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Petri dish A Petri dish is a shallow glass or plastic cylindrical dish that biologists use to culture cells, which can be bacterial, animal, plant, or fungus. It was named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921) who invented it in 1877 when working as an assistant to Robert Koch.
Petri net A Petri net (also known as a place/transition net or P/T net) is one of several mathematical representations of discrete distributed systems. As a modeling language, it graphically depicts the structure of a distributed system as a directed bipartite graph with annotations.
Petri Pasanen Petri Pasanen (born September 24 1980 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He is a defender who is most comfortable in central defence, but can also play at right back.
Petria Whelan Petria Whelan ( born 1965 ) Irish, artist, designer, animator, cartoonist and humorist. Most well known as an animator of titles sequences, pop promos for BBC, Cartoon Network, Disney, MTV, Channel 4, Virgin Records.
Petrick's method In Boolean algebra, Petrick's method (also known as the branch-and-bound method) is a technique for determining all minimum sum-of-products solutions from a prime implicant chart. Petrick's method is very tedious for large charts, but it is easy to implement on a computer.
Petrified Forest National Park Petrified Forest National Park is located in northeastern Arizona, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo. It features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, mostly of the species Araucarioxylon arizonicum.
Petrified wood Petrified wood is a type of fossil: it consists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the wood. The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment.
Petrich Peak Petrich Peak (Vrah Petrich 'vr&h 'pe-trich) is an ice-covered peak of elevation 760m in central Bowles Ridge, Livingston Island, Antarctica, which is named after the town of Petrich in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Petrichor Petrichor (IPA: pět'ɹǐkəɹ) (from Greek petros, "stone" + ichor) is the scent of rain on dry earth; more specifically, it is the name of the yellow organic oil that yields this scent. The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964 for an article in the journal Nature.
Petrine Baroque Petrine Baroque is a name applied by art historians to a style of baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly-founded Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, under this monarch and his immediate successors.
Petro Georgiou Petro Georgiou (born 30 November 1947), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 1994, representing the Division of Kooyong, Victoria. He was born in Kerkyra, Greece, and was educated at Melbourne University.
Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny Petro (Kononovych) Konashevych-Sahaidachnyi, Kononovych by his father's name (; ; ; 1570 in Kulchyntsi–March 20, 1622 in Kiev), was a Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host from 1614–1622, an organizer of the Ukrainian Cossack armies, and political and civic leader. His troops played a significant role in the battle of Khotyn against the Turks in 1621.
Petro Shelest Petro Shelest (Ukrainian: Петро Шелест) (14 February, 1908 - 22 January, 1996) - First secretary of the Communist party in Ukrainian SSR, member of Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and deputy of the Supreme Soviet.
Petro Vlahos Petro Vlahos is a Hollywood special effects pioneer who developed the color-difference bluescreen process for the Motion Picture Research Council and founded the Ultimatte Corporation in Chatsworth, California, in 1976.
Petro's Chili & Chips Petro's Chili & Chips is a fast-food chain specialising in the Petro, a mixture of corn chips, chili, cheese, green onions, tomatoes, and sour cream. The concept was invented at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee where Petro's is still headquartered.
Petrobras 36 Oil Platform The Petrobras 36 Oil Platform (P36) was the largest floating production platform in the world prior to its sinking in March, 2001. The platform was owned by Petrobras and the sinking is attributed to a complete failure in quality assurance (QA) and is often cited as such.
Petrodollar recycling Petrodollar recycling refers to the phenomenon of major oil-producing states mainly from OPEC earning more money from the export of oil than they could usefully invest in their own economies. It was a phenomenon of the late 1970s and early 1980s with the peak years for petrodollar surpluses.
Petroeuro A petroeuro is a petroleum trade valued in the euro as opposed to the US dollar (a petrodollar). Trading of any natural resource, including petroleum, is controlled through trading partnerships involving both exporters and importers of the resource, in a defined marketplace, and through a trade agreement.
