Inflorescence
Inflorescence (from Lat. To Begin To Flower, From In, In ± Foreseer( To Begin To Flower, From Florerc, To Flower, From Pros, Flower; Connected With Olr. Bhith. 011g. /ammo/. Ger. Blume, (loth. Bloom Lee!. Blame. Flower. And With As. Bicistni, Eng. Blossom ). The Manner In Which Flowers Are Arranged ...
Influenza
In'fluen'za Influentel„ F.plat:vite In. Lt•lnza. Or Le -‘11 Infectious Disease Doe To A Sp•c;tie Bacillus And Characterized Great Weakness Rind Prostration. With Mental De• Pre-sion. And Generally Hy Of The Nasal Und Respiratory Ims.ages. Llisrotty. Authentic Epithrmics Of Influenza Have Occurred Frequently Since 1173. In That Year The Spread Our ...
Information
Information (lat. It/for/natio, Outline, Representation, From Informare, To Sketch, To Inform. From In, In + Forma, Shape). Lit Eng Lish And American La Iv, A Summary Method Of In Stituting Criminal Proceedings At The Instance Of The Government, And Without The Process Of In Dictment (q.v.). The Free Use Of ...
Ingersoll
Ingersoll, Lioli•rt Criceen (i8.13 . American Lawyer And Infidel Writer And Lec Turer. Ile Was Horn At Dresden, N. Y.. August Ii, The Youngest Of The Five Children Of A Congregational Minister Of Liberal Views. The Family Removed To Illinois In 1845, And There Robert Studied Law, Was Admitted To ...
Ingres
Ingres, Tin'gr', Jean Attutisre Dominique (1780-18(i7). A French Historical And Portrait Painter, A Leader Of The Classicists. Lie Was Born At 'montauban, August 29, 1780, The Son Of A Senlptor. He Soon Became The Most Important Pupil Of David, Whose School Lie Entered In 1796. In 1801 Lie Received The ...
Inhalation
Inhalation (from Lat. Inhalare, To In Hale. From In, In Halare, To Breathe). In Medi Cine, A Term Used To Signify The Receiving Into The Lungs Of Vapors Or Gases For Producing Anes Thesia, Or For Curative Purposes. The Ordinary Manner Of Administering Chloroform Is As Follows: Over A Skeleton ...
Inheritance Tax
Inheritance Tax. A Charge Or Assess Ment On The Succession Or Devolution Of Property From A Deceased Person 141 His Heirs Or Legatees. Snell Taxes Were Imposed In Lionie Over Two Thousand Years Ago, And. In Some Form. Have Been A Slurred. Of Revi.nue In Several Of The Continental Countries ...
Inheritance Of
Inheritance (of. Enlierilanre, From En Heritcr, Inhcruter, To Inherit, From Inheredi• Lore, To Appoint As Heir. From In, In + Lien's, Heir; Connected With Hems, Master, Gk. Xei'p, (-heir, Hand. Skt. Bar, To Take). In The Most General Sense, The Acmlisitical Of Property. Either Real Or Personal, Whether By Will ...
Injector
Injector (from Lat. Injicere, To Throw In). An Instrument For Forcing Water A In Which A Jet Iii Steam Mingles With And Forces A Continuous Jet Of Water Into The Same Holler Against Its Own Pre-sure. There Are Numerous Forms Of Injectors, The Chief Differences Between Which In The Relative ...
Injunction
Injunction (lat. Injunet Io, From Inian Gcre. To Command. From In, In Jingo Re, To Join: Connected With Gk. :erycitat, Ccugnrlra1. Skt. Yuj, To Join, And Ultimately With Eng. Yoke). A Judicial Writ Or Process Of A Court Of Equity, Com Manding A Person Or Persons Named Therein To Do ...
Ink Of
Ink (of. Enque, Enche, Fr. Encre, Prov. (m Eant, It. Cnehiostro, Ink, From Lat. Encaustum, Gk. Iykarc.ray, Enkauston, Purple Ink, From Ty Kat-gros, Cnkaustos, Burned In, From Ipcaleiv, Enkai Ein, To Burn In, From Ev, En, In Kaietr, Kaicin, To Burn). Any Colored Fluid Used In Writing Or Printing. The ...
