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Inferior Planet – Innominate Artery

Inferior Planet

a planet whose orbit lies within that of the earth. Mersury and Venus are the inferior planets.

Infernal

pertaining to the lower regions or regions of the dead, the Hades or Tartarus of the ancient.

Infernal Machine

an apparatus filled with gunpowder or other explosive materials for the destruction of human life and property. The Italian engineer ploy these engines at the siege of Antwerp in 1584-1585. See ANARCHISM,

Inflammation

a morbid state of The varieties are-parenchymatous, exstrictly defined. of flowers upon a branch or stem. It INFLORESCENCE, the arrangement the whole or any part of the system, gouty, gonorrheal, and others not so characterized by heat, redness, and pain. gou strictly defined.

Infusionism

the doctrine that the human soul is an emanation from, or an influx of, the Divine Substance. It is akin to the teaching of Pythagoras and of the Stoics. Its defenders in Christian times have relied on Gen. ii: 7. Infusionism is opposed to Traducianism, and to Creationism, the doctrine accepted by the Eastern and Western Churches.

Infusorial Earth

a siliceous deposit formed chiefly of the frustates of Diatoms. It is used as Tripoli powder for polishing purposes, and as an absorbent of nitro-glycerine in making dynamite.

Ingoldsby

THOMAS. See BAR- HAM, RICHARD HARRIS.

INGOLSTADT (in'gol-stät), a town and fortress of Upper Bavaria, on the Danube. Its fortifications, demolished in 1820, have since been rebuilt stronger than before. Its university, once celebrated, was removed to Munich in 1826. Pop. about 25,000.

Ingot

a cast mass of steel from the crucible; a cast mass of gold or silver, more or less pure, for assaying; a cast block of gold, silver, or a properly proportioned alloy of either, for coinage, or for working into other forms, as watch cases, etc.

Inhambane

a Portuguese station, capital of a district on the E. coast of Africa; just S. of the tropic of Capricorn, is beautifully situated on its bay, but unhealthy.

Inia

a toothed fresh water Cetacean, not unlike a dolphin, but with_certain anatomical peculiarities which keep it outside that family. It is found in some of the upper tributaries of the Amazon, and in the lakes near the Cordilleras. It feeds chiefly on fish, and is hunted for the sake of the oil which it yields.

Inkbag

a gland found in the Cephalopoda. It is tough and fibrous, with a thin outer coat. The animal discharges the contents of the bag through a duct into the water when it wishes to conceal itself or escape from an enemy.

Innominate Artery

the largest largest arch of the aorta. It arises from the transverse portion of the arch before the ward the right, and divides into the right carotid artery. It ascends obliquely tosubclavian and the right carotid artery.

It varies in length from 2 inches to 1 phalic artery. inch or less. Called also the brachyce-