Petroform Petroforms, or also known as boulder outlines, are the large outline of shapes that were made by arranging many rocks on the open ground into various shapes and patterns. Aboriginal groups made shapes of humans, snakes, turtles, birds, medicine wheels, and geometric shapes in prehistoric times that are still intact today.
Petrogenesis Petrogenesis, also known as petrogeny, is a branch of petrology dealing with the origin of igneous rocks. Petrology is the branch of geology dealing with the origin, occurrence, structure and history of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Petroglyph Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of technique to refer to such images.
Petroglyph (game studio) Petroglyph is a game studio based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was formed by a group of former Westwood Studios employees who had resigned when Electronic Arts merged Westwood Studios into the EA Pacific studios in Los Angeles.
Petroglyph National Monument Petroglyph National Monument stretches 17 miles (27 km) along Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city’s western horizon. Authorized June 27, 1990, the 7,236 acre (29.
Petrogradsky District, Saint Petersburg Petrogradsky District () is a district of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east, the Neva in the south, and areas around the Malaya Neva River in the west.
Petrochemical Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of petroleum (hydrocarbon) origin. Although some of the chemical compounds which originate from petroleum may also be derived from other sources such as coal or natural gas, petroleum is a major source of many.
PetroKazakhstan PetroKazakhstan was a Canadian oil company, based in Calgary, that had much of its business focused on Kazakhstan where it had some 550 million barrels of oil and 25 billion cubic feet of natural gas reserves (January 2005 estimate) in the Turgai basin region. These are the second largest Kazakhstani proven reserves after ChevronTexaco's TengizChevroil.
Petrol (song) "Petrol" was the second single released from the 1994 album, "Trailer", by the Brit pop band Ash, and their first single on Infectious. It was released on August 15 1994 on CD and a limited 7" format.
Petroleum Petroleum (from Latin petra – rock and Greek oleum – oil) or crude oil (sometimes colloquially known as black gold or Texas tea) is a naturally occurring liquid found in formations in the earth. It consists of hydrocarbons of various lengths.
Petroleum Argus Argus Media Ltd (formerly known as Petroleum Argus Ltd) is a leading independent provider of price information, market data and business intelligence for the global petroleum, natural gas, electricity and coal industries.
Petroleum club The first ‘petroleum club’ started in the early 20th century in the oilfields of east Texas; the purpose of the club was to bring together colleagues and competitors on neutral ground. Over the past 100 years, the original idea for a social forum has grown into an informal network of clubs around the world.
Petroleum Development Oman Petroleum Development Oman (also PDO) is the national oil exploration and production company of Oman. It accounts for more than 90% of the country's crude-oil production and nearly all of its natural-gas supply.
Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle A Petroleum Electric Hybrid Vehicle (PEHV) is a vehicle using an on-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled power source for vehicle propulsion. The different propulsion power systems may have common subsystems or components.
Petroleum engineering Petroleum Engineering is involved in the exploration and production activities of petroleum as an upstream end of the energy sector. Upstream, refers to the source of the petroleum, the petroleum deposit, usually buried deep beneath the earth's surface supplying flow to consumers as a river supplies the ocean.
Petroleum exploration in the Arctic The Arctic is considered to be one of the most technically and physically challenging environments in which to search and extract petroleum. With increases in technology and continuing high oil prices the region is now receiving the interest of the petroleum industry.
Petroleum geochemistry Petroleum Geochemistry is generally the study of naturally occurring hydrocarbons (liquid and vapour petroleum) as well as the source rocks from which they are generated. Source rock studies generally determine the amount of oil or gas a rock can potentially generate as well as assessing the maturity of a particular sample.
Petroleum geologist A petroleum geologist is an occupation that involves all aspects of oil discovery and production. Petroleum geologists are usually linked to the actual discovery of oil and the identification of possible oil deposits or leads.