Inlaying
Inlaying. The Art Of Decorating Flat Sur Faces By Time Insertion Of Similar Or Different Materials Of A Different Color. It Is Usually Made Level With The Surface. But Sometimes In Slight Relief. When Wood Of One Color Is Deco Rated By Inlaying With Others Of Different Eolors, The Term ...
Inn As
Inn (as. Inn. In, Lionise, Chamber. From In, Within, Cloth., 0110_ Ter., 01r., Lat. In, Gk. Cu. In). The Older English Name Of A Place Of Public Entertainment For Travelers. In The Early Ages. When Among All Except The Most Savage Peoples The Law Hospitality Was Strictly In Terpreted. And ...
Inness
Inness, Myiis, Grottne An Ameri Can Landscape Painter. Ile Was Horn 1, 1525, At Newburg. N. V. Lie Took His First Draw Ing Lessons When Fourteen Years Of A!re, But Two Years Later He Entered A Store In Newark. N. J., And Soon Afterualik Accepted A Position For One Year ...
Innkeeper Inn
Inn, Innkeeper. In Point Of Law, An Inn Is A Public House Of Entertainment For Travelers For Eompensat Ion. An Innkeeper Is A Person Who Betels Liiniself Out As Engaged In The Business Of Receiving- And Affording Aecommodation (inelud Ing Food. Drink, And For Travelers, Or Other Transient Guests, For ...
Innocent Iti
Innocent Iti. (lotnrio De' Conti). Pope 1198 1216. This Was By Far The Greatest Pope Of The Name, And Under Him The Power Of The Papacy Was More Widely Extended Than Ever Before. Ile Was Born At Anagni In 1161 And Made Cardinal By His Uncle, Clement Iii., After A ...
Innocent Iv
Innocent Iv. (sinibaldo De Fies•hi. Count Of Lavagna). Pope 1243-54. Ile Was Born At Genoa, Of A Distinguished Family, And Was Elected At Anagni By The Cardinals N•lio Had Tied From Rome, Then Occupied By The Emperor Frederick Ii. His First And Most Difficult Task Was To Com Pose The ...
Innocent Ix
Innocent Ix. (giovanni Antonio Facchinctti). Pope 1591. Ile Was Born At Bologna In 1519 Pnil Studied Law. Ile Was The Lir,t Bishop Named By Pins Iv.. And. After The Close Of The L'onneil Of Trent. Was Nuncio At Venice Fur Six Years. Gregory Xiii. Made Him :t Cardinal, And He ...
Innocent Vi
Innocent Vi. (etienne Silbert). Pope 1352-02. Ire Was Horn At Mont In The Diocese Of Limoges, And Elected Pope At Avignon, Where He Resided During His Pontificate. He Was A Distinguished Canonist, And Did Much To Reform Ecclesiastical Discipline. His Influence Was Exerted For Peace In Ninny Quarters Of Europe, ...
Inns Of Court
Inns Of Court. The Four Sets Of Build Ings In London (the Inner Temple. The Aliddle Temple. Lincoln's Inn, And Gray's Inn) Belong Ing To The Four Legal Societies Which Have The Exclusive Right Of Admitting Persons To Practice At The Bar. Hence The Societies Themselves. The (tight Of The ...
Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Ins'bri In English Often Written Innspruck. The Capital And The Most Picturesque Town Of The Austrian Crownland Of Tyrol, Situated In The Alps. At An Elevation Of Nearly 1906 Feet, On Both Banks Of The Inn, In A Region Abounding In Beautiful Views (slap: Austria, P. 3). It Lies ...
Inoculation
Inoculation (lat. Inoculalio, From Lat. Inoc•ulurc, To Graft, From In, In + Oculus, Eye; Connected With Ochurch Slay. Oleo, Opruss. G Fills, Litli. Ai Is, Goth. Uugd, 0kw. Ouyc, Tier. Auge, As. ?aye, Eng. Eye). Intentional Infection Of An Individual With A Disease By Introducing Its Virus Into The Tissues ...
