Britannica Student Encyclopedia - 2010

Deere volume 4 page 27

steel plow picture, volume 4

page 27

plum (tree and fruit)

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 100, picture,

volume 10 page 100

Pluto (Greek and Roman mythology): see

in index Hades

Pluto (dwarf planet)

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volume 10 page 101

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planets volume 10 page 92, picture, volume

10 page 93

solar system volume 12 page 128, picture,

volume 12 page 127

Pluton (Greek god): see in index Hades

pluton (astronomy): see in index dwarf

planet

Plymouth (city in Massachusetts, U.S.)

Massasoit volume 8 page 75

Plymouth Colony volume 10 page 102

Plymouth Colony (English settlement in

New England)

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Massachusetts volume 8 page 72

“Mayflower” volume 8 page 83

Squanto volume 12 page 170

Thanksgiving volume 13 page 56

Plymouth Rock (U.S. history)

landing of the Pilgrims picture, volume

10 page 102

PM (time): see in index post meridiem

pneumonia (disease)

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cough volume 3 page 207

lung volume 7 page 184

pneumonic plague (disease)

plague volume 10 page 92

poaching (illegal hunting)

pet volume 10 page 66

Pocahontas (Powhatan princess)

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Jamestown volume 7 page 11

pod (plant reproductive body)

bean volume 2 page 41

pea picture, volume 7 page 125, picture,

volume 10 page 42

Podgorica (capital city of Montenegro)

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Montenegro volume 8 page 175

podium (zoology): see in index tube foot

“Poems on Various Subjects, Religious

and Moral” (book by Wheatley)

Wheatley volume 15 page 40

poet: see in index poetry

poetry (literature)

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literature volume 7 page 160

point (mathematics)

geometry volume 5 page 98

pointillism (art)

painting volume 10 page 10

poison (physiology)

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scorpion volume 12 page 51

poison hemlock (plant)

hemlock volume 6 page 38

poison ivy (plant)

poison volume 10 page 106

poison spur (platypus anatomy)

platypus volume 10 page 99

Pokanoket (Native American people): see

in indexWampanoag

Poland (country in Europe)

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coal industry picture, volume 3 page 144

history

Lithuania volume 7 page 165

Prussia volume 10 page 161

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Soviet Union volume 14 page 13

timeline volume 10 page 107

Ukraine volume 14 page 7

WorldWar II volume 15 page 66

people and culture

children in traditional clothing picture,

volume 10 page 108

Roman Catholic monastery picture,

volume 10 page 108

Solidarity demonstration picture, volume

7 page 98

Warsaw picture, volume 15 page 14

polar bear (mammal) picture, volume 2

page 42

bear volume 2 page 41

polar bear mother with cubs picture,

volume 8 page 35

polar bear on Hudson Bay ice picture,

volume 8 page 45

polar climate

climate volume 3 page 138

polar exploration

MAIN ARTICLE volume 10 page 110

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Henson and Peary at the North Pole

picture, volume 10 page 110

use of sleds for supplies picture, volume

10 page 111

Polaroid Land camera

photography volume 10 page 77

polder (reclaimed land)

Netherlands volume 9 page 38

pole, magnetic (physics): see in index

magnetic pole

polecat (mammal): see in index skunk

pole vault (athletics) picture, volume 13

page 86

track and field volume 13 page 86, picture,

volume 13 page 85

police

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volume 10 page 112, picture, volume

10 page 112

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Coolidge volume 3 page 195

policy (government)

United States government volume 14

page 34

polio (disease)

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child wearing a leg brace picture, volume

10 page 113

nervous system volume 9 page 36

Roosevelt volume 11 page 92

Rudolph volume 11 page 100

Salk volume 12 page 21, picture, volume

12 page 21

political asylum (law): see in index asylum

political campaign (politics): see in index

campaign

political cartoon

cartoon volume 3 page 50

political map (cartography)

geography volume 5 page 97

map and globe volume 8 page 49

political party

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government volume 5 page 131

United States electoral college volume 4

page 119

political system: see in index communism;

fascism; government; socialism

politics: see in index political system

Polk, James K. (president of the U.S.)

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timeline volume 10 page 114

pollen (botany)

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bee volume 2 page 46

butterfly and moth volume 2 page 158

flower volume 5 page 38

images

cross-pollination picture, volume 10

page 117

self-pollination picture, volume 10

page 116

insects volume 6 page 140

pollex (anatomy): see in index thumb

pollination

bee volume 2 page 46

flower volume 5 page 38

pollen volume 10 page 116

polling place (election)

voting volume 14 page 105

Pollock, Jackson (U.S. artist)

painting volume 10 page 11

pollution (environment)

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