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THE

NEW WERNER TWENTIETH CENTURY EDITION

OF THE

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

A STANDARD WORK OF REFERENCE IN

ART, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY,
COMMERCE, BIOGRAPHY, DISCOVERY

AND INVENTION

NEW MAPS AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED, WITH THOU
SANDS OF PORTRAITS, PLATES, AND ENGRAVINGS

THE ENGLISH NINTH EDITION IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES WAS EDITED BY

PROFS. SPENCER BAYNES, LL.D., AND W. ROBERTSON SMITH, LL.D.

ASSISTED BY OVER ONE THOUSAND CONTRIBUTORS

The first twenty-four volumes of the New Werner Edition contain thirty-one new and later articles, written
by American authors, replacing articles on similar subjects written by different

authors for the original ninth English (Foreign) Edition

WITH

NEW AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT

COMPLETE IN THIRTY VOLUMES

VOLUME XIII

THE WERNER COMPANY

AKRON, OHIO

1906

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THE WERNER COMPANY

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NEW WERNER TWENTIETH CENTURY EDITION.

VOL. XIII.

(INF-KAN).

Total number of Articles, 526.
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

INFANT. EDMUND ROBERTSON, LL.D., M.P., Professor of
Roman Law, University College, London.
INFANTICIDE. W. C. SMITH, LL.B., Advocate.
INFINITESIMAL CALCULUS. BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON,
F.R.S., Professor of Mathematics, Trinity College,
Dublin.

INGRES. Mrs. PATTISON, Author of "Renaissance of Art
in France."

INHERITANCE. Prof. E. ROBERTSON.

INK. JAMES PATON, Curator, Corporation Galleries of
Art, Glasgow.

INNS OF COURT. J. CLAUDE WEBSTER, Barrister.
INQUISITION. Very Rev. G. W. KITCHIN, M.A., Dean of
Winchester.

INSANITY. J. BATTY TUKE, M.D., F.R.C.P.E.

LAW OF INSANITY. ALEX. GIBSON, M.A., Advocate.
INSCRIPTIONS-

CUNEIFORM AND SEMITIC. Rev. A. H. SAYCE, Deputy
Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford.

INDIAN. JOHN DOWSON, late Professor of Hindustani,
University College, London.

GREEK. Rev. E. L. HICKS, M.A., Corpus Christi College,
Oxford.

ROMAN. Dr. E. HUBNER, Professor of Classical Philology,
University of Berlin.

INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. PATRICK GEDDES, F.R.S.E.
INSECTS. ROBERT M'LACHLAN, F.R.S.

INSPIRATION. Prof. T. M. LINDSAY, D.D., Free Church
College, Glasgow.

INSTINCT. G. J. ROMANES, LL.D., F.R.S.

INSURANCE-

FIRE. J. M. M'CANDLISH, Actuary.

LIFE. G. M. Low, Actuary.

MARINE. J. WARRACK.

INTERNATIONAL LAW. Prof. E. ROBERTSON.

IODINE. Prof. H. E. ARMSTRONG, F.R.S.

IONIA. E. H. BUNBURY, M.A.

IOWA. HENRY GANNETT, Census Office, Washington.

IPECACUANHA. E. M. HOLMES, Curator of Museum of
Pharmaceutical Society, London.

IRELAND-

GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS. T. F. HENDERSON.

HISTORY. W. K. SULLIVAN, President of Queen's College,
Cork, and RICHARD BAGWELL, M.A., Author of " History
of Ireland under the Tudors."

IRENEUS. Prof. T. M. LINDSAY, D.D.
IRON. C. R. ALDER WRIGHT, D.Sc., F.R.S., Author of
"Metals and Their Chief Industrial Applications."
THERAPEUTIC USES. D. J. LEECH, M.D., Professor of
Materia Medica, Owens College, Manchester.

IRON MASK. W. O'CONNOR MORRIS.

IRRIGATION. Prof. A. H. CHURCH, Agricultural College,
Downton.

IRVING, WASHINGTON. RICHARD GARNETT, Author of
"Idylls and Epigrams."

