Ii C
(c,ii,) Np, Is Such A Body Formed By The Action Of Sulpha Cyanide Upon Triethyiphosphine. It Contains An Equivalent Of Phosphorus In The Place Of One Of Nitrogen. This Class Has At Present Only Few Members, But Inasmuch As Many Monamines Exist Containing Not Only Phosphorus But Arsenic And Antimony, ...
Ii Gymnophthalmata
Ii. Gymnophthalmata (7vnvds, Naked). 1. Vessels Branched (willsiadm). Genus. Willsia, Forbes. 2. Vessels Simple. Ovaries Convoluted, And Lining The Pedunculated Stomach (oceanidce). Genera. Terris, Lesson; Saphenia, Eschscholtz ; Oceania, Peron. 3. Vessels Simple, Eight Or More. Ovaries Linear, In The Course Of The Vessels On The Sub-umbrella (,equoreadce). Genera. Stomobrachium, ...
Iiacenza
I'iacenza (placentia), A Town In The Duchy Of Parma, Is Situated About Half A Mile From The Southern Bank Of The Po, And 2 Miles East Of The Confluence Of The Trebhia With That River, In A Flue Plain Bounded On The South By Well Cultivated Hills. The Town Is ...
Iiartland
Iiartland. As There Mentioned, Ships Of The Line Ascend It To The Washington Navy Yard, And Large Boats To Harper's Ferry, Where The River Breaks Through The Blue Ridge. Its Principal Tributary In Vir Ginia Is The Bitenandoaa, Which Rises Near 38° N. Lat., And Drains Nearly The Whole Of ...
Iiarve Lonsdale Elmes
Elmes, Iiarve\ Lonsdale, Son Of The Preceding, Was Born Tear Chichester, About The Year 1814. He Was Sent To School At Mortlake In Surrey, And Subsequently Was Taken Into The Office Of His Father, Who Had Removed To London; And At The Age Of Twenty-one Ho Joined Lis Father In ...
Iienne Gutenberg
Gutenberg, Iienne, Or John, Was Born At Mainz, Or Near It, About 1400. The Family Name Was Gensfleisch Or Cliinsfleiseh, Of Honourable Deteent And Of Considerable Property. Sulgeloch Was The Name Of An Estate Belonging To Them Near Mainz, Where It Has Been Stated That Gutenberg Was Born, And Which ...
Iienrico Caterpno Davila
Da'vila, Iienri'co Caterpno, Bore At Picvo Di Sacco, Near Padua, Was The Son Of Antonio Davila, Who Was Great Constable Of Cyprus When That Island Was Taken By The Turks From The Venetians In 1571. Antonio Emigrated To Spain, Where He Had Relations And Afterwards To France, Where Be Won ...
Iiepublic Oriental Del Uruguay
Uruguay, Iiepublic Oriental Del, Formerly Known As The Danda Oriental, South America, Comprehends The Country Lying Between The Southern Limit Of Brazil And The Rio De La Plata. It Extends Between 30' 20' And 35' S. Let., 30' And 58' 50' W. Long. ; And Is Bounded E. By The ...
Iiercules
Iie'rcules (in Greek, Hemcles), A Celebrated Hero Of Greek Mythology, The Offspring Of Zeus By Alcmene, Daughter Of Electryon, A Son Of Perseus, And King Of Myeenm. His Reputed Father Was Amphitryon (son Of Alcmue, Another Of The Children Of Perseus), Who Having Accidentally Killed His Father-in-law Electryon, Was Compelled ...
Iiesiod
Iiesiod (in Greek, Ithionos) Was A Native Of Ascra, A Village At The Foot Of Helicon, Whither His Father Bad Migrated From Coma Iu Thenco He Went To Orchornenos, According To His Editor Galling, Who Thinks That By The Line, "aura, Foul In The Cold, Oppressive In Heat, Bad At ...
Iiichoscope
Iiichoscope, The Name Of An Instrument For Enabling The Eye To Dee Distinctly Objects Which Are Placed At A Very Short Distance From It, Or To Nee Magnified Images Of Small Objects, And Therefore To See Smaller Object. Than Would Otherwise Be Visible. The Name Is Derived From The Two ...
