Each of these 11 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.
A son of Amphitry on and Alcmena , and twin brother of Hercules . As the children were cradled together, Juno , jealous of Hercules, sent two large serpents to destroy him. At the sight of the snakes Iphiclus showed great alarm, but Hercules seized them, one in each hand, and squeezed them to death.
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A son of Eurytus, king of Oechalia. When his father had promised his daughter Iole to anyone who could excel him or his sons in drawing the bow, Hercules accepted the challenge and was victorious. Eurytus, however, refused to fulfill the compact by giving his daughter to the conqueror. Afterward some oxen were stolen from Eurytus, and Iphitus was sent in quest of them. In his search he met Hercules, who aided him in seeking the lost animals, but on recollecting the faithlessness of Eurytus he killed
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a genus of Contribe Convolvuleæ. The volvulaceæ, species, which are numerous, are found About 100 are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers, which are an ornament to trellis-work. I. tuberosa, the Spanish arbor vine of Jamaica, furnishes a kind of scammony; the root of I. pan. durata is employed in this country as male is the jalap; I batatoides jalap of Mestitlan; I. quamoclit is sternutatory; I. turpethum, naa tive of the East Indies, and I. operculata is purgative. The foliage of I. maritima is made into a fomentation, and applied to joints enlarged by scrofula. The sweet potato was formerly called I. batatas, now it is Batatas edulis.
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a parliamentary and municipal borough and river-port in England, capital of Suffolk, on the Orwell. It is pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, and contains many interesting specimens of mediæval architecture. The public buildings include a fine town hall, a new postoffice, a custom house, county court house, cavalry barracks, theater, etc. The industries embrace agricultural implements, machinery, artificial stone, artificial manure, silk, tanning, ropes, lime and cement, brewing, ship-building, etc. Ipswich is a town of great antiquity. It was originally called Gippeswich, from the neighboring river Gipping. King John gave it its first charter. It sends two members to Parliament. Pop. (1917) 72,800. Also, a town of Queensland, Australia, on the Bremer river, 23 miles W. of Brisbane. It is in a rich coal-mining district. Pop. (1917) 25,000.
a town in Massachusetts, It is on the Ipswich River, in Essex co. and on the Boston and Maine Railroad. It has a library, a Home for Aged Women, a House of Correction, and the Manning High School. The industries include planing g and grist mills and manufactures of hosiery, boats and The town was settled as Agacanoes. wam in 1633 by John Winthrop. Pop. Iranian languages are the Old Persian of (1910) 5,777; (1920) 6,201.
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the port and capital of the Chilean territory of Tarapacá (Peruvian till 1884). It has amalgamating works in connection with neighboring silver mines, a foundry, and exports saltpeter, borax, and iodine. The climate is hot, and drinking water has to be obtained by distillation. Earthquakes have more than once damaged the town. Pop. (1917) 70,000.
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William Henry (1777-1835), an English writer of little merit. Ireland's father was an engraver and publisher. Among other works he issued a volume of Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth. He apprenticed his son to a conveyancer and took him on a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit the birthplace of Shakespeare. The young man forged a lease, purporting to be signed by Shakespeare, which he claimed to have found in a lot of old papers. He afterward wrote a play called Vortigern, palming it off as a recently discovered play by Shakespeare. The renowned actor, Kemble, put it on the stage before the fraud was detected. This play and a Henry II , another forgery, were published in 1799. See Shakespeare
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Called Pax by the Romans, the goddess of peace, was, according to Hesiod, a daughter of Zeus and Themis , and one of the Horae . Pax is represented on coins as a youthful female, holding in her left hand a cornucopia, and in her right hand an olive branch, or the staff of Mercury.
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HENRY, an English soldier; born in 1611. He studied_at Oxford and at the Middle Temple, London, and on the breaking out of the Civil War offered his services to the Parliament. His connection with Cromwell, whose daughter Bridget he married in 1646, greatly advanced his interests. At Naseby he was taken prisoner by Rupert, but Cromwell's charge set him at liberty. Ireton was one of the most implacable enemies of the king, and signed the warrant for his execution. He accompanied Cromwell to Ireland, and in 1650 became lord-deputy. He died in Limerick, Nov. 15, 1651.
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a genus of palms, of the Areceæ tribe. It consists of few species, all from South America. The hard outer wood of I. exorrhiza, the pashiuba or paxiuba palm of Brazil, is used in the United States for making umbrella handles. IRIDEÆ, or IRIDACEÆ (i-rid'uh-ē, i-rid-as-e-i), a natural order of endogenous plants, mostly herbaceous, with bulbous, tuberous, or creeping root stocks; a few are somewhat shrubby. About 700 species are known, of which the greater number are natives of warm countries. They are particularly abundant in South Africa. A few are British. Iris, gladiolus, and crocus are familiar examples of the order. Acridity is a prevailing characteristic, and some species are medicinal; but the corms and root stocks of some are edible.
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an instrument invented by Dr. Reade for exhibiting the prismatic colors. It consists of a plate of polished black glass, having its surface smeared by a solution of soap, and dried by wash leather. If the breath be directed through a tube upon the glass, the vapor will be deposited in colored rays.
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or CHURCH OF IRELAND, a popular name sometimes given, prior to 1871, to what was not an independent denomination, but was an integral part of the United Church of England and Ireland. It constituted the Established Church of the two countries. When on Jan. 1, 1871, the Act of Parliament disestablishing and disendowing the portion of the United Church which was in Ireland, took effect, those affected by the measure, rejecting the name proposed by the government for the new organization, adopted that of the Irish Church or the Church of Ireland. It comprehends within its pale about ½ of the Irish people.
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