Hybacotherejm
Hybacothe'rejm, A Genus Of Fossil Paehydermata, Belonging To The Division Perry Sodactyla, The Animals Of Width Are Characterized By Lowing En Odd Number Of Toes. The Genus Was Founded By Owen On The Fragmentary Remains Of Species Found In Lower Eocene Strata; A Third Species From The Same Beds Has ...
Hybrid
Hybrid (gr. Hybrid, From Hybris, Extravagance, Licentiousness) Is The Term Applied By Naturalists To The Offspring Of Different But Generally Nearly Allied Species Of Animals And Plants, And Must Be Distinguished From The Word Mongrel, Which Is Applied To The Offspring Of Different Varieties Of The Same Species. M. Broca, ...
Hydatid
Hy'datid (from The Greek Hydatis, A Watery Vesicle), A Tern Indefinitely Applied To Several Distinct Objects Of A Vesicular Or Cyst-like Character, Which. Arc Found In The Bodies Of Men And Certain Mammals. True Hydatids Were Formerly Regarded As Cystic Entozoa (q.v.), Such As Cystieercus, Ccenurus, And Echinococcus, But Ail_ ...
Hydra
Hydra, An Island Of Greece, Is Situated Off The Eastern Shore Of The Peloponnesus (now The Morea), About 5 In. Distant From The Coast Of The Department Of Argolis And Corinth. It Is About 13 M. Long And 3 M. Broad, And Has An Area Of 38 Sq. Miles. The ...
Hydrangea
Hydrangea, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Hydrangeacece, Which Many Botanists Make A Suborder Of Distinguished By Having 4to 6 Petals, 8 To 12 Or Many Stamens, A More Or Less Inferior Ovary, And 2 To 5 Styles. Ilydrangeacece Are Shrubs With Opposite, Or Sometimes Whorled Leaves, Destitute ...
Hydrates
Hydrates Are Substances In Which A Definite Quantity Of Water Is Chemically Com Bined With A Definite Quantity Of Some Other Constituent. Although Water Is A Per Fectly Indifferent Substance, Possessing Neither Acid Nor Basic Properties, Yet It Enters Into Combination Both With Acids And With Bases, And Thus Forms ...
Hydraulic Rah
Hydraulic Rah, A Simple And Conveniently Applied Mechanism, By Which The Momentum Or Weight Of Falling Water Can Be Made Available For Raising A Portion Of Itself To A Considerable Height. In The Annexed Figure, Which Represents, A Section Of Montgolfier's Hydraulic Rain, R Is The Reservoir From Which The ...
Hydrocele
Hy'drocele (gr. Hydor, Water, And We, A Swelling)is The Medical Term For A Dropsy Of The Tunicavaginalis, A Serous Membrane Or Sac Investing The Testis. Hydrocele Occurs As A Smooth, Pear-shaped Swelling, Fluctuating When Pressed, Devoid Of Pain Or Tender Ness, But Sometimes Causing A Slight Uneasiness From Its Weight. ...
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus. Under This Term, Which Literally Means Water In The Head, Are Included Three Distinct Diseases—viz., Acute Hydrocephalus, Chronic Hydrocephalus, And Spurious Hydrocephalus, Or, As Dr. Marshall Hall Termed It, Hydroeephaloid Disease. By Acute Hydrocephalus Is Signified Inflammation Of The Brain As It Usually Occurs In Scrofulous Children. The Name ...
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid (symbol, Ii01; Equivalent, 36.5) Is One Of The Most Important Compounds In Inorganic Chemistry. If The Two Gases Which Enter Into Its Composition (hydrogen And Chlorine) Be Mixed In Equal Volumes, They Will Remain Without Action Upon Each Other, If Kept In The Dark; But As Soon As ...
Hydrocyanic Acid Or
Hydrocyanic Acid Or Cy,h), Known Also As Prussic Acid, From Its Having Been First Obtained By Scheele, In 1782, From The Substance Known As Prussian Or Berlin Blue, Is Of Almost Equal Interest To The Chemist, The Physician, And The Toxicologist. We Shall Notice (1) Its Chemistry, (2) Its Medicinal ...