Inosit
In'osit (from Gk.'is, T.c, Fibre), 21lt). A Compound Of Carbon, Hydrogen. And Oxygen, Extensively- Fond In Vegetables And Spar Ingly In Tine Muscles, Lungs, Kidneys. Spleen, Liver, And Brain Of Nnan. It May He Prepared By Ex Tracting Unripe Beans With Water, Boiling The Extract With Some Acetic Acid, Filtering, ...
Inquest Op
Inquest (op. Engin Sir, Fr, Enquite, From Inquistn, From Lat, Inquisita, P.p, Fem. Sg. Of Ingnirerc, To Inquire, From In, In To Searell). A Judicial Proceeding For The Pur Pose Of Inquiring Into Or Investigating The Faits And Eireunistances Of A Part Billar Matter By A Jury Specially Siiminoneti For ...
Inquiline
Inquiline, In'kwi-lin (from Lat. Linus, One Dwelling In A Place Not One's Own, From Ineola, Inhabitant, From Ineo/cre, To Inhabit, From In, In Colerc, To Cultivate). An Insect Which Lays Its Eggs In A Nest Of Some Other Insect, Thus Living Parasitically At The Expense Of The Host. The Inquilinm ...
Inquisition
Inquisition (lat. Inquisitio, Inquiry, From Nein Irerc, To Investigate, From In, In Qua.rere, To Seek), The ( Itqu Isit Io Pra Rita T Is), Called Also The Holy Office. A Tribunal In The Roman Catholic Church For The Discovery, Repression, And Punishment Of Heresy, Unbelief, And Other Offenses Against Re ...
Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum. An Institution For The Care And Treatment Of The Insane. Monasteries Appear To Have Been The Representative Of Such Retreats In The Mediceval Christian Times; But Restraint And Rigid Asceticism Characterized Their Management. Out Of Conventual Establishments Grew The Bethlems, Or Bedlams, With Which The English Of Two ...
Insanity
Insanity ( Lat. From Insanits, Insane, Unsound. From In-, Nut + Satins, Sane, Sound; Connected N‘illl Adot, Ann.e, Crl:n. Sound. Safe), Or 1.rx.“-v. A Manifestation Of Disease Of The Brain Characterized By A General Or Partial Derangement, Of One Or More Of The Mental Processes, In Which, While Is Nut ...
Insanity_2
Insanity. Technically. In Law, A Disease Or Disturbance Of The Mental Faculties Which May Produee Some Effect On The Legal Character Or Quality Of The Insane Person's Acts. It May Or May Not Render Him Non Ram Por Men I Is, That Is, Subject To Legal Restraint Or Control Of ...
Inscriptions
Inscriptions (lat. Inscriptio, From In Seriberc, To Write Upon, From In, In, Upon + Seri Bcre, To Write). The Name Applied To Writings Upon Durable Material, Such As Stone Or Bronze. Ordinarily Such Writings Are Engraved, But They May Also Be Painted. The Number And Variety Of The Inscriptions Of ...
Insect
Insect ( Lat. Insect Um, Insect, From Insecarr, To Cut In, From In, In Is Secure, To Cut ). In Its Strict Sense, A Member Of A Group Of Six-legged Arthropods Known As The Class Inseeta Or 1 I Exa Poda. Vulgarly, The Tern: Is Applied To Almost Any Small ...
Insecticide
Insecticide (from Lat. Insectum, Insect. -cida, Murderous, From Re. To ]:ill). A Substance Used By Mall To Kill Insects. Besides Those Materials Properly Included By This Delini Ti,n, However, There Are Many Other Agents Of Great, Importance As Insect Exterminators. Of \odell The Following May Be Classed As Natural Controls: ...
Insects
Insects, Fossm. Of All Animals The Insects, With Their A;rial Habits Of Life, Would Seem At First. Thought To Be The Least Liable To Entombment And Preservation In A Fossil State. They Are, However, Found In Great Abundance In Several Localities Where The Nature Of The Deposition Was Particularly Favorable ...
Insects And Disease
Insects And Disease. As Annoying Man Him Self, Insects Play An Important Part, Since There Are Very Few Regions Of The Habitable Globe Where Man Is Not Troubled By Them. Bedbugs, Fleas, Lice. The Itch-mite, The Screw-worm Fly, Mos Quitoes (qq.v.). And Many Other Species Unite In This Method Of ...
