control and safety; indeed, environment…