Iiieronymus
Iiiero'nymus, Grandson Of Hieron Ii., King Of Syracuse, Suc Ceeded Him On The Throne At The Age Of Fifteen (b.c. 216), And Under The Guardianship Of Several Tutors, Among Whom Was Andronorus, His Aunt's Husband, Who, Seconded By Other Courtiers, And In Order To Monopolise The Confidence Of The Young ...
Iiiptea
Iiiptea, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Legumi "loom, Named After Johu, Earl Of Bute, A Great Patron Of Botanists. It Has A Cainpanulate Calyx, 5-toothed, The Two Superior Teeth Approximate And Almost Connected ; The Corolla With A Lanceolate Spreading Vexillum ; Keel Incurved, Equal In ...
Iin Elam C
Elam (c,ii.n.= 3 Ncyii,), Poliene. A Compound Substance Dim-revered By Liebig. It May Be Prepared By Simply Heating Sulpho. Cyanide Of Ammonium, Or A Mixture Of Sulphoeyanide Of Potassium And Eel Ammoniac ; By Their Action There Arc Produced Three Sealatilo Products And A Solid Substance ; The Three First ...
Iiosmarinus
Iiosmari'nus Off1cina'lis,!rosrmary, A Term Which Is Apt To Lead To The Confounding Of Rosemary With The Ledum Palustre Or Wild Marsh-rosemary, Which Has Very Different And Even Dangerous Properties. Genuine Rosemary Is A Shrub, A Native Of The South Of Europe, Asia Minor, And China. To The Bees Feeding On ...
Immanuel Kant
Kant, Immanuel, The Author Of The Critical Philosophy,' And Distinguished As Well For The Profundity Of His Views As For The Extent Sod Variety Of His Researches, Was Born On Tho 22nd Of April 1721 At Konigsberg In Prussia, Where He Died On The 12th Of February 1801. His Native ...
Inczndio Consviiptvii
Inczndio Consviiptvii 1iestitvit. The Temple Of Jupiter Tonans, Situated Also On The Clivus Capi Tolinue, Was Built By Augustus, And Is Supposed To Have Been Restored By Septimiue Severus And Caracalla. The Portico Was Hexastyle, Of The Corinthian Order, And Of White Luna Marble. The Column" Are Deeply Fluted. Upon ...
Inigo Jones
Jones, Inigo, Who Has Been Styled The English Palladio, And Who Forms No Epoch In The History Of Architecture In This Country, Was Born In The Neighbourhood Of St. Paul's In London, Where His Father Was N Respectable Eloth-worker. Of His Youth And Education Very Littio Is Knowu, Except That ...
Innocenzio Da Imola
I'mola, Innoce'nzio Da, A Pupil Of Francis, And A Distin Guished Painter, Of The Early Half Of The 16th Century. His Family Name Was Francucci; He Was Born In The Latter Part Of The 15th Century At Imola, Whence His Surname, But He Lived Chiefly At Bologna. He Painted From ...
Intermittant
Intermittant Is A Special Form Of Permutant Which Need Not Be Here Further Explained. Cumulasir.-the Name Has Been Given To The Function Which Is The Numerator Or Denominator Of A Continued Fraction. Such Function May Be Exhibited (and Indeed Naturally Presents Itself) In The Form Of A Determinant, Thus The ...
Intpobe
Intpobe, The Daughter Of Tantalus, King Of Lydia, Was Married To Amphion, By Whom She Had, According To Ovid And Other Ancient Writers, Seven Sons And Seven Daughters. This Is The Most Commonly Received Opinion, Though Homer (` Xxiv. 602, &c.) And Others Give The Numbers Variously. The Pride Of ...
Iolypus
I'olypus Is A Morbid Growth Attached To The Interior Of One Or Other Of The Mucous Canals, Bya More Or Less Narrow Pedicle. Polypi Occur Most Frequently Near The Orifices Of External Communication Of The Mucous Canals, As In The Uterus, The Faucea, The Larynx, And The Nose. A Description ...