Insolvency
Insolvency (from Insolvent, From In-, Not + So/vent, From Lat. Solrere, To Solve, Relax, From Se-, Apart + Lucre, Gk. Vett', Lyein, To Loose). As A Legal Term, The Legal Status Of (1) Any One Who Cannot Pay His Debts As They Mature; (2) One Who Has Been Brought Within ...
Inspector General
Inspector-general. A Military Offi Cer. Charged With Certain Duties And Responsi Bilities Of Inspection. In The United States .:\rmy He Is At The Head Of The Inspector-general's Department, Which In 1902 Consisted Of One Inspector-general With The Rank Of Brigadier-gen Eral, Three With The Rank Of Colonel, Three With The ...
Inspiration
Inspiration (1..nt. Inspiral Io, From In Spirarc, To Inspire, From In. In Spirare, To Breathe). A Theological Term Used To Denote The Divine Action Upon Men By Which The Bible Has Been Produced. In Its Most General Use, It Desig• Riates The Whole Of This Process; Lint Often A Distinethm ...
Instinct
Instinct (lat. Instinctus, Impulse, From Instingiorr, To Impel, Front In, In+ To Prick; Connected Ni It 11 Until. Stigyan, As. Stingan, To Push). The Sum Of Inherited Reflex Acts, Becoming Habitual And Arising Front Blended Reflex And Subconscious Though Involuntary Nets, Performed At Birth Or Through Life Blindly, With Out ...
Institute Of France
Institute Of France. The Official Name For A Group Of Learned Societies In France Organized At Different Times, But Having For Their Object The Fostering Of Some Special Branch In Literature. Art, The Sciences, Or Philosophy. At Present The Institute Comprises Five Distinct Bod Ies Known As (1) Academie Francaise; ...
Institutional Church
Institutional Church, Tim. A Cross Sectional Split Among The 150 Sects In The United States Has Developed Ritualistic And Institutional Tendencies In The Churches. The Ritualistic Churches Lay Emphasis Upon The Efficacy Of Cer Tain Beliefs, Forms, Sacraments. And A Limita Tion Of Functions, And Appeal To The Economically Superior ...
Instrumental Music
Instrumental Music. A Term Applied To Music Performed Exclusively On Instruments, As Distinguished From That Performed By Voices, Or Even Voices With Instrumental Accompaniment. Even In Ancient Greece Purely Instrumental Music Was Known. In The Sixth Century !lc. Saeadas Of Argos Is Said To Have Performed Publicly On The Inlay ...
Insurance Of
Insurance (of. Enseuranee, From Enseur Cr. To Insure, From En, In Sure, From Lat. Sccurus, Free From Care, From Se-, Without Cura, Care). Insurance Must Be Differently Defined Ac Cording To The Aspect Of It Which Is Under Consid Eration. Every Person Who Embarks His Capital In Any Kind Of ...
Intellect
Intellect (lat. Intellcetus, Understand Ing, Front Intellcgere, Intelligere, To Perceive. From Inter, Between + Lrgere, To Choose. Gaiter). The Common Name For The Mental Processes Concerned In The Tunction Of Cognition. It Is Thus The Coun Terpart Of Feeling And Will. (see These Titles, And Affection.) Tb The Older Psychology, ...
Intensity Of Sensation
Intensity Of Sensation (from Lat. Intensus. P.p. Of Intenders, To Stretch Out. From In, In + Tendert-. To Stretch. (.k. 7e1pfip, T, I Nein. Skt. Tan, To Stretch). One Of The Four Attrihntes Of Sensation, The Being Quality, Extent. And Duration: The Intensive Aspect Of Sensation Is That "property Which ...
Intent
Intent (lat. Intent Us, Purpose, From In Tendere, To Stretch, Intend, From In, In + Tendere, To Stretch; Connected With Gk. Teinein, Skt. Tan, To Stretch, And Ultimately With Eng. Thin). As Employed In Law, The Purpose Or De Sign With Which An Act Is Done. Ordinarily The Legal Consequences ...
