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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.

Imhetep

An Egyptian deity, son of Ptah and Nut, to whom great powers of exorcism were attributed. He was often appealed to in cases of demoniac possession.

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Imitatio Christi

a famous book highly prized by devout Christians of all confessions, and translated into more languages than any book except the Bible. The question of its authorship has given rise to a great controversy. It was formerly attributed unhesitatingly to Thomas à Kempis, and the best work. authorities still regard it as his

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Imitation

in music, the repetition of a short subject by another part. The subject proposed is sometimes called the which antecedent, cedent, and the passage afterward imitates it the consequent. Imitation by diminution is when the consequent is in notes half the length of those of the antecedent. Imitation by inversion is when the intervals of the antecedent are inverted in order to form the consequent. Imitation is said to be convertible when antecedent and consequent are interchangeable. If strict imitation be continued for any length of said to be canonical. time, it is

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Imitation of Antique Silver

The article is dipped in a bath of water containing about 10 per cent of sulphide of ammonium, and then scratch brushed with a brush made of glass threads or bristles. When afterwards burnished with an agate tool it surface becomes a beautiful dark brown color.

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Imitation Silver

An alloy of metals for manufacturing articles of jewelry, etc., in artificial silver. An alloy having the same specific gravity as silver consists of: copper 11.71, platinum 2.4, silver 3.53. The following is a beautiful imitation silver that retains its brilliancy: Tin 4 1/2, bismuth 1/2, antimony 1/2, lead 1/2. Many other alloys of this description are given under their respective heads. See SILVER ALLOYS; MOCK SILVER; GERMAN-SILVER; TOMBAC.

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Immaculate Conception

a name applied the dogma defined by 854 that the nato immaculate conception of Mary is an to the article of divine faith. According dogma, in her active conception, or generation, there was nothing miraculous; the passive conception, or infusion but in of a rational soul, she was sanctified and preserved from the taint of original sin by the foreseen merits of Christ.

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Immanence

the notion that the intelligent and creative principle of the universe pervades the universe itself, a fundamental conception of Pantheism.

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Immanuel

the name which was to be given to a child who, it was prophesied by Isaiah, was to be born of haalmah, i. e., the virgin. The prophecy is applied to the miraculous birth of Jesus.

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Immaterialism

a term sometimes so widely taken as to be a synonym for Idealism or Phenomenalism; more usually limited to the doctrine of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne (1684-1753). Prof. A. C. Fraser reduces this system to three principles: The negation of matter, as signifying an unperceiving and unperceived substance proper, of the Ego; and, as cause proper, of a reasonable will; The affirmation of matter, as consisting of the ideas, objects, or perceptions of sense; of material sub- Vol. V-Cyc-І stances usually called sensible things; and of material causes or uniform antecedents in the order of sensible changes.

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Immermann

KARL LEBERECHT (im'mer-män), a German poet, dramatist, and romancer; born in Madgeburg, April 24, 1796. A university course and the campaign of Waterloo supplied his early experiences. "The Princes of Syracuse," "The Eye of Love," and "Ghismonda" are his best plays. He lives in the brilliant and original "Epigoni." "Münchhausen," his lightest fancy, is well known. It must not be confused with "Baron Münchhausen." He died in Düsseldorf, Aug. 25, 1840.

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Immolation

a among the ancient Romans with regard to their sacrifices. It consisted in throwing frankincense, wine, and a species of cake, on the head of the victim, before it was sacrificed.

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Immortality

exemption from death; the state of everlasting life. The dogma of the immortality of the soul is very ancient. It is connected with almost all religions, though under an infinite variety of conceptions. By the immortality of the soul we understand the endless continuation of our personality, our consciousness, and will. There are so many reasons to render immortality probable that with most nations the belief is as clear and firm as the belief in a god; in fact the two dogmas are intimately connected in the minds of most men. The hope of immortality must be considered a religious conviction. Among rude peoples the life after regarded as a state of death is usually reg being not essentially different from the present-one in which the hunter will renew his chase, and his corporeal senses shall have their accustomed gratifications. Among the ancient Greeks and Romans the spirits of the dead were believed to live in the other world as a sort of shadows, and the life after death was also considered as a shadow of the present.

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Immortelles

a name for flowers, ers, also known as everlasting flowers, and often made into wreaths for adorning graves.

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Impasto

in painting, a term used to express the thickness of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter According the his canvas. of handling exercised by different artists, and this impasto is thick or thin. Rembrandt, Salvator Rosa, and others used a thick impasto; Raphæl, Guido, and others, an impasto so thin that threads of the canvas and the crayon outline may be seen through it.

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Impatiens

a genus of Balsaminaceæ, with the calyx and corolla so abnormal that it is difficult to discriminate the several parts. About 135 species are known, nearly all from the Himalayas and other Indian mountains. The distilled water of the yellow balsam, taken in large quantities, is said to bring on diabetes.

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Impenetrability

one of the essential properties of matter, implies that no two bodies can at the same time occupy the same space. If a nail be driven into a piece of wood, it does not, properly speaking, penetrate the fibers are driven aside before the the wood, for nail can enter. If a vessel be filled with fluid, and a solid body be then placed in it, as much water will run over as is equal in bulk to the solid body, in this way making room for it.

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