Iodoform
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Single-source entries: I (27)
These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Iodoform, Iola, Iolaus.
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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Iona
or ICOLMKILL (i-kōm-kil'), the isle of Columba's cell or retreat, one of the W. islands of Scotland, in the Atlantic Ocean, separated from the W. point of Mull by a narrow channel called the Sound of Iona, 7 miles from Staffa; 3 miles long; 1½ miles broad; area 2,000 acres. It is chiefly interesting to the antiquarian, for the ruins of its ancient religious edifices. These were established about the year 565, by St. Columba, who left Ireland, his native country, with the intention of preaching Christianity to the Picts. In the church, said to have been built by Que Queen Margaret toward the latter end of the 11th cer century, are the tombs of 48 Scottish kings, 4 kings of Ireland, 8 Norwegian monarchs, and 1 king of France. The rearing of black cattle forms the principal occupation of the inhabitants.
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Ionia
A district on the west coast of Asią Minor, so called from the Ionian Greeks who colonized it at a time earlier than any distinct historical records.
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Ionia (Ancient geography the most)
in ancient geography, the most flourishing district of Asia Minor, where a colony from Attica settled about 1050 b. c. This beautiful country extended from the Hermus along the shore of the Ægean Sea to Miletus and the of Posideum. It promontory was bounded on the N. by Æolia, S. by Caria, E. by Lydia and part of Caria, and on the W. by the Icarian and Ægean seas, and lay between lat. 37° and 40° N.; its longitude has never been accurately defined. This country is said to have been peopled by Greek colonists about 1045 B. C. After founding Colophon, Ephesus, Miletus, and other important cities, the Ionians obtained possession of Smyrna about 688 b. c., and the country soon attained a high degree of prosperity. At the commencement of the reign of Cresus, 560 b. c., it was subject to the Lydians, and it was conquered by Cyrus 557 b. c. On the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander III., Ionia became subject to Macedonia, and it afterward formed part of the Roman empire 64 b. c.
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Ionia (City and county-seat of Ionia)
a city and county-seat of Ionia co., Mich.; on the Grand river, and the Pere Marquette and the Grand Trunk railroads; 35 miles E. of Grand Rapids. It contains the State House of Correction, the State Asylum for the Dangerous and Criminal Insane, large railroad rei pair shops, and manufactories of pottery, furniture, machinery, edged tools, and clothing. The industrial interests are greatly promoted by excellent power furnished by the river. The city has a public high school, library, several daily and weekly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 5,030; (1920) 6,935.
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Ionian Islands
the name commonly given to the seven islands, Cephalonia, Cerigo, Corfu, Ithaca, Paxo, Santa Maura, and Zante, with a number of islets, extending along the S. W. coast of Greece; area 1,097 square miles; pop., about 230,000. Pop. of Corfu (1917) 140,757. Products, corn, grapes, olives, currants, cotton, honey, wax, etc. Manufactures salt, olive oil, oil, wine, brandy. The Ionian Islands, with their dependencies, were erected into the republic of the Seven United Islands, March 21, 1800. It was to pay a moderate tribute to the Porte, and its independence was guaranteed by Turkey and Russia. The French captured the islands in 1807, and Russia ceded them to France by a secret article of the treaty of Tilsit, July 7, 1807. The French garrisons surrendered to an English force, Oct. 3, 1809, and by a treaty between Great Britain and Russia, signed at Paris Nov. 5, 1815, they were formed into an independent State, called the United States of the Ionian Islands, or the Septinsular Republic, under the protection of England. With the consent of Great Britain, they were reunited to the kingdom of Greece in 1864.
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Ionian Sea
that part of the Mediterranean communicating with the Gulf of Venice by the Strait of Otranto, and having Greece and part of European Turkey on the E.; Sicily and the most S. part of Italy on the W. Its greatest part breadth is between Cape Matapan in the Morea, and Cape Passaro in Sicily, which is about 400 miles.
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Ionic Order
one of the three orders of architecture, the distinguishing characteristic of which is the volute of the capital. Its main features are the same as in the Doric style; their forms, however, are different. The Ionic order has more moldings, its forms are richer and more elegant, and, as a style, it is lighter and more graceful than the Doric. As regards the proportions of the Ionic order, no such remarkable difference as in the Doric is perceptible in the monuments which have been preserved to us. The height of the column is from 8/2 to 9 times the lower diameter; the distance between the columns averages about twice the diameter, while the height of the entablature is not quite one-fourth that of the column. The most perfect specimens of the Ionic order are the temples of Minerva Pallas and of Erectheus in the Acropolis at Athens, and of Fortuna Virilis and the Coliseum at Rome.
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