The new international encyclopaedia . Vesuvius, whose erup-tions and other phenomena he studied most care-fully. He published a series of annals of thisobservatory (1869-73) and various studies inelectricity, seismology, and volcanology. He wasthe inventor of a seismograph, an electrometerfor the study of atmospheric electricity, andother meteorological instruments. PALMIRA, pal-mera. A town of the Prov-ince of Santa Clara, Cuba, 8 miles north ofCienfuegos, on the Cienfuegos-Santa Clara Rail-way. Palmira lies in the midst of a districtproducing largely sugar, corn, and tobacco. Itspopulation,
The new international encyclopaedia . Vesuvius, whose erup-tions and other phenomena he studied most care-fully. He published a series of annals of thisobservatory (1869-73) and various studies inelectricity, seismology, and volcanology. He wasthe inventor of a seismograph, an electrometerfor the study of atmospheric electricity, andother meteorological instruments. PALMIRA, pal-mera. A town of the Prov-ince of Santa Clara, Cuba, 8 miles north ofCienfuegos, on the Cienfuegos-Santa Clara Rail-way. Palmira lies in the midst of a districtproducing largely sugar, corn, and tobacco. Itspopulation, in 1899, was 4519. PALMIRA, pftl-mera. The capital town ofthe pinvince of the same name, in the Depart-ment of Cauca, Coloml)ia, 160 miles southwest ofBogotfi, and 7 miles from the right bank of theCauca. It is situated on a spacious plain calledLlanos de Malagana, famous as a rich agricul-tural district, and especially for the cultivationof a fine grade of tobacco. Stock-raising is alsoan impcti-tant industry. It is a modern tcnvn,. FALMIBA. 275 PALMYRA. and now ranks as the second in the department,with a popiUation of about See Chibomaxcy. PALMITIC ACID, C,<^320^ One of tlie mostimportant ul the fatty acids. In a pure state,when crystallized from alcohol, it occurs in theform of beautifully wliite acicular crystals ar-ranged in tuft-like groups. These ciystals aredevoid of odor or taste, communicate a fatty feel-ing to the finger, melt at 62^ C, and solidify oncooling in the form of crystalline scales. Theacid is lighter than water, in which it is in-soluble; but it dissolves freely in boiling alcoholand in ether, and the solutions have a distinctlyacid reaction. In small quantities it may bedistilled without decomposing, if the heat becarefully regulated; and it may be distilled inany quantity under reduced pressure. The neu-tral palniitates of the alkalies constitute soaps,and are soluble in warm water; if, however, theirsolutions are largely diluted w
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