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'Comparatively greater than on thosje tropical continents, whichexperience both a more considerable degree of heat, and a moresteady atmosphere.

IRKOGATIO, a law-term amongst the Romans, signifying theinstrument, in which were put down the punishments which thelaw provided, against such ollVnces as any person was accused ofby a magistrate before the people. These punishments were firstproclaimed viva voce by tiie accuser, and this was called iiKpdsitio:the same, being immediately after expressed in writing, took, thename of Rogatio, in respect of the people, who were to be con-sulted or asked about it; and was called Irrogatio in respect ofthe eiiminal, as it imported the mulct or punishment assigned himby the accuser.

IR ROM AN GO, or ERRAMANGO, one of the New He-brides , is about 2-1 or 23 leagues in circuit.

1RTIS, or I lbTISCll, a large river of Asia, in Siberia , whichrises among the hills of the country of the Kalmucks, and, runningN. E. falls into the Ohv near Tobolsk .

IRVINE, or IRWlN'E, a sea-port and royal burgh, of Scotland in Ayrshire, 13 miles E. of the isle of Arran, and 60 W. by S. ofEdinburgh .

ISAT1S, in botany, Woad, a genus of the siliquosa order, andtetradynamia class of plants; natural order, Siliquosa. Siliqualanceo.lated, unilocular, monospermous, bivalved, and deciduous;valves navicular or canoe-shaped. It has five, species, of which

I. Tinctoria, or Common Woad, which is cultivated in severalparts of Britain for dyeing, is biennial; the lower leaves are of anoblong oval figure, and pretty thick consistence, ending in obtuseroundish points ; they are entire on their edges, and of a lucidgreen. The stalks rise four feet high, dividing into severalbranches, garnished with arrow-shaped leaves sitting close to thestalks; the branches are terminated by small yellow (lowers, invery close clusters, composed of four small petals, in form of a cross,which are succeeded by pods shaped like a bird’s longue, which,when ripe, turn black, and open with two valves, having one cell,in which is situated a single seed. This pluilt is of excellent useiu dyeing, as it forms the basis of black and other dark co-lours.

ISAURA, or ISAU11US, in ancient geography, a strong cityat mount Taurus, in Isauria .

ISAUIUA, a county bordering on Pamphylia and Cilicia , andaccording to some, extending to the Mediterranean by a narrow'slip.

ISCA DUMNIORUM, an ancient town of Britain , nowExeter.

Isca Silurum, the station of the Legio II. Augusta, in Britain ,now called Caerleon, a town of Monmouthshire .

1SCILEMUM, in botany, a genus of the monrecia order, andpolygamia class of plants; natural order, Gramina. Hermaphro-dite calyx; glume two-flowered; corolla two-valved ; stamensthree ; styles three; seed one: male, calyx and corolla as in theOther ; stamens three. There are eight species.

ISC HI A LHC [ic-^iov, 3 in anatomy, an epithet of the

crural vein ; in pathology, the ischiadic passion is cut in the iiip,dr the sciatica.

1SCI1IL M, in anatomy, one of the bones of the pelvis. SeeAnatomy.

ISCllOKA, a river of Ingria , which runs into the Nieva.

ISCHURIA , [i^X-VS from 1 stop, ands^ov, urine,] in phy-sic, a disease consisting, in an entire suppression ol urine. See Mr.dicin'E. It is occ .soiled by any thing which may obstruct th.passages of the rein-, ureters, or ihe neck of the bladder, as sand,stone, mucus. &c. It may also ari-e from an obstruction of f .nerves which pass to the ri user bladder, as it does in a pals) otthe parts below the diaphragm. The In. great distension oi li.cb .. n.ier may a'so produce the .nee effect: tor die lil.res bei:.much length, m d, am cous.-mi- i. !y coudeuseil, the spirits ne'esar; for their i,■ rad >n cr a t ^ t admittance: . nence it is thatpersons who ii:r, e relumed ir jrh.e for a longtime, find c:c:tdifficulty in di-chargii..< ,t,

ISFLASl ICS, a kind of games, or combat', celeb:.' !: j,Gr, ■ c .nd A ia, in t!.e tir.it- ot tiie Romm, ei"peror->.