Hydrodynamics
Hydrodynamics Treats Of The Laws Of The Motion Of Liquids; The Flow Of Water From Orifices And In Pipes, Canals, And Rivers; Its Oscillations Or Waves; And Its Resist Ance To Bodies Moving Through It. The Term Hydraulics Is Sometimes Applied To The Same Subjects, From The Greek Word Autos, ...
Hydrogen
Hydrogen (symbol H, Equiv. 1), So Called From The Greek Words Hydtir, Water, And Genndo, To Generate, Is An Elementary Substance, Which Exists As A Colorless And Inodorous Gas (regarded As Permanent Till 1878). One Of Its Most Striking Peculiarities Is Its Specific Gravity, It Being The Lightest Of All ...
Hydrography
Hydrog'raphy (ante). The Science Of Hydrography Received A New Impulse From The Celebrated Rapt. James Cook, Of The English Navy, Who Introduced What Is Known As Running Surveying, But His System Has Been Greatly Improved. The Com Mencement Of Cook's Hydrographic Surveys Was In 1759, When He Was Master Of ...
Hydrophobia
Hydrophobia (derived From Hydor, Water, And Pfu;bos, Fear) Is One Of The Diseases .hat Are Produced By Animal Poisons. A Person Is Bitten By A Mad Dog Or Other Animal. The Wound Gradually Heals In The Ordinary. Manner. After An Uncertain Interval, Usually Ranging From Six Weeks To Eighteen Months, ...
Hydrostatics
Hydrostatics Treats Of The Equilibrium Of Liquids, And Of Their Pressures On The Walls Of Vessels Containing Them; The Science Depends On The Way In Which The Molecules Of A Liquid Form A Mass Under The Action Of Gravity And Molecular Attraction. The Latter Of Which Is So Modified In ...
Hydrosulphwric Acid Hs
Hydrosulphwric Acid (hs), Known Also As Sulphurefed Hydrogen, Sulphydric Acid, And Hydrothionic Acid, Is A Natural Gaseous Constituent Of Many Mineral Waters, As, For Example, Those Of Aix-la-chapelle In Germany, Bareges In France, Abano In Judy, And Harrogate In England, And Is Evolved Front Fumaroles And Volcanoes. It Is Formed ...
Hygiene
Hygiene (he:aunt, Ante), Tire Science Of Health, Also Called Sanitary Science. The Word Is Originally Derived From Hygeia, The Goddess Of Health, A Daughter. Of .iesculapiii.. I Lygiene Attention To Diet, To Exercise, To Mental And Physical Habits, As Well As To Clothing, Climate, State Of The Weather, Condition Of ...
Hygrometer
Hygrometer (gr. Hygros, Moist, Inefron, Measure), An Instrument For Measuring The Quantity Of Moisture In The Atmovbfre., The Earlier Forms Of, Hygrometer Depended Upon The Property 'possessed' By Of •readily -absorbing Moisture From The Air, And Being Thereby Changed In Dimensions Or In Weight. Of This Kind Was The Hair ...
Hykshos
Hykshos, The Name Of An Egyptian Dynasty, Generally Known As The Shepherd Kings. Derived From Hyk, A Ruler, And *hos, A Shepherd; Or, According To Another Version, From Hyk„ A Captive, And Dos, A Shepherd. According To Josephus And Africanus. They Consisted Of Six Or Eight Kings, Named (1), Salatis, ...
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera (gr. Membrane-winged), An Order Of Insects, Containing A Very Great Number Of Species, Estimated At About One-fourth Of The Whole Class, And Of Which Some, As Ants And Bees, Are Singularly Interesting And Important. They Have The Mouth Furnished With Mandibles For Cutting And Tearing, But The Other Parts ...
Hymnology Hymn
Hymnology (hymn, Ante). I. Scripture Psalms And Hymn.e. The Sacred Writings Record Strains Of Poetry, Music, And Song Which Furnish A Model For The Praises Of The Church Through The Ages. The Book Of Job, Generally Regarded As The Oldest, Declares That, At The Creation, " The Morning Stars Sang ...
