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Each of these 16 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.

Intuitional World

Formerly known as the Buddhic Plane, is in the theosophic scheme the fourth world, and from it come intuitions. (See Theosophy , Solar System , and Intuition).

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Invalides

the name of a French soldiers' home. In 1670, during the administration of Louvois, Louis XIV., by whose wars the number of invalids was greatly augmented, determined to found a magnificent establishment to receive them. The foundations were laid in 1670, and the main building was finished about 1706. Several additions were made at various times to the buildings of the hotel; and the whole edifice now covers 16 acres of ground, enclosing 15 courts. The church or dome was built by Mansard, and finished in 1706. All soldiers who are actually disabled by their wounds, or who have served 30 years, and obtained a pension, are entitled to the privileges of this institution. The hotel can accommodate 6,000 men, who all wear the same costume.

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Inventory

a list or catalogue of goods and chattels, containing a full, true, and particular description of each, with its value, made on various occasions, as on the sale of goods, decease of a person, storage of goods for safety, etc.; hence, generally a list, an account, a catalogue.

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Inverness

a sea-port town of Scotland; on both sides of the Ness river, at its entrance into the Moray Firth, 115 miles from Edinburgh. It is a fine town, with a commodious harbor, and was long considered as the metropolis of the Highlands. Tartan cloth for the Highland markets is here manufactured in considerable quantities. Pop., about 20,000. Also a town in Australia. Pop., about

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Inverness-Shire

a county of Scotland, with an area of 4211 square miles, the largest county in the kingdom. The greater part of it is heathland and deer forests. Within its borders are included several large islands. On the coast are important fisheries. Pop., about 90,000.

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Inversion

the chemical change which takes place when starch, dextrin, or sugar is boiled with a dilute acid. Inversion may also take place in the presence of ferments, or by prolonged iling with water. In geology, the overturning or folding over of strata by igneous agency, so that the order of their succession seems reversed. In mathematics, the operation of changing the order of the terms, so that the antecedent shall take the place of the consequent and the reverse, in both couplets. Thus, from the proportion a : b :: c: d, we have, by inversion, b: a ::d:c. In music, the transposition of certain phrases, having a common root. (1) The inversion of a chord is effected by making one of the inner notes act as a bass note, and by this means as many inversions can be made as there are actual notes in the chord, not counting the root. In such inversions the harmony remains the same, though the order of component parts is changed. (2) Intervals are inverted by making that which was the upper note the lower, and the reverse. The inversion of an interval within the octave may readily be found in the difference between the figure 9 and the interval known; then an interval of a second becomes a seventh by inversion, etc. (3) The inversion of a subject is produced by inverting the intervals of which it consists.

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Invoice

a statement on paper concerning goods sent to a customer for sale on approval. Details respecting or is important for the co which it is consignee to be informed are added, and in these respects it differs from a trade bill or definite account.

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Involucre

or INVOLUCRUM, in botany, verticillate bracts surrounding the flowers of Umbelliferæ and Compositæ. Those surrounding the general umbel in the former order are called the universal involucre, and those around the umbrellules the partial involucre. An involucre may be caliculated, scaly, imbricated, superimposed, etc.

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Involute

The curve traced by the end of a string wound upon a roller or unwound from it. This was a favorite shape for wheel teeth at one time, but was abandoned because it was found that the pressure on the pivot was increased by it, and it is now entirely superceded by the epicycloidal.

Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler

Iodic Acid

HIOs, white, crystalline solid, formed when iodine is boiled with strong nitric acid, or when sulphuric acid is added to a solution of barium iodate. Specific gravity 4. 4.629, m.p. 110° C. Soluble in water, and easily decomposed by reducing agents, forming hydriodic acid and free iodine. Used in medicine as a caustic for external application.

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Iodism

the term within which is included a variety of painful and inconvenient results following, under rare circumstances, the administration of iodine and its salts, but more especially the iodide of potash; mental depression; irritation of mucous membranes, as sneezing, watering at the eyes, etc.; a papular and postular eruption of the skin; nausea, loss of ap appetite, and a bitter taste in the mouth.

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Iodoform

in chemistry, CHI3, a

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Iola

a city of Kansas the county seat of Allen co., on the Neosho river, and on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, the Missouri Pacific, and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroads. The city has had rapid growth on account of the important natural gas wells in the vicinity. It has also large zinc smelter, cement works, foundry machine shops, and has a large wholesale trade with the surrounding region. There is a Carnegie library, hospital, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 9,032; (1920) 8,513.

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Iolaus

in Greek mythology, a companion of Hercules. He was worshiped chiefly in Sardinia.

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Iolcus

An ancient town in Magnesia in Thessaly, at the top of the Pagasean Gulf, about a mile from the sea. It was celebrated in mythology as the residence of Pelias and Jason , and as the place from which the Argonauts sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece .

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Ion's

the components into which an electrolyte is broken up on electrolysis. The one, the anion (the electro-negative chlorine), travels component-e. g., chlo "against" the current (in its conventional direction in the circuit), and is deposited on or chemically attacks the anode or positive electrode; the other, the cation (the electro-positive component-e. g., copper), travels "with" the current to the cathode-e. g., to the spoons in the plating bath. See ELECTRICITY.

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