Petroleum hydroxide Petroleum hydroxide was a chemical used by the New York City Transit Authority to remove graffiti from subway trains. Nicknamed "Orange Crush" by graffiti artists, after the soft drink and as a reference to the defoliant Agent Orange, the substance was soon discovered to be highly toxic.
Petroleum in Nigeria The extraction and drilling of petroleum in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in the West African nation which is also the continent's most populous. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s, the oil industry has been marred by political and economic strife largely due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and complicity of multinational corporations, notably Royal Dutch Shell.
Petroleum politics Petroleum politics have been an increasingly important aspect of international diplomacy since the discovery of oil in the Middle East in the early 1900s. As competition grows for an increasingly scarce but vital resource, the strategic calculations of major and minor countries alike place more prominent emphasis on the pumping, refining, transport and use of petroleum products.
Petroleum revenue tax Petroleum revenue tax (PRT) is a direct tax collected in the United Kingdom. It was introduced under the Oil Taxation Act 1975, soon after Harold Wilson's Labour government returned to power and in the immediate aftermath of the 1973 energy crisis, and was intended to ensure "fairer share of profits for the nation" from the exploitation of the UK's continental shelf, while ensuring a "suitable return" on the capital investment by oil companies.
Petroleum Revenue Oversight and Control Committee The Petroleum Revenue Oversight and Control Committee or Collège de Contrôle et de Surveillance des Ressources Pétrolières is a Chadian government watchdog committee in charge of overseeing the government's use of petrol reserves and revenues.
Petrolia, California Petrolia is a small town located in Humboldt County, California with an estimated population of 300-500 people. It is located in the Mattole Valley, also known as the Lost Coast region for its proximity to the Lost Coast Wilderness area, one of the largest wilderness areas and the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the continental United States, comprising more than 67,500 acres of untouched wilderness.
Petrolifera Petroleum Petrolifera Petroleum Limited (), headquartered in Calgary, Alberta is a Canadian oil and gas company engaged in exploration and production activity in South America. Petrolifera’s production base stems from its 100 percent-owned Puesto Morales/Rinconada Concession in the Neuquen Basin, Argentina.
Petrology Petrology is a field of geology which focuses on the study of rocks and the conditions by which they form. There are three branches of petrology, corresponding to the three types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
Petromyscinae The subfamily Petromyscinae of the family Nesomyidae contains the rock mice and Delany's swamp mouse. These two genera of mice are distinctive enough from one another that they are sometimes each placed in separate subfamilies.
Petronas Twin Towers The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were once the world's tallest buildings when measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural or architectural top.
Petronel A Petronel is a 16th or 17th century firearm, defined by Robert Barret (Theorike and Practike of Modern Warres, 1598) as a horsemans peece. It was the fire-arm which developed on the one hand into the pistol and on the other into the carbine.
Petronet LNG Limited Petronet LNG Limited is a company formed by the government of India to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) and set up LNG Terminals in the country. It is a joint venture company promoted by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) with an authorized capital of Rs.
Petronila of Aragon Petronila of Aragon (Spanish: Patronilla Ramírez; French: Pétronille; also sometimes Petronella) (1135 – October 17 1174, Barcelona) was Queen of Aragon from 1137 until 1162. She was the daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragon, and Agnes of Aquitaine.
Petronilla de Meath Petronilla de Meath was the maidservant of Dame Alice Kyteler, a fourteenth century Irish noblewoman. She was accused of being an accomplice to witchcraft with her mistress and was flogged and eventually burned at the stake on 3rd November 1324, in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Petronio Álvarez Quintero Petronio Álvarez Quintero (1920-1966) is the autor of a currulao known as "Mi Buenaventura"; later of the first recording with Tito Cortés and the Trovadores de Barú it get a lot of popularity in many other voices and started to be known as the Himn of Buenaventura.