ISENBl RG. a h,rg,-. town f Genoa i, ii.eh.ded .nthdepartment •- ibe Sa;if. Eon 7. i4. E. I id. - ■ '•

ISENGHEIN, a town oi ti-nce, in the department oi Escaut,

and late province of the Austrian Netherlands . Lon. 3. IS. E.Lat. 30. 44. N. t

ISEO, a lake of the late Cisalpine or Italian republic in the de-partment of the Mella, and late province of Bresciano, ancientlycalled Sebinus.

ISERE, a river of France , which rises in Mount Tseran, runsthrough the department of Mont Blanc, and passing by Grenoble ,St. Quinlin, Romans, &c. falls into the Rhine , three miles aboveValence .

Iseius, a department of France , out of the late province ofDauphiny. Grenoble is the capital .

1SEREOI1N, or L011N, a town in Westphalia , 37 miles N.E. of Cologn.

ISERT1A, in botany, a genus of thehexandria monogynia classand order. Calyx coloured, four or six-toothed ; corolla six-cleft,funnel-form; pome sub-globular, six-celled, many-seeded. It hasbut one species, vie. I. coccinea, a tree of Guinea, with a trunkten or twelve feet ill height, and about eight inches in diame-ter.

ISIIMAEI,, [from Sk, and prttf, i. e. God hath heard,] the soaof Abraham by Hagar, the progenitor of the Arabs , Ilagarenes,Ishmaelites, &c.

IS11 MAEL1TF.S, the descendants of Ishmael , who dwelt fromHavilalotlie wilderness of Sur, towards Egypt , and thus over-spread Arabia Petrieu. All ancient authors, as well as Josephus ,agree that Ishmael was the father of the Arabs . The Ishmaelites,as well as the Jews , afford a living and striking evidence of thetruth of divine revelation. The prophecies of the innumerablemultitudes, the wild and roving manner of living, and the free,independent, unconquered state of the Ishmaelites, (Gen. xvi. 10—12: xvii. 20; xxi. 18.) have been, and still are, literally ful-filled in their posterity, the Arabs .

1S1A, [inu«,] feasts anti sacrifices anciently solemnized in ho-nour of the goddess Isis. They were full of the most abominableimpurities, and therefore tln.se who were initiated into them wereobliged to take an oath of secrecy.

JS1AC1, priests of the goddess Isis. Dioscorides tells us,,that they bore a branch of sea wormwood in their hands insteadof olive.

ISERINE, in mineralogy, a species of the menachine genus,colour an iron-black, inclining a little to the brownish-black; con-sists of small, obtuse, angular grains, in rolled pieces, with a rough■tliinmering surface; lustre glistering internally, semi-metallic.Specific gravity 4.5. It melts before the blow-pipe into a black-ish-brown coloured glass, which is slightly attracted by the mag-

net. Its constituent parts are

Oxide of menachine.59,1

-iron.30,1

--uran...10,2

99,4

Loss. ,6

100,0

It is a native of Germany .

IS1AC TABLE, one of the most considerable monuments ofantiquity, discovered at Rome in 1523, and supposed hv the vari-ous ligures ill has iw lief upon it, to represent the feasts of Isis, andoilier Egyptian deities.

ISh/ORUS, St. named Damiatensis, or Pelusiota, froo*living in a solitude near Pelu.duni, the most famous of all St.in \ ostom’s oi ' dies, tiour'-lnu in the lime ot the general roun-• :t In id a: 421. i lien, are ext rut 2012 of his epit,th , in five books.1 liev are short, bnL well w' H u, m Greek. The best edition |Sii.it - f Paris, in Greek am. Latin , printed hi 1638, m folio. ,lSLGNI, oi ISION Y, a t- wn of France . m ti e department ,o*la.dos, .nd lale province of I -.wt' N■ >iui'eSKly, 28 md eS' \ N. oi .an

ltd NO LASS. See lcirrn v uc-oi i.a.

Go in i.a"ir i hnt ... a uemi-. of thi Vermes. E.s .uitl ord- r: i-. ! --.r -I nr-.wing in the form of a plaD l »

,io. y, jointed, tne ji.'uits .. ... e . .>i..!ly anal. mu ■■pom:) or tiorny junctures, and covered by a soft porous cm u '*