ISÆUS. R. C. JEBB, LL.D., Professor of Greek, University
of Glasgow.

ISAIAH. Rev. Canon CHEYNE, Oriel Professor of Exegesis,

University of Oxford.

ISOCRATES. Prof. JEBB.

ISPAHAN. Sir H. C. RAWLINSON, K.C.B., F.R.S.

ISRAEL. Dr. JULIUS WELLHAUSEN, Professor of Oriental
Languages, University of Halle.

ITALY-

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JAY. ALFRED NEWTON, F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, Uni-
versity of Cambridge.

JEFFERSON. Hon. JOHN BIGELOW, New York.
JEFFREY. T. F. HENDERSON.

JENGHIZ KHAN. R. K. DOUGLAS, Professor of Chinese,
King's College, London.

JENNER. J. RAYMOND GASQUET, M.B.
JEREMIAH. Rev. Prof. CHEYNE.

JEROME. Prof. T. M. LINDSAY, D.D.

JERROLD. FINDLAY MUIRHEAD, M.A.

JERUSALEM. Lieut. CONDER, R.E., of the Palestine Ex-
ploring Expedition, and Rev. W. R. SMITH, M.A.
JESUITS. Rev. R. F. LITTLEDALE, LL.D., D.C.L.
JESUS CHRIST. Ven. Archdeacon F. W. FARRAR, D.D.,
F.R.S., Author of "Life of Christ."

JEW, WANDERING. MONCURE D. CONWAY.
JEWELLERY. GEORGE WALLISE, South Kensington
Museum, London.

JEWS, MODERN. ISRAEL DAVIS.

JOB. Rev. A. B. DAVIDSON, D.D., LL.D., Professor of
Hebrew, New College, Edinburgh.

JOEL. Rev. W. ROBERTSON SMITH, M.A.

JOHN, EPISTLES OF. Rev. ARTHUR CARR, M.A.
JOHN (OF ENGLAND). Mrs. ARMITAGE.
JOHNSON. Lord MACAULAY.

JOINTS. R. H. SMITH, Mason's College, Birmingham.
JOINVILLE. GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A.

JONSON. A. W. WARD, M.A., Professor of History and
English Literature, Owens College, Manchester.
JORDANES. T. HODGKIN, D.C.L., Author of "Italy and
Her Invaders."

JUAN FERNANDEZ. Sir WYVILLE THOMSON, F.R.S.
JUDE. Prof. J. R. LUMBY, D.D.

JUDGES, BOOK OF. Rev. W. ROBERTSON SMITH, M.A.
JUGURTHA. Rev. W. J. BRODRIBB, M.A.
JULIAN. THOMAS KIRKUP, M.A.

JUNIUS. A. HAYWARD, Q.C., Author of " Biographical and
Critical Essays."

JUPITER. Prof. W. M. RAMSAY.

JURA. W. A. B. COOLIDGE, M.A., Editor of the Alpine
Journal.

JURY. Prof. E. ROBERTSON.

JUSTINIAN. JAMES BRYCE, M.P., D.C.L., Regius, Profes-

sor of Civil Law, University of Oxford.

JUTE. JAMES PATON,

JUVENAL. W. Y. SELLAR, LL.D., Professor of Humanity
University of Edinburgh.

KABBALAH. Rev. C. D. GINSBURG, LL.D.

KAFFRARIA. J. S. KELTIE and A. H. KEANE.
KAFIRISTAN. Col. HENRY YULE, C.B.

KALEIDOSCOPE. JAMES BLYTH, M.A.. Professor of
Mathematics, Andersonian University, Glasgow.
KALIDASA. A. A. MACDONELL, B.A., Corpus Christi Col-
lege, Oxford.

KANDAHAR. Captain T. H. HOLDICH, R.E.

KANGAROO. W. H. FLOWER, F.R.S., Professor of Com-
parative Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, London.
KANSAS. JOHN DAVIS, Editor of the Tribune, Junction
City, Kansas.

KANT. Prof. R. ADAMSON.

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