Ives
HALSEY COOLEY, an American artist; born in Montour Falls, N. Y., in 1846. He studied art in South Kensington, London. In 1893 he was placed entat in charge of the art department at the Chicago World's Fair, and occupied the same position in relation to the St. Louis Exposition. At the latter he received a grand prize for services to art education. He was several times appointed representative of the United States to decide on art matters abroad. He was appointed director of the Museum and School of Fine Arts at St. Louis, in 1896. He died in 1911.
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Ivory Coast
a part of the N. coast of the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa, embraces the districts between Cape Palmas and the river Assini. Its W. portion belongs to Liberia; its E., now counted as part of the Gold Coast, is shared between Great Britain and France. The name bears no political meaning.
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Ivory Coast, The
The, a French colony in western Africa. It lies between Liberia and the British Gold Coast. Area about 130,000 square miles. There are 300 Europeans in the colony and some 2,000,000 natives. There are plantations of maize, pineapples, bananas, plantains, and coffee. The natives bring in forest products, including cocoanuts, rubber, and palm oil. Mahogany is exported. Gold to the amount of a few thousand dollars is obtained annually. The ports are visited by ships from France, Great Britain , Germany, and Belgium. The French share of the exports of plantations and forest productions amounts to $600,000 a year. There were in 1908 fifty-one miles of railway and several telegraph lines. Telephones have been introduced.
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Ivory-imitation
A good imitation of ivory statuettes may be obtained by casting into warm plaster-moulds a mixture composed of finely pulverized egg-shells, isinglass, and alcohol. See PLASTER CASTS.
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Ivry
a village in the French department of Eure. On the Plain of Ivry was fought, March 14, 1590, the famous battle between Henry of Navarre and the armies of the League. Pop. about 1,200.
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Ixia
in botany, a genus of Iridaceæ. It consists of beautiful Cape bulbs, with of showy flowers. I. viridiflora spikes spikes has la large sea-green flowers, with black markings. It is from the Cape of Good Hope.
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Ixion
Greek Wrestler. A king of Thessaly, son of Phlegias, or, Greek Wrestler. according to Hyginus, of Leontes, or, according to Diodorus, of Antion and Perimela. Jupiter carried him to heaven and placed him at the table of the gods, where he became enamored of Juno , which so incensed Jupiter that he banished him from heaven, and ordered Mercury to tie him to a wheel in hell which continually whirled round, keeping Ixion in perpetual torture. . 2026 Editor's Note: In Greek mythology, Ixion was the king of the Lapiths who was punished for his attempt to seduce Hera (Juno). This specific scene of deception, where Zeus (Jupiter) sends a cloud-double of the goddess to trick the king, was famously depicted by Peter Paul Rubens in a circa 1615 painting now held by the Louvre. (Ed: BR 2026-07-11)
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Ixtaccihuatl
a high mountain in Mexico, estimated height 16,077 feet, though some authorities pronounce it higher than Popocatepetl.
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Ixtle
a Mexican fiber, probably the production of a species of the pineapple family.
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Izabal
a lake in Guatemala; also the name of a district in the same country. Area 4,500 square miles; pop. about 4,000. J J, j, the 10th letter and the 7th consonant in the English alphabet. It was formerly interchangeable with i, the same character being used for both. It in gem or of dg in ridge, edge. As a symbol, j j is used in medical prescriptions at the end of a series of numbers for 1; as, vij. = seven, viij. = eight, etc.
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