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INAUGURATION, Ihe' coronation of an emperor or

king, or the confecr.tion of a prelate: fo called from

Ihe cerentonies ufed by the

Rom.ns,

when they were

received into tite college of augurs.

INCA, or YNe

a name given by the natives of Peru

to their kincs and the prinees of the blood. Pedro

Cie~a,

in his Chronicle of Peru, gives the origin

of the incas, and rays, lhat tha! eountry was, for a

long time, Ihe thealre of all manner of erimes, of IVar,

dilfention, and Ihe mofl dreadful diforders, till at lafl

IIVO brothers appeared, one of IVhom IVas ealled Man–

goeapa; of this perron, the Peruvians relate many

wonderful nories. He buil! the eity of Cufeo,

m~de

lalOS, eflablilhed order and harmony by

~is

wife regu–

lations; and he and his defeendents took the name of

inca, whieh ligoifies kiog or great lord. . Thefe incas

became fo powerful, that they rendered themfelves

maflees of all the eountry from

p~no

tO Chili, and

from the river Maule on the fouth, lO the river Aug.

afmago on the north

thefe t\Vo rivers forming the

bounds of their empire, wbieh extended above thineen

hundred leagues in length. This tbey enjoyed till the

divilioos between inca Guafear and Atabalipa; whieh

the Spaoiards laying hold of, made themfdves maflm

of the eountry, and deflroyed the empire of the iDeas.

INCAMERAnON, a term ufed in Ihe chancery of

Rome, for the uniting of lands, reveoues, or other

righls, to the pope'9 domain.

INCANTAnON, denotes eertain eeremonies, aecom·

paoied wilh a fonnula of words, and fuppofed

capable of railing del'ils, fpirits,

6c.

See CHARM ,

Oc.

INCAPACITY, in !he canon·law, is of t\Vo kinds:

The want of a difpenfalion for age in a minor, fer

legitimation iD a baflard, and Ihe like: this reoders

the provifion. of

beneliee void iD its original.

Crimes and heioous olfeoces, which aonul provifions

at firll valid.

INCARNATION, in theology, the aél whereby Ihe

Ceeond perfon of Ihe holy Trioity alfumed the human

Darure,

viz.

a true body and reaCooable Coul, in order

to aecomplilh lhe

red~mption

of fallen mankind.

INCARNATIVES, •iD Curgery, medicines whieh affiíl

nature in filling up wouods or uleers with flefh; or

nlher remove the obflruélions therelo.

INCENSE, or FRANK"NCEH SE, io the maleria medica,'

Oc.

a dry relioous fubOanee, known amoDg authors

by Ihe names thu. and olibanum.

Ineenfe is a rich perfume, wilh whieb the aneient

pagans, and the Romao Catholies Oill, perCume their

temples, altars,

&c.

The bur.ing of ineenfe made part of the daily fer–

vice of the ancient j ewifh ehureh. Tbe priens drew

101S

to know \Vho n.ould offer il; the deflined perfon

tnok a large film dilb, in whieh was a eenfer full of

io((nre; and being aeeompanied by another prien,

carryingfomeliveeoals [rom the alIar, wenl inro Ihe tem–

ple. There, iD order tO give notiee tO the people,

Ihey Ilruek upon ao inflrument of brafs placed bet\Ve.n

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II;e temple and lhe altar

and being rctl:rned to tJ.o

altar, he \Vho brought the fire Icft it there, and weot

away. Theo lhe

off~rer

of i"ecnfe having Caid

pray.

er or I\VO, waited the fignal, whieh was Ihe burning

úf the holoeau(! ; imOlediately upon whieh I,e ret fire

to the inecnfe, Ihe \Vhole multitud. eonlinuing all the

lime in prayer. The quanlity of inecnfe offered eaeh

day,

w~s

half a pound in the moroiog, and as much

at nigh!.

Ooe reafon of this eonlinual burniogof ineeofe migh!

be, Ihat the multitude of viéliOlSthat were eontinually

offered up, would have made the temple fintlllike a

naughter-houfe, and eonfcquently have inlpired the

comers ralher \Vith difguíl and averfioo , thao awe

an~

and revereoee, l,ad it not been overpowercd by the a–

greeable fragranee of thoCe perfumes.

INCEST, the erime of vencreal eomOlere. belweenper–

Cons who are related in a degree whereiD Olarriage i.

prohibiled by the law of the eountry.

INCH, a well known meafúre of lenglh; being the

tlOelfth part of a foot, and equal to three barley.corol

in length .

INCIDENCE, denotes Ihe direélion in whieh one body

flrikes on anotuer. See

On.es

and MEC HAN les.

INClDENT DrLIG ENee, in Seols law. a warrant grant–

ed by a lord ordinary in the e.ourt of fe/lion, for eiting

w.tnelfes for provrng any

po.ot,

or f01' produélion of

any writing neeelfary for preparing the caufe for

final deterruioatioD, or before it goes to a general

proor.

INCISIVE, ao appellalioo given to IOhatever euts or

divides: thus, the fore-teeth are ealled dentes ioeifiví,

or eUllers; and medieioesof an a.tteDuatiog nature, in–

cidents, or ioeilive medicines .

INCLE•• kiDd of tape made of lioen yaro .

INCLINATION, is a word frequently ufed by mathe–

matieians, and lignifies the mUlual approaeh, tendeoey,

or leaning of two lines or two planes towards eaeh o–

ther,

as to make an angle.

INCLINED PLANE, in meehaDies, one that makes an

oblique angle with Ihe horizon. See MECH.

les.

INCLOSURE, in hufbandry, the feoee or hedge made

to incloCe lands.

INCOGNITO, or INcoe, is applied

a perCoo Ihat

is iD aoy place "here he would not be known : but il

is more partieularly applied to prinees, or great men,

who eoter,towos, or walk lhe flreets, without their or–

dinary traio or Ihe ufual marks of

th~ir

dil!inélioo and

qualilY·

INCOMBUSTIBLE, Comething Ihat eaonot he hurnt,

or eonfumed by fire. See ASBESTUS.

INCOMMENSURABLE,

term iD geontetry, ufed

where twO lines. when eomparerl to eaehother, have no

eonlmon meafure, how fmall foever, Ihat will exaélly

meafure them hoth. Aod in general, two quantili"

are fa id tO he ineommcnfurahle, when no Ihird quaa–

tilY can he found lhal is an aliquot par! of bOlh.

INeoMM ENSURABL[ NUMBEkS arefuch as have no eom–

mon divifor that \ViII divide Ihem hoth equ,lIy.

INCOMPATIIJLE, th,t whieh cannot fubfifl with a–

nOlher, withoUI dcílroying il : thus eold anJ!teal are

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