Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . plate inconsidered to be vertical, and the trajeit<iry to be ina plane perpenilieular to the plate. Should the shotstrike the pliite oliliijuely, the value of (h) determinedas above, must be niulti|)lied by the sine of theangle; of incidence. Foru given projectile anil a plateof known thickness, the work required to producepenetration win be found from the equation placed under the form, = 2rR kb* ; and the velocity 2kneeded at impact, from the same equation solvedwith reference to (r). PENNATED DAGGER —An Italian main ga

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Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . plate inconsidered to be vertical, and the trajeit<iry to be ina plane perpenilieular to the plate. Should the shotstrike the pliite oliliijuely, the value of (h) determinedas above, must be niulti|)lied by the sine of theangle; of incidence. Foru given projectile anil a plateof known thickness, the work required to producepenetration win be found from the equation placed under the form, = 2rR kb* ; and the velocity 2kneeded at impact, from the same equation solvedwith reference to (r). PENNATED DAGGER —An Italian main ganehewith three blades expanding by means of a springwhen a button was pressed in the handle, and form-ing a guard of great leni;th and breadth, in whichthe adversarys sword might be cauirht and sna|)ped. PENNETIERE.—A pocket or small bug in whichslingers carried stones and leaden balls. Also writ-ten Panrtiere. PENNON.—1. Formerly a copper wing of along, light arrow {Vtrettm) substituted for a feather. 2. Asmall, pointed, or swallow-tailed flag, carried by the. medincval knight on his lance.bearing his personal de-vice or badge, and sometimes richly fringed withgold. The device was so placed as to appear in itsproper position when the weapon was laid for thecharge. Permoncelle is a long streamer-like flag, thediminutive of the pennon. See Flags. PENSIONS.—In the United States pensions aremost generously granted by Act of Congress In themany cases of persons who have seen active service inthe Army or Navy, and who have been honorablydischarged. They are also awarded to widows, orphans, or other persons dependent on those in-stanced above. The existing pension-list of theUnited States Includes those which have been grant-ed for account of services rendered In the A ar of1812 ; the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebel-lion. For the laws governing the distribution ofpensions, and their amounts, etc., see Eetmd Sta-tutes of the United State.i. In England, pensions are awarde