Hyper110la
Hyper'110la. If Two Similar Cones Be Placed Apex To Apex, And With The Lines Joining The Apex And Center Of Base In Each, In A Straight Line; Then If A Plane Which Does Not Pass Through The Apex Be Made To Cut Both Cones, Each Of The Two Sections Will ...
Hyperides
Hyperi'des, An Athenian Orator, One Of The Ten Comprised In The Alexandrian Canon; The Contemporary Of Demosthenes. After Studying Philosophy Under Plato. And Oratory Under Isoerates, He Began His Public Career As An Advocate In The Athenian Courts Of Justice, And Joined The Patriotic Party, At That Time Led By ...
Hypnotism
Hypnotism (from The Greek Word Hypnns, Sleep) Is A Term Invented By The Late Mr. Braid, Of Manchester, To Designate Certain Phenomena Of The Nervous System Which In Many Respects Resemble Those Which Are Induced By Animal Magnetism, But Which Clearly Arise From The Physical And Psychical Condition Of The ...
Hypochondriasis
Hypochondri'asis (so Called From Its Supposed Connecti?in With The Hypochondriac Regions Of The Abdomen), A Disease Characterized By Extreme Increase Of Sensibility, Pal Pitations, Morbid Feelings That Simulate The Greater Part Of Diseases, Exaggerated Uneasi Ness And Anxiety, Chiefly In What Concerns The Health, Etc. In Extreme Cases It Becomes ...
Hypodermic Injections
Hypodermic Injections. Medicines Introduced With A Syringe Beneath The .skin. This Method Is Often Preferable To That Of Giving Them Mouth. The Stomach Is Sometimes In A Condition Which Will Not Hear The Presence Of Drugs, Par Ticularly Narcotics, And These Are The Agents Which Are Most Frequently Administered Hypodermically. ...
Hyposulthites
Hyposulthites, Salts Of Hyposulphurous Acid With Bases. The Most Impor Tant Are The Hyposulphites Of Sodium, Calcium, And Sodium And Silver. The Last Named Double Salt Has Recently Beenused As A Topical Application In Place Of Nitrate Of Silver, Than Which It Is More Mild In Its Action. The Hyposulphite ...
Hypothesis
Hypothesis. In Endeavoring To Explain Natural Phenomena, We Have Often To Assume Or Imagine A Cause, Which, In The First Instance, We Do Not Know To Be The Real Cause, But Which May Be Established As Such When We Find That Its Consequences Agree With The Phenomenon To He Explained. ...
Hyrcanus
Hyrca'nus, The Name Of Two Jewish High-priests And Princes Of The Asmonean Joannes Iiiircanus, Sou Of Simon Maecabeus, Who Ruled 106 To 10(1 Am, Was At First Tributary To The Syrians; But Ou The Death Of Antiochus, Made Himself Inde Pendent, Subdued The Samaritans On The N., And Forced The ...
Hysteria
Hysteria (so Called From The Greek Word Hrtera, The Womb) Is A Disease Which Simulates So Many Other Diseases, That It Is Not Easy To Describe It With The Brevity Which The Limits Of This Work Necessitate. The Hysterical Fit Or Paroxysm—the Most Marked Form Or Manifestation Of The Dis ...
Iamtlichus
Iamtlichus, The Proper Name Of Several Persons In Classical Antiquity, As-1. A King Of Emesa, Who, In The Civil War, Took The Part Of Antony.-2. A Syrian Freedman, Who Flourished At The End Of The Reign Of Trajan And Beginning Of That Of M. Aurelius (11749 A.d.), He Was Instructed ...
Icarus
Icarus. See Diedalls, Ante. Ice Is Water In The Solid Form. It Is Specifically Lighter Than Water Which Is Just About To Freeze, And Therefore Swims In It. Water, In Becoming Solid, Expands About One Ninth Of Its Volume Or Bulk. The Formation Of Ice Takes Place Generally At The ...
Iceland
Iceland, An Island In The Northernmost Part Of The Atlantic, On The Confines Of The Arctic Ocean; In N. Lat. 63' 23' To 66° 33', And W. Long. 13° 22' To 24° 85, Distant About 600 M. From Norway, And 250 From Greenland. 250 From The Faroe Isles, And About ...