Iphiciiates
Iphi'ciiates, An Athenian General, Most Remarkable For A Happy Innovation Upon The Ancient Routine Of Greek Tactics, Which He Intro Duced Iu The Course Of That General War Which Was Ouded N.o. 387 By The Peace Of Antalcidas. This, Like Most Improvements Upon The Earlier Methods Of Warfare, Consisted Iu ...
Isaac Casauiion
Casauiion, Isaac, One Of The Most Learned Men Of His Age, Was Born At Genera, On The Bth Of February 1559. Hie Father And Mother, Arnold Casauben And Jeanne Roaseau, Were Natives Of The Deuphin6, And Retired To Genera To Avoid A Religious Persecution. They Returned However After The Persecution ...
Isaac Dalby
Dalby, Isaac, One Of The Many Self-taught Men Of This Country, Who Have Attained Considerable Eminence In Mathematical Science By The Mere Force Of Genius, And In Defiance Of The Obstacles Opposed By Fortune To Their Progress, Was Born In Gloucestershire, In The Year 1744, And He Appears To Have ...
Isaac Disraeli
Disraeli, Isaac, Was Born At Enfield In 1766. His Father, Benjamin Disraeli, Was The Descendant Of A Family Of Spanish Jews, Who, Driven From The Penineula In The 15th Century By The Persecutiona Of The Inquisition, Had Settled In Venice, And There, To Mark Their Race, Had Exchanged The Gothic•spanish ...
Isabel Ii
* Isabel Ii. (mania Isabel Luisa), Queen Of Spain, Was Born On The 10th Of October 1830, Iu The City Of Madrid. She Is The Elder Of The Two Daughters Of Ferdinand Vii., King Of Spain, By His Fourth Wife, Maria-christina, Now The Wife Of Don Fernando Munoz, Duke Of ...
Isaiah
Isaiah, One Of The Greatest Of The Hebrew Prophets, Lived During The Reigns Of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, And Hezokiah (is. I. 1 ; Vii. 1; Xiv. 23; Xxii.; Xxxvisxxxviii.), And Was Contemporary With The Prophets Amos, Hosea, Joel, And Micah. Wo Possess No Particulars In Tho Ohl Testament Respecting The ...
Isaiire Cleisience
Cleisience, Isaiire, A French Poetess, Born Near Toulouse, But At What Time Has Been A Matter Of Much Dispute. The First Known Writer Who Spoke Of Her Is Guillaume Benoit, A Jurist Of The Fifteenth Century, Who Says That She Instituted The Floral Games, "jeux Items," At Toulouse, Which Were ...
Iseus
Is.eus, One Of The Ten Athenian Orators, Was A Native Of Chalcis, Or, According To Other Accounts, Of Athens. Diouyaiva Could Not Ascertain The Time Of His Birth Or Death. So Much As This Appears Certain : The Vigour Of His Talent Belonged To The Period After The Peloponnesian War, ...
Isle Of Wight
Wight, Isle Of, On The South Coast Of England, Is Separated From The Mainland Of Hampshire By A Channel Called The Soleut Sea. The Average Breadth Of This Channel Is Less Than Four Miles. It Is Narrowest To The West Of Yarmouth, Where It Is Contracted To About A Mile ...
Ismael
Ismael, From Whom Originated The Ismazutzs, Or Ism/imam, Originally A Branch Of The Shiites, Or Followers Of Ali Ben Ana Taleb, Was The Elder Son Of Djafar Madeck, The Sixth Imaum In A Direct Line From Ali. On The Death Of Ismael, Djafar Madeck Appointed His Younger Son Mouse To ...
Isocrates
Iso'crates, One Of The Greek Orators Commonly Called The Ten, Was Born At Athens N.e. 436. He Studied Rhetoric Under Prodieus, °orgies, Tiaiae, And Theramenes, And Became A Master Of His Art. A Certain Timidity- And Feebleness In His Delivery Prevented Him From Speaking In Publio ('panathenaious,' C. 4), And ...