Intercalary
Inter'calary. .\ Supplementary Day Or Month. See Cal•novit: Itissvxrit.e; 1,rap•vear. In'tercel'lular System (from Lat. Infer, Between Neo-lat. Cc 11111ft, Ell/111f% Ill 11111111i Ive Of Lat. Cc/la, Cell). The System Of Spaces In Plants, Often Emainims, The Cells. They May Be Formed By The Splitting Of Cell Walls (schizogenously ) Or ...
Interdict
Interdict (lat. Inienlictu)fi, Prohibition, From Int, Rcinvc., To Forbid, From Bag R, Re, To Say, C.k. Scikviwat, Df Iktlymti, Skt. Fli4, !milli 011t ; L'011114s•ted ‘n It Ii (tont. Gab /ban, To Tell, (mi:. Zihon, Ger. It, As. Uon, To Ac Euse). An Ecclesiastical Censure Or Penalty In The Catholic. ...
Interest
Interest (in Psychology). Employed In A Very Wide The Influence Which Objects Exert Met The Attention. An Unusual Sound Interests Us. And At The Same Time Attracts Our Attention. In Such A Ch..• It Is Not Enrrect To Sad T Hat 'we At Tend Be Cues' We Lire• Interested.' If ...
Interest Of
Interest (of. Interest, Fr. Intera, In Terest, From Lat. Interest, It Concerns, 3d Pers. Sg. Pres. Ind. Of Interests, To Concern, From Inter, Between ± Esse, To Be). A Certain Profit Or Premium For The Use, Forbearance, Or Detention Of Money. In Spite Of The Natural Feeling That The Payment ...
Interference
Interference (from Interfere, From Of. Eat Ref Crir, To Exchange Blows. Fr. Int, Rft'rer, To Interfere. From Lat. Inter, Ferire, To Strike). In Any Medium Eapable Of Transmitting Waves. The Effect At Any Point When Two Trains Of Waves Are Passing Simultaneously Is The Sum Of The Effects Which Each ...
Interim
Interim (lat., In The Meantime). The Name Given To Three Attempts Made In Oermany During The Reformation To Draw Up A Formula Which Might Serve As A Basis Of Agreement Be Tween Catholics And Protestants Until The Points Of Difference Could Be Decided By A General •oun Cil. The Ratisbon ...
Interlude M
Interlude (:\m. Intcrludium. From Lat. Interludere, To Play Between. From Inter, Between + Indere, To Play). In The Drama, Primarily A Short Performance Interposed Between The Of A. Longer Entertainment, As The Play Of Pyra Mus And Thisbe In The Midsummer Night's Dream. The Term Was Early Used Of Dramatic ...
Intermarriage
Intermarriage. The Intc.rmarriage Or Intercourse Of Near Relatives Has Been Universally Believed To Entail Degeneration Upon The Off Spring. And The Act Has Been Condemned And Pro Hibited. The Physical And Mental De Basement Of The Ragots Of The Pyrenees, Of The Marrons Of Auvercme, Of The Sarrasins Of Dauphin.% ...
Intermediate State
Intermediate State. The Condition Of The Disembodied Spirit Irmo The Hour Of Death Till The General Resurrection. Izefer•nces To This Emulition In The !tilde Are Few And Vague, And In The Absence Of Definite Information Several Theo• Lies Have Been Elaborated. (1) Probably Thc Shirt Popular View Is That The ...
Intermezzo
Intermezzo, In't5r-med'zi. (it., Interlude). In Larger Instrumental Works, A Short Movement In Slow Tempo Inserted Between Two Main Move - Ments. It Generally Takes The Place Of The Slow Movement If The Composer Does Not Wish To Write A Full Andante Or Adagio, As In Beethoven's Sonata Op. 53. In ...
Internal Revenue System
Internal Revenue System. The Revenue Derived By The United States Government From Taxation Other Than That Of Imports Is Com Monly Destg,nated As Internal Revenue. In Its Widest Sense The Term Includes The Direct Taxes Levied In Accordance With The Constitutional Rule Of Apportionment According To Population, In T798, During ...
International Date Line
International Date-line. An Ir Regula• Line Drawn Somewhat Arbitrarily On The Inap Of The Pacific Ocean, Near The Iso' Meridian Of Longitude. It Marks The Place Where Oat Iga To•s 'change Their Date' On The Trans-paeitie Voy Age. The Following Is A Brief Explanation Of The Cause Of This Change ...