Iceland Moss
Iceland Moss, Cetra•ia Islandica, A Lichen Found In All The Northern Parts Of The World, And Valuable On Account Of Its Nutritious And Medicinal Properties. It Is Col Lected As An Article Of Commerce In Norway And Iceland. -in Very Northern Regions It Grows Even Near The Level Of The ...
Ichneumon
Ichneumon, Herpestes, A Genus Of Digitigrade Carnivorous Quadrupeds Of The Family Viverridce (q.v.), Having A Much Elongated Body, Small Head, Sharp Muzzle, Rounded Ears, And Short Legs. The Species, Which Are Pretty Numerous, Are Natives Of Africa And The Warmer Parts Of Asia. One, The Andalusian Ichneumon (ii. Wid Dringtonii), ...
Ichneumon_2
Ichneumon, A Linnxan Genus Of Insects, Now A Family Or Tribe, Ichneamonida, Of The Order Hymenoptera, Section Terebrantia. 'the Ichneumonidce Are Extremely Numerous. Gravenhorst's Ichneumonologia Europea Describes Nearly 1650 European. Species, And They Are Equally Abundant In Other Parts Of The World. Many Of Them Are Minute, Others Are Large ...
Ichnology
Ichnology (gr. Science Of Footprints) Is The Name Given To That Section Of Paleontol Ogy Which Treats Of The Impressions Made On Mud Or Sand, Now Indurated Into Rock, By The Animals Of The Period To Which The Rocks Belong, Or By Meteoric Or Other Transitory Physical Forces. The Actual ...
Ichthyology
Ichthyology (gr. Ichthys, A Fish; Logos, A Discourse), That Branch Of Natural History Which Treats Of Fishes. Aristotle Is The Most Ancient Author Having Any Claim To He Noticed In A History Of Ichthyology, Nor Was This Science Much Indebted To Any Other Of The Ancients. In Modern Times, It ...
Ichthyosaitrus
Ichthyosaitrus (gr. Fish-reptile), A Remarkable Genus Of Reptiles Which Inhabited The Sea During The Deposition Of The Secondary Strata. Like The Modern Cetacea, Their Structure Was Modified To Suit Their Aquatic Life. The Body Was Shaped Like That Of Fish, The Limbs Were Developed Into Paddles, And The Tail, Long ...
Iciinology
Iciinology (ante). The Fossil Footprints, Or Ichnolites, Of Crustaceans Are Very Numerous In America. Dr. Dawson Has Given Much Attention To This Study. In Observ Ing The Habits Of The King Crab Lie Found That In Walking Over A Sandy Beach It /link( A Marks Like Those Called Protichnites (see ...
Iconoclasts
Iconoclasts (gr. Eikon, Image, And Haw, I Break), The Name Used To Designate Those In The Church, From The 8th C, Downwards, Who Have Been Opposed To The Use Of Sacred Images—that Is, Of Statues, Pictures, And Other Sensible Representations Of Sacred Objects—or At Least To The Paying Of Religioushonor ...
Idaho
Idaho (ante), A Mountainous Territory Of The United States On The Pacific Slope Of The Mountains, Embracing Many Of The Sources Of The Columbia River; Between Lat. 42° And 49° N., And Ion. 111° And 117° 10' W.; Bounded N. By British Columbia, Which It Touches Only By A Narrow ...
Idea
Idea, This Word Has Borne Very Distinct Meanings In The History Of Philosophy. Down To The 17th C., It Had The Signification Given To It By Plato, And Referred To The Platonic Doctrine Of Eternal Forms Existing In The Divine Mind, According To Which The World And All Sensible Things ...
Idealism Idea
Idealism (idea, Ante), As The Term Is Generally Used, Is That Scheme Of Philosophy Which, Carried To Its Legitimate Results As Was Done By Bishop Berkeley, Regards All External Phenomena As Having No Existence Apart From A Thinking Subject. Descartes And His Followers Taught That Nature Has Given To The ...
Idiocy
Idiocy Is The Non-development Of The Mental Faculties. A Dement Is Deprived Of Powers Which Be Once Possessed; An Idiot Never, Or Only Imperfectly, Possesses Such Powers. In Certain Cases, The Human Form Appears Scarcely To Be Animated By Intelligence At All; It Is A Senseless, Motionless Mass, To Which ...