Isthmus Of Suez
Suez, Isthmus Of, Connects Africa With Asia, And Separates The Mediterranean From The Red Sea. Its Extent From North To South A Little Exceeds Seventy-two Miles. The Most Northern Recess Of The Harbour Of Suez, On The Red Sea, Is Hardly A Mile South Of 30° N. Lat., And The ...
Iv Casimir
Casimir, Iv. Was The Second Eon Of Jagollo, Grand Duke Of Lithuania, Who Married Hedwigo, Daughter Of King Lewis, And Thus Became King Of Poland Under The Name Of Wladislas Iv. Casimir Succeeded To The Crowns Of Poland And Lithuania After The Death Of His Brother Wladislas V., Who Lost ...
Ivan Andreevich Kruilov
Kruilov, Ivan Andreevich, The Russian La Fontaine, The Undoubted Head Of Russian Fabulists, Was Born At Moscow On The 2nd Of February, Old Style (the 13th New Style) 1768. By A Singular Coincidence The Same Day Half A Century Before Was The Birthday Of Sumarokov, Also A Popular Fabulist, But ...
Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov
Kozlov, Ivan Ivanovich, A Russian Poet, Who Was Much Attached To The English Language And Literature, Was Born In 1774, Moved In The Higher Circles Of Society, And Was, It Is Said, Remarkable For His Liveliness And Activity, Till In His Twenty-ninth Year He Was By Paralysis Deprived Of The ...
Ivan Ivanovitch Dmitriev
Dmitriev, Ivan Ivanovitch, Was Born In 1760, In The Government Of Simbirek, Where His Father, Who Was Himself A Men Of Superior Information, Possessed An Estate. After Being Educated At Kazan Until His Twelfth Year, He Was Pursuing His Studies At Sim Birsk, When That Part Of The Empire Was ...
Ivarwickshire
Ivarwickshire, A Midland County Of England, Is Bounded N. For A Very Small Space By Derbyshire ; N.e. By Leicestershire, The Line Of Separation Being Formed In Great Part By The Ancient Watling Street ; E. By Northamptonshire; S.e. By Oxfordshire ; S. And S.w. By Gloucestershire ; W. By ...
Iyon King At Arms
I.yon King-at-arms. Pliataz.n.] Lyra (the 'harp), One Of The Old Constellation., Representing The Lyre Of Mercury (aratus), Or Of Orpheus (hvginua). It La Surrounded By Cygnus, Aquila, Hercules, And The Hoed Of Draco. Its Brightest Star, A Lytle, Also Called N'ega, Is N Conspicuous Object. If N Line He Drawn ...
J Payne Collier
* Collier, J. Payne, Was Born In London In 1789. The Chief Labours Of Mr. Collier's Literary Life Will Be Associated With Shakespeare Aud Our Early Dramatic Literature. In 1820, When He Was "of The Middle Temple," He Published 'the Poetical Deeameron ; Or Ten Conversations On English Poets And ...
Jacob Cats
Cats, Jacob, A Very Eminent Dutch Poet, Whose Writings Were For A Long Period Far More Popular Than Those Of Any Of Their Authors Among His Countrymen, Was Born At Brouwershaven, In Zealand, November 10th, 1577. His Mother Dying While He Was Very Young, And His Father Marrying Again, Be ...
Jacob Frey
Frey, Jacob, One Of The Most Able Engravers Of The 18th Century, Was Boru At I.ucern In 163l After Learning The First Rudiments Of Eugraving Of A Cousin In His Native Place, Ho Went To Rome, Where Lie Obtained Employment From And Was Instructed By Westerhout, Who Also Introduced Him ...
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
* Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl, Was Born On The 4th Of January 1785, At Henan, In The Electorate Of Hesse-cessel When He Was About Six Years Old, His Father, Who Was Alawyer, Was Appointed Amtmann At The Small Town Of Steinau-an-der-strasse, Where The Children, Five Eons And A Daughter, Were ...