International Law
International Law. 'fu Adopt !ten Tham's Terminology Instead Of The Older And Still Common Expression, 'law Of Nations,' 'interna Tional Law' Is The Of Rules, Whether Lased Upon Custom, Convention, Or Common Con Sent, Which Tire Acknowledged And Accepted As Binding Modern Civilized And Independent Nations In Their Nnitnal Dealings. ...
International Law In Time
International Law In Time Of Peace. The Subjects Or Persons Of International Law Are Inde Pendent Sovereign States Or Nations. The Com Munity Constituting Such State Is (1) Perma Nently Established For A Political End: (2) It Is Possessed Of A Defined Territory; (3) It Is Inde Pendent Of External ...
International Trade
International Trade. Trade Between Or Between Distant Regions Has Been A Fruitful Source Of Discussion Ainom.t Economic Writers, And A Subject Which Has Often Engrossed Governmental Attention To The I.xelnsion Of Infer Nal Commerce, Though It Is A Familiar Fact That In Modern Times Internal Commerce Is Far More Important ...
Interpellation
Interpellation. A Method Of 'euro Pean Legislative Procedure. Whereby Members Of The Legislature Interrogate The Ministers In Re Gard To The Policy And Measures Of The Govern Ment. Its Primary Purpose Is To Force The Chamber To Pass Judgment Upon The Policy Of The Cabinet. This Form Of Interrogating The ...
Interpretation
Interpretation (lilt. Interpretatios Ex Planation. From Interprrfori, To Explain. From In Agent. Interpreter), Or Constrvction. The Process Of Ascertaining. Subjeet To The Rules Of Law. The Meaning Of A Speaker Or A Writer. Or Of Parties To A Legal Instrument, As Expressed In The Spoken Or Written Terms. Some Authorities ...
Interrogatories
Interrogatories (from Lat. Interrogn !aril's. Consisting Of Questions, From In Tcrrogarc, To Question, From Inter, Between Rogare, To Ask). Questions In Writing Prepared For The Examination Of One Or More Witnesses In A Judi Cial Proceeding, To Be Taken Out Of Court. In The English And American Law Interroga Tories ...
Interstate Commerce Act
Interstate Commerce Act. The Popular Name For An Act Of Congress. Approved February 4, 1s87, And Officially Designated As "an Act To Regulate Commerce." The Name Is Clue To The Fact That The Law Rests Upon The Con Stitutional Provision Which Empowers Congress To Regulate Commerce Between The States. The ...
Interval
Interval (lat. Intr•.a//uttl, Interval, From Inter. Between + Eallum, Wall). In Music. (lie Difference Of Pitch Bet‘ve•n Any Two Tioiiiii1s, Or The Distance Cu The Stave From One Note To An Other. In Opposition To Unison, Which Is Two Sounds Exactly Of The Same Piteh. From The Nature Of Our ...
Intervention
Intervention (lat. Intereentio, Inter Position, A Coming Between, From Intereenire, To Ecane Between, From Inter, Between + Venire, To Come). (1) An Act Or Proceeding By Which A Person Not Originally A Party To An Action Is Ad Mitted As Such For The Protection Of A Right Or Interest In ...
Intestine
Intestine (lat. Intestinurn, Neut. Sing. Of Intestinns, Internal. From Intim. Within, From In, In). The Part. Of The Digestive Tract Between The Stomach And The Anus. The Small Intestine In Cludes The Duodenum. The Jejunum. And The Ileum, And Averages 22 Feet 6 Inches In The Male, 23 Feet 4 ...
Intimidation
Intimidation (from Jll. Inlimidare, To From Lat. In -- Ihtidus, Afraid, From Tuners, To Fear). Literally, The Act Of Mak Ing Afraid, In Law Specifically Said Of The Un Lawful Use By A Person Or Combination Of Persons Of Threats Of Violence, Or Of Furee To Compel An Other To ...
Intoxication Oil
Intoxication Oil. Intoxientin, From In Toxienre. To Poison. From Lat. In. In Tnxieutn, From Gk. .ro,;m6c. To.rikon, Originally That Poison In Which Arrows Were Dipped, Front Rw,r,k6c, To.rikor, Relating To A Bow, Front Tozon, Bowl. In Medicine, Poisoning By Any Agent ; Colloquially. A Eondition Of Impaired Will And Undermined ...