Idiocy_2
Idiocy (ante). The Great Distinction Between Idiocy And That Form Of Insanity Called Dementia Is That The Latter Is Acquired, Comes On In An Individual Who Has Had Rational Faculties, And Therefore Has Vestiges Of Previously Formed Ideas; While The Brain Of The Idiot Is A Blank, And Of A ...
Idocrase
I'docrase, See Idol (gr. Eidigon, An Image), Idolatry (worship Latreia] Of Images). By The Name Idol Is Meant An Image Intended To Represent A Divinity, And To Be Adored As Such. The Act Of Worshiping Such An Object As A Divinity Is Called Idolatry. Although The First Principles Of Reason ...
Ifiypntia
Ifiy.pntia, Daughter Of Theon, An Astronomer And Mathematician Of Alexandria, And Head Of The Neo-platonic School 'ill That City, Was B. In The Latter Part Of The 4th Century. She Was Equally Remarkable For Her Beauty, Her Wisdom, And Her Tragic Fate. From Her Earliest Youth, She Exhibited An Amazing ...
Igneovs Rocks
Igneovs Rocks Are Those Which Have Been Produced From Materials Fused By Heat. They Differ From The Sedimentary Rocks In Their Origin. Structure, And Position. They Invariably Come From Below Upwards, Breaking Through The Older Rocks. The Materials .rof Sedimentary Strata Are Fragments Of Pre-existing Rocks, Worn, By The Action ...
Ignis Fattiis
Ig'nis Fattiis (let. "vain Or Foolish Fire") Is A Luminous Appearance Frequently Seen In Marshy Places, Churchyards, And Over Stagnant Pools, Which Has Puzzled Phi Losophers From The Time Of Aristotle. It Generally Appears A Little After Sunset, As A Pale Bluish-colored Flame, Varying In Size And Shape; Sometimes It ...
Iguana
Iguana, A Genus Of Saurian Reptiles, The Type Of The Family Iguanidce, A Family Which Contains Many Genera And Species, And To Which Belong Seine Of The Largest Saurians Now Existing, Except Those Of The Crocodile Family. Far Larger Saurians Allied To Them Existed In Former Geological Periods. See Iguanodon. ...
Iguanodon
Iguanodon (iguana, And Gr. Odous. Tooth), A Genus Of Remarkable Gigantic Dino Saurian Reptiles, More Abundant In The Wealden Beds Of Kent, Sussex. And The Isle Of Wight Than Any Other Genus Of Associated Saurians. Their Singular Structure, Differing In Many Important Particulars From Any Known Reptile, Long Caused Great ...
Iiaggai
Iiag'gai (agg(rus, Itaggceus), The Tenth Of The 12 Minor Prophets, And The First Of Those Who Prophesied In Palestine After The Babylonian Captivity. Of His Own History, Noth Ing Positive Is Known. It Is Related That He Was Born In Babylon, Of Priestly Lineage, And Came To Jerusalem At A ...
Iiarmonia
Iiarmonia, Wife Of Cadmus, Said To Have Been The Daughter Of Zeus And Electra, While Her Brother Iasion Was The Founder Of The Mystic Rites Which Were Celebrated Annually On The Island Of Samothrace. When Cadmus Came There, And Was Initiated, He Received Harmonla As His Wife. The Gods Honored ...
Iiimeiza
Iiimeiza, A City On The N. Coast Of Sicily, Founded 648 B.c. By Carthaginians And Exiles From Syracuse, Who Imparted A Doric Character To The Language. Earlyiu The 5th E., The Tyrant Teriilus, Being Expelled By Theron Of Agrige»tum, Invoked The Aid Of The Carthaginians. They Gladly Availed Themselves Of ...
Iioosac Tunnel
Iioosac Tunnel. See Tunnel. Hop, Humulas Lupulus, A Perennial Ditecions Plant Of The Natural Order Cannahinareta (q.v.), The Only Species Of Its Genus. It Has Long Rough Twining Stems, And Stalked 8- To 5 Lobed Rough Leaves, And Is A Plant Of 1uxuri2itt Growth And Abundant Foliage. The Male Flowers ...