Petropavl Petropavl (), also known as Petropavlovsk (from , not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a city by Ishim River in Northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 350km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is capital of the Northern Kazakhstan Oblast (Soltustik Qazaqstan oblysy).
Petrophysics Petrophysics (petro is Latin for "rock" and physics is the study of nature) is the study of the physical and chemical properties that describe the occurrence and behavior of rocks, soils and fluids Petrophysics mainly studies reservoirs of resources, including ore] deposits and [[oil or natural gas reservoirs.
Petroruble A petroruble is a petroleum trade valued in the Russian ruble as opposed to the US dollar (a petrodollar), or euro (petroeuro). On May 10, 2006 Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the project for the creation of an Oil Exchange denominated in rubles to trade oil and gas.
Petros Papadakis Petros Papadakis (born June 16, 1977) is a radio host on KLAC-AM, ("AM 570") in Los Angeles. Known for his brash and sometimes obnoxious behavior, Papadakis has developed a successful sports media figure in Southern California.
Petros Solomon Petros Solomon was a member of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), and a close colleague of Isaias Afewerki. From 1977 until the end of the Eritrean War of Independence in 1991, he served as the head of military intelligence for the EPLF.
Petros Xanatos Petros Xanatos is a fictional character from the Disney animated television series Gargoyles, voiced by Morgan Sheppard (who also voiced the character of Odin on the show, as well as King Kenneth from the episode Avalon). He is the father of David Xanatos, a wealthy industrialist and an important character and antagonist in the series.
Petrosal process On either side of the dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone is a notch for the passage of the abducent nerve, and below the notch a sharp process, the petrosal process, which articulates with the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone, and forms the medial boundary of the foramen lacerum.
Petrosinella Petrosinella or Parsley is an Italian literary fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Story of Stories), or Pentamerone.Giambattista Basile, Pentamerone, "Parsley"
Petrotrin Petrotrin, the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago is the major State-owned oil company in Trinidad and Tobago. The company was established in 1993 by the merger of Trintopec and Trintoc, two state-owned oil companies.
Petrotympanic fissure The mandibular fossa is bounded, in front, by the articular tubercle; behind, by the tympanic part of the bone, which separates it from the external acoustic meatus; it is divided into two parts by a narrow slit, the petrotympanic fissure (Glaserian fissure).
Petroupoli Petroupoli (older form: Petroupolis) (Greek, modern: Πετρούπολη, Katharevousa: Πετρούπολις) is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens Metropolitan Area, in Greece. The two mountain picks of Mount Aigaleo lie to the north and west of the suburb.
Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery (or petrous segment).—When the internal carotid artery enters the canal in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, it first ascends a short distance, then curves forward and medialward, and again ascends as it leaves the canal to enter the cavity of the skull between the lingula and petrosal process of the sphenoid.
Petrous portion of the temporal bone The petrous portion of the temporal bone or pyramid is pyramidal and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital. Directed medialward, forward, and a little upward, it presents for examination a base, an apex, three surfaces, and three angles, and contains, in its interior, the essential parts of the organ of hearing.
Petrov Petrov or Petroff (masculine) or Petrova (feminine) is one of the most popular last names in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (both equivalent to English Peter).
Petrovac na moru Petrovac na moru (Cyrillic: Петровац на мору) is a small town with a permanent population of 2000-3000. Is is located on the Adriatic Sea coast in Montenegro, formerly Serbia & Montenegro, formerly Yugoslavia.
Petrovac na Mlavi Petrovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровац) or Petrovac na Mlavi (Serbian Cyrillic: Петровац на Млави) is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the town was 7,851, while population of the municipality was 34,511.
Petrovac, Republika Srpska Bosanski Petrovac/Petrovac (Cyrillic]: Петровац) is a municipality in [[Republika Srpska], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac (the other part of the pre-war municipality is now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Petrovaradin Petrovaradin (Петроварадин), formerly a fortified town, is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia (population 13,917 in 2002). Lying across the river Danube from the main part of Novi Sad, it features a majestic fortress known as the "Gibraltar of the Danube" (See: Petrovaradin fortress).