Introduced Species
Introduced Species. Animals And Plants Brought Into A Country From A Foreign Land By The Agency Of Man. In The Settlement Of North America From The Old World Scores Of Species Of Plants. Mostly Noxious Weeds, And Hundreds Of Species Of Animals, Largely Parasitic Or Destructive To Agriculture, Have Been ...
Introduction
Introduction (lat. Introductio. A Lead Ing In, From Introducere, To Lead In. From Intro, Within + Duccre, To Lead). In Instrumental Music, A Shorter Movement Preceding The Com Position Proper. According To The Character And Length Of The Composition The Introduction May Be Shorter Or Longer. In A Polonaise, Waltz, ...
Introduction Into America
Introduction Into America. The House-spar Row Was First Brought To The United States From England In 1850 By Nicholas Pike And Other Directors Of The Brooklyn Institute. When Eight Pairs Were Liberated In Brooklyn, N. Y.: But A Second Importation In 1853 Was Needed To Estab Lish The Race. Sparrows ...
Introspection
Introspection (from Lat. In Trogpiccrc, To Look Within, From Intro, Within + Gpiecrc, To Look: Connected With Gk. Cli17ttgeti(, Skeptcsthai, Pa•i, To Look, 011g. Spch4n, Ger. .spahen, To Spy). The Specific Method Of Psychology. As Observation Or Inspection Is The Specific Method Of Physical Science; Also Termed Self-observa•ion Or • ...
Intrpleader
Intrpleader. M Equitable Reedy, Av:11181111- To A Person Against Whom Two Or More Persons Claim The Same Thing, Debt. Or Duty. And Who Is, Without His Own Fault, Ignorant Or In Doubt As To Which Is The Rightful Claimant. It Was First Used In To Enable A Depositary Or Bailee ...
Intussusception
Intussusception (from Lat. Intus, With In + .3i/sceptic), A Taking Up, From Suscipere, To Take Up, From Sub, Under + Caperc, To Take), Or Invagination Of Tile Intestines. A Displace Ment Of A Portion Of The Intestine Into The Part Immediately Below, Just As The Finger Of A Glove May ...
Inundation
Inundation (lat. Inundatio, From Inun Dare, To Overflow. From In, In + Undarc, To Rise In Waves, From Undo. Wave: Connected With 011g. Undea, Undo, As. Sp, Wave). :many Large Areas Of Law Ground Near Rivers Or The Ocean Are In Danger Of Inundation Front Various Of These Inundations The ...
Invasion
Invasion (lat. Invasio, Attack, From In Vadere, To Invade, From In, In -i- To Go, Connected With 01-1g. (ratan, Ger. Acaten. As. U Ado N, Eng. Wade). The Act Of Entry Into An Enemy's Territory During Time Of War, In An Cient And Medieval Times, When An Army Invaded A ...
Invention
Invention (lat. Inrcatio, Finding Out, From Inrcnire, To Find, From In, In + Erairc, To Come). Literally, An Act Of Making Something Not Before Made; Also, The New• Thing Produeed. In The Law Of Patent Rights The Tens Invention Is Specifically Applied To Any New And Useful Art, Machine. Manufacture. ...
Invention Of The Cross
Invention Of The Cross. See Cross, Invention Or The. (from Lat, Inerntarium. List, From Lat. Inrcnire, To Find, From In, In + Venire, To Come; Connected With T:k. Platpay, Baincin, Skt, Gam, To Go, And Ultimately With Eng. Come). A Written Instrument Setting Forth In The Form Of A Systematic ...
Invertebrata
Inver'tebra'ta I Neo-1 At. Non). Pl.. From Lat. In-, Not Ro Iti1111 Rertrbro, Joint, From Rerierc. Ski !wt./. ()church Slay. Mule!:, To Turn, (loth. Orairpon, Irenr Nt. ( )1 11;„ Irft11(111,ccr. 111•1711 Ii, To Become ) . Ani Mals Which Do Not Have A Vertebral Eolumn Or Spine. The Term ...