Iiorrocks
Iiorrocks, Jet/emit/al, An Astronomer Of Remarkable Genius, Generally Known As The First Observer Of The Transit Of Venus, An Account Of Which Phenomenon He Has Given In Latin Treatise Entitled Venus In &le Visa. He Was Born At Toxteth, Near Liverpool, Date Uncertain, Supposed To Be 1618; He Entered Emanuel ...
Illinois
Illinois, One Of The United States Of America, Extending From 36° 56' To 42° 30' N. Lat., And 35' To 91° 40' W. Long., Being 388 M. Long, And 212 Wide; Containing An Area I Of 55,405 Sq.m., Or 35,459,200 Acres. It Is Bounded N. By Wisconsin; E. By Lake ...
Illinois
Illinois (ante), Is The Eighth State Admitted To The Onion Tinder The Federal Consti Tution, And Lw The Cen S113 Of 1870 The Fourth In Population; Of 1880, The Same. It Lies Between Lat. 30° 59' And 42° 30' N., And Long. 87° 35' And 91° 40' Iv.; Extreme Length ...
Illinois Industrial University
Illinois Industrial University, At Urbana. Champaign Co., Ill., Was Organized In 1868, Its Chief Endowment Being Derived From The Public Lands Which Fell To The Share Of The' State Of I,llirmic Truster The Act Of Cougresg Jimmiss.2 1862, And Which Were To He Devoted To The Isf Colleges Of Aglieulifire ...
Illinois And Michigan Canal
Illinois And Michigan Canal, An Artificial Navigable Water-course Con Necting Lake Michigan And The Navigable Waters Of The Illinois River, And Allowing Of The Passage Of Vessels From The Gulf Of Mexico To The Gulf Of St. Lawrence By Using Also The Welland Canal, Which Forms A Navigable Channel From ...
Illuminati
Illuminati, A Name Which Has At Different Periods Been Borne By Four Different Societies—that Of The Alombradoe In Spain, In The End Of Time 16th C.; That The Guerinets In France, About The Year 1684, Enthusiasts And Visionaries; An Association Of Mystics In Belgium, In The Latter Half Of The ...
Illustrated Publications
Illustrated Publications Are A Remarkable Feature Of The Literature Of Our Times. The Employment Of Illustrations Or Pictorial Sketches To Render Books More Intelligible And Attractive, Has Long Been Common, But Has Of Late Years Been Carried To An Extent Previously Unknown. There Are Two Methods Of Illustration: By Copper ...
Illyriciim
Illyriciim (gr. Innvnts, Innvnia) Is The Roman Name Of A Country Whose Limits In Ancient Times Varied Very Considerably. In The 4th C. N.c. The Illyrians, Who Are The Ancestors Of The Modern Race Generally Known As Albanians (see Albania), Inhabited The Whole Eastern Coast Of The Adriatic Sea And ...
Image Worship
Image-worship (gr. Iconolatria), The Use, In Public Or Private Worship, Of Graven Or Painted Representations Of Sacred Persons Or Things, And Especially The Exhibition Of Honor, Reverence, Or Worship To Or Towards Such Representations. This Practice, In The Various Degrees Of Which It Is Susceptible, Has Formed, For Many Centuries, ...
Imagination
Imagination. The Meaning Of This Word Enters Into Many Relationships, And Is Thereby Rendered Difficult To Define. The Principal Meaning Is Doubtless What Connects It With Poetry And Fine Art, From Which The Other Significations Branch Off. The Sim Plest Mode Of Explaining This Complicated Relationship Will Be To State ...
Imbecility
Imbecility Must Not Be Confounded With Idiocy. In The Former, There Is The Int Pevect Development Of Mind; In The Latter, There Is The Non-development Of Mind. In The Feeble Intellect There May Be Present Every Faculty Which Distinguishes The Most Gigantic Understanding, And These May Act Under Ordinary Laws; ...
Immaculate Conception Of
Immaculate Conception Of Tut: Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Of, A Festival Celebrated On Dec. 8th In The Latin, And On The 9th In The Greek Church, In Which Latter Church It Is Held Under The Name Of "the Conception Of St. Anne," The Mother Of The Virgin Mary. The Festival ...