Petrovaradin fortress Petrovaradin fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава or Petrovaradinska tvrđava) is a fortress on the Danube river, near Novi Sad in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fortress was laid on October 18, 1692, by Prince Croy.
Petrovietnam Petrovietnam is officially known as Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (in Vietnamese: Tổng công ty Dầu khí Việt Nam). Petrovietnam has developed rapidly since it was established in 1975, and its activities, through its various companies and wholly owned subsidiaries, now cover all the operations from oil and gas exploration and production to storage, processing, transportation, distribution and services.
Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Petrovo (Cyrillic]: Петрово) is a village and relatively young municipality located in northern [[Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality was formed from parts of the pre-war municipalities of Gračanica and Lukavac (the other parts of the pre-war municipalities are now in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Petrovskoye (urban-type settlement) Petrovskoye () is an urban-type settlement in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, situated on a major highway leading from Moscow to the Russian North, about halfway between the towns of Rostov and Pereslavl-Zalessky. Population: 5,438 (2002 Census).
Petrovsky Passage The Petrovsky Passage is an elite department store opened on Petrovka Street in downtown Moscow in 1906. The engineer Vladimir Shukhov, also responsible for the GUM and the Shabolovka tower, designed a covered arcade with two wide three-storey galleries covered with high-pitched semi-cylindrical glass vaulting.
Petrovy kameny Petrovy kameny (Peter’s stones) is gneiss stone formation in the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range of the Czech Republic, near the Praděd peak. In the Middle Ages, people feared the place, believing witches lived there.
Petrox Petrox was a detergent additive used from 1954 - 1989 by the Texas Oil Company (as of 1959 "Texaco"), in their "Sky Chief" brand gasoline. A new plant in Port Arthur, Texas was built to manufacture petrox.
Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (; Karelian/Finnish: Petroskoi or Äänislinna) is the capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 (2002 Census). It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers.
Petru Aron Petru III Aron (d. 1467), bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia on three separate occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457.
Petru Bălan Petru Vladimir Bălan (born 12 July, 1976 in Suceava) is a Romanian rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He is also a Romanian international, and has played for his national team.
Petru Groza Petru Groza (December 7, 1884 - January 7, 1958), nicknamed The Red Bourgeois by his political adversaries, was a leading political figure in interwar Romania who eventually became Premier of the state's coalition government from 1945 to 1952. Groza, who founded a left-wing Agrarian organization known as the Ploughmen's Front (Frontul Plugarilor) during the Great Depression, became the premier in 1945 when Nicolae Rădescu, a leading Romanian Army general who assumed power briefly following the conclusion of World War II, was forced to resign by the Soviet Union's deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Andrei Y.
Petru I of Moldavia Petru I MuĹźat was Voivode of Moldavia from 1375 to 1391, the son of Costea MuĹźat, the first ruler from the MuĹźatin family. During his reign he maintained good relationships with his neighbours, especially Poland.
Petru Lucinschi Petru Chiril Lucinschi (Russian: Пётр Кириллович Лучинский, Pyotr Kirillovich Luchinsky; Ukrainian: Петро Кирилович Лучинський, Petro Kyrylovych Luchynsky) (born 27 January 1940) was elected Moldova's second president in 1996. He served until 2001 when he called an early election, and the parliament voted in favour of Vladimir Voronin.
Petru Maior Petru Maior (circa 1756 in Târgu Mureş — February 14, 1821 in Budapest) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the Transylvanian School). Maior was a member of the clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist.
Petrus Alphonsi Petrus Alphonsi (born Moses Sepharadi) was a controversial Jewish polemicist and physician in ordinary to King Alfonso VI of Castile who converted to Christianity. He was born at Huesca, Aragon, in 1062, and died in 1110 at the age of forty-eight.