Immigration
Immigration (eintonattot, Ante) To The United 'states Far Exceeds That To Any Other Country In The World. The Steadily Increasing Current Of Human Beings Flowing Hither From The Ends Of The Earth Attracts Universal Attention And Demands Serious Deliberation. There Are Traditions Of The Simultaneous Migration Of Entire Nations In ...
Immortality
Immortality Is The Continued Existence Of The Human Soul In A Future And Invisi Ble State. " If A Man Die, Shall He Live Again?" Is A Question Which Has Naturally Agi Tated The Heart And Stimulated The. Intellectual Curiosity Of Man, Wherever He Has Risen Above A State Of ...
Immortality
Immortality, Ante. I. Arguments For The Fact. 1. As Matter Does Not Cease To• Exist When It Changes Its Form, So Man's Spiritual Substance At Least Will Not Be Annihi Lated When It Changes Its State: This Argument, Though Not Proving Personal Immortality, Prepares The Way For Its Proof. 2. ...
Imperial Crown
Imperial Crown Properly Signifies The Crown Borne By The German Emperor; In Form, A Circle Of Gold, Adorned With Precious Stones And Fleurs-de-lis, Bordered And Seeded With Pearls, And Raised In The Form Of A Cap Voided At The Top Like A Crescent. From The Middle Of The Cap Rises ...
Imports And Exports
Imports And Exports (ante), Or Foreign Trade Of The United States. In 1840, When Ocean Steam Navigation Began To Be Successful, The Entire Imporkitions Of Merchan Dise Into The United States Was Valued At Only $86,250,335. The Largest Value Of Mer Chandise In Any One Year's Importation Was In 1873, ...
Imposition Of Hands
Hands, Imposition Of, A Ceremony Which Has Been Employed Both In Ancient Mut! Modern Religious Use As Symbolizing The Conferring Of Certain Interior, And, Generally Speaking, Spiritual Gifts. In The Consecration Of Aaron And His Sons, They Are Directed' To Lay Their Hands•upon The Heads Of The Victims Which Were ...
Impressment
Impressment Was Once The Mode Formerly Resorted To Of Manning The British Navy. The Practice Had Not Only The Sanction Of Custom, But The Force Of Law, For Many Acts Of Parliament, From The Reign Of Philip And Mary To That Of George Ill., Had Been Passed To Regulate The ...
Imprisonment
Imprisonment. The Power Of Imprisonment For Non-payment Of Debt, As Well As By Way Of Punishinent For Crime, Has Always Been Held To Be Inherent In Courts Of Jus Tice. In Criminal Proceedings Also, A Person May, By A Warrant Of A Justice Of Peace, Be Imprisoned Before Trial, Provided ...
Imprisonment_2
Imprisonment (ante) Is The Restraint Of A Person's Liberty For Any Cause What Ever, Whether By Authority Of The Government Or In Defiance Thereof. In The Latter Case It Is "false Imprisonment." It Does Not Necessarily Imply A Prison With Bolts And Bars, But May Be Exercised By An Array ...
Improvisatori
Improvisato'ri, An Italian Term, Designating Poets Who Utter Verses Without Pre \vitals Preparation On A Given Theme, And Who Sometimes Sing And Accompany Their Voice With A Musical Instrument. The Talent Of Improvisation Is Found In Races In Which The Imagination Is More Than Usually Lively, As In The Arabs, ...
Impulsive Madness
Impulsive Madness. The Approaches Of Mental Disease Are Generally Slow And Perceptible; But Iustances Occur Where, Without Announcement, Without Any Preliminary Stage Of Disease Or Disturbance, An Individual, Apparently Hitherto Of Sound Mind, Is Suddenly Seized With Mania, Presents Symptoms Of Incontrollable Violence, Perpetrates Acts Of Atrocity Or Absurdity, Altogether ...
Imputation
Imputation Is One Of The Most Common Technical Expressions In Christian Theology. It Is Meant To Denote The Transference Of Guilt Or Of Merit Of Punishment Or Reward. The Doctrine Of The Imputation Of Sin, For Example, Is The Doctrine Which Inculcates That All Mankind Are Sharers In The Fact ...