Petrus Astronomus Petrus Astronomus was a monk in Vadstena monastery, Vadstena, Sweden who in 1506 created an astronomical clock for the Uppsala Cathedral, which in addition to the hours and minutes of the day also illustrated the moon phase and the movements of the planets. The clock was repaired by Christopher Polhem in the 1600s but destroyed in a fire in 1702.
Petrus Aureolus Petrus Aureolus [Oriol] (? - 1321), scholastic philosopher and monk of the Franciscan order, lived in the latter half of the 13th century, and died in Paris in 1321 just after his appointment as archbishop of Aix.
Petrus Bonus Petrus Bonus Lombardus was a supposed The historical place of the writer of the Margarita preciosa novella has been disputed, under this name or Pietro Antonio Boni, perhaps at the end of the fifteenth century; see fourteenth century physician at Ferrara], and writer on [[alchemy. He is best known for the attribution to him of Margarita preciosa novellaThe Precious New Pearl, often The New Pearl of Great Price.
Petrus Canisius Saint Petrus Canisius (May 8, 1521 – December 21, 1597) was an important Jesuit who fought against the spread of Protestantism in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and Switzerland. The restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is attributed to his work.
Petrus Compton Petrus Compton also known by his nickname, "Papo", is a Saint Lucian politician and senator. He was the Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia from October 26 2004, when he was appointed to succeed Julian Hunte, until December 2006, when a new government took office.
Petrus Gillius Petrus Gillius (1490-1555) was a natural scientist and translator. He travelled and studied the Mediterranean and Orient, producing such works as "De Topographia Constantinopoleos et de illius antiquitatibus libri IV," "Cosmæ Indopleutes" and "De Bosphoro Thracio libri III.
Petrus Houttuyn Petrus Houttuyn (1648–1709), often cited as 'Hotton', Dutch botanist and medic, professor of medicine and botany at Leiden (The Netherlands). As professor of botany, he was ex officio supervisor of the university’s botanic garden and was given an official residence and an allowance for foreign correspondence and the exchange of seeds and plants.
Petrus Jacobs Major-General Petrus Jacobs SSA SM (1910-1967) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army as a part-time Citizen Force soldier in 1931 and later became a full-time Permanent Force member.
Petrus van der Aa Petrus van der Aa, (born 1530 in Leuven, died 1594) also called Vanderanus was a Flemish jurist. His father, Johann van der Aa, originated from a well-known Flemish family of patricians, which had settled in Leuven, Mechelen and Antwerpen.
Petrushka (ballet) Petrushka (French: Pétrouchka; Russian: Петрушка) is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It is a story of a Russian traditional puppet, Petrushka, who is made of straw and with a bag of sawdust as his body, but who comes to life and has the capacity to love, a story superficially resembling that of Pinocchio.
Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation The Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation was an operation conducted by the Red Army against the Wehrmacht in 1944 in northern Finland and Norway. The operation defeated the Wehrmacht's forces in the Arctic, driving them back into Norway.
Petsburgh USA Petsburgh USA was an American television program about pets, pets and more pets that premiered in 1998. It was hosted by Brianne Leary and was filmed at a soundstage in the Disney-MGM Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Petsuchos Petsuchos was the name given by the Greeks to the live crocodile at Crocodilopolis in Ancient Egypt, which was worshipped as a manifestation of the Egyptian god Sobek. The name Petsuchos means "son of Suchos" because "Pet" refers to son or offspring.
Pett dynasty The so-called Pett Dynasty was a family of shipwrights who prospered in England between the 15th and 17th centuries. It was once said of the family that they were "so knit together that the Devil himself could not discover them".
Petter Askergren Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who just uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Petter Karlsson Petter Karlsson, also known as Petter Khraft, is a drummer, member of Swedish heavy metal band Therion (since 2004), lead vocalist and guitarist of Argento, member of other several bands: Master Massive, Kajarr, Conspiracy.

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