857 / 1042
1 N D
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N D
cios of tbe ala: are connivent, amI of the fame (hape
",ith the vexiUlIm; and Ihe pod is (lrait. There are
/ix fpccirs, all of them nati!'es of the Indirl. The
¡inlloria, anil, or iodigo, growl abuut tlVO feet high.
with ronndilh lravrs.
As to the indigo blue, it is a fecular, or fwling,
made by meaos of water and oil olive out of theleaves
of the anil, or iodigo plant; there is
a
diffm nee be.
tween that made by ¡be leaves only, ano that whieh
is made of tbe leaves aod fmall branches. The choicel!
of the former fon i$ tha! whieh bears lhe furoame of
Serquilf~,
from
a
village of Ihal name fome leagues
from Surat io the Eal!·[odies.
It
is made alfo about
Biana aod Colfa near
Agra;
aod alfo in the kingdom of
Golcooda. lo making the fecol:!: of anil, in order tO
ma\:e iodigo of it, tbey cut the herb witb a fickle,
\\Iheo tbe lta,es begio 10 faU upon touching lhem; and
afler they bave Ilripped them from lhe branches, they
PUt them iOlO a fuflici:Dt qllaotity of water io
a
vetrel
uJled the Ileepiog vat; and lel tbem iofofc lhere thir·
Iy or· lhirty.five hours; after which they IUro the cock,
iD
order
10
let Ihe IValer ruo off, which is become of
a greeo colour ioclioiog lowuds blue, into a vetrel of
Ihe narure of a churo, where it i¡ worked
by
means of
a roller or luroer of wood, the ends of which are
poioled and faced wilb iron: lhis lhey work lilllhe
water abouods with a Iilber; theo they cafi inlo it a
lillle cil of olive, that is, one pouod ioto fuch a quan·
lily
of lhe liqnor al will yield feveoly pouods
Gf
indio
go, fuch as is faleable; aod as fooo as lhe
f~id
oil is
thrl1Wll io, tbe lalber feparates ioto two pam, fo lhat
JOu may obfene a quanlÍly curdled
as
milk is
wb~o
re2dy 10 brea\: j then lhey ccafeworking, aod lel itllaod
to fCllle; wbich wbeo il
has
donefome rime, lhey o·
pen lbe pipe or cock of lhe verTel,
in
order lolel lhe
waler cltar off, that the feeulz which is fubfided may
remaio /¡(bind at lbe bonom of Ihe veR'e1like lhe lees
of ",ioe. Then laliog il out, they pUl il into firaio·
iog bags of c101h, to feparate what water was Idt ;
afler which they
CODV~y
il into chens Or box:es lhat are
fhallow, to dry il; and beiog dried, it
is
\lIhat we call
indigo.
,
Chufe lhe iodigo of Serqúilfe io /lat cakes, of amo·
derale thicknefs, neither 100 foft
Dor
100 bard,
of
a
deep violel colour, J;ghl, and fách as fwims 06 waler,
and wbeo brokeo has no while (pOli in il ; and laIlly,
rueh as is copperilh or reddi(h on being rubbed IYilh
ooe's nail, aod has lhe leall dun aOO brokeo pieces in
.i!.
T be olher forl ofindigo il alfo the fecula made
(rom
theanil; and dilTers oOlbingfroOl the forOler, bU! as it
is maoe of lhe IYbole plaol, Ilalk and leaf; lhe bell
of \\hich kiod ii Iba! whioh bcars lhe oarDe Guatima·
Ja, lha; comes from Ihe \Vefi Iodies. In chufing
I~is
iodigo, il 010uld be as near lhe other
~iod
as
can
be ; bOl Ihe (urefi proof of ilS goodnefs i5 ill buroing
VpOA the fi,e like wax, and leaving ooly :llillle a(hes
behiod. The fecond fort of indigo is thal of SI Do–
mingo, difi'erinr. oOlbiog (rom lhe Gualimala,
ooly
that il is oot of fo livdy a colour; the lhird is lhe
Ja.
.IIlaica iodigo; lbe fourth
;5
that of lhe Leeward
inands
i
all whicll are bwer or worfe, accordiog al
lhey are more or lefs neat and pureo
The ufe of lhe indigo is for Ihe lhe dyer and
Iao~retres, ferving the la(llo put among lheir lineo. The
painlers ufe il 10 grind Wilh whilc for paioting inblue ;
for ifil is ufed alone aod neal, it lurns black; ground
Wilh y<1low, it makes a green: fom e confellioom
anu apolhecaries prepofieroufly ufe Ihis 10 colour fu·
gan Wilh which 10 make cooferves aod fyrup of vio-
1m ,
by adding fome orice.
INDIVIDUAL, in logic, a particular beiog ofaoyfpe.
cies, or lhat which cannOl be divided iOlO 1100 or more
beings equal or alile.
The ufual divifion in logic is made unto geoera or
genus's. thofe gener a iOlO fpeeíes, aod Ihofe fpecies
inlo indiviuuals.
INDIVISIll LE, amongmelaphyficians.
A
lhing is faid
to be abfolulcly indiTlfible, lhat is a fimple being, and
confifis of no pans iotO which il may bedivided. Tbus
God is iodiviGble io all refpells, as is alfo tbe humaD
mind, OOt having eXtenfioD or olher properlÍes of bQ'
dy.
IN
01
VI!I!L E
s, iD geometry, lhe elemeols or
priocipl~,
into which any body or figure may be uhiomely re·
folved; whith elemenl! are fuppofed io60ilely fmall :
Ihus a lioe may be faid tO conlifi of points, a furface
of parallellincs, aod a folid of pilIa/le! lIod (¡nlilar fur· ·
faces.
INDORSEMENT, in I:w, any thing wrimn on Ihe
back of a deed, al
a
receipt for rDoney received.
Tbere islikewife an iodorferDetll, by way of aflige.
menl, 00 bilis of
eKcha~ge
aod notel of band; wbich
is done by wririog a perCOIl', oame 00 the bac\:
lb~rc·
of.
See B
I LL.
INDUCTION, io laIV, i¡ pUlling a ckrk or ekrgyman
iD polfeflion of a bencfice or livini 10 whicb be is cojo
Jaled, or prefenled.
INDULGENCES, io tite Romilh church, are a remillion
of lhe puni(hmeot due 10
fiOl,
granted by lhe church.
and fuppofed to [¡ve lhe f:ne:r from PurgatOry. Cle·
meot
V!.
io his decretal, which is genmlly received
by
lhe cburch of Rome, declares; Ib2.l our Saviour
has lefl an infinite lrcafure of merils, arifing frOTO his
own
fufl'~rings,
befides lhofe of the blelftd virgin aod
me
faiols; and that lhe panor! aod guides of lhe
church, and more efpeciBlly lhe popel, wbo are lhe
rovereigo difpofers of Ibis lreafure,
ha~e
autbority
I~
apl,ly il 10 lhe living by vinue of lhe
leya,
and 10 lhe
dead by Vlay
af
fufFrage, 10 difcharge lhem from
Iheir refpellive proponions of puoi(hmeot, by takiog,
jun fo much merit OUl of lhis general ucafure as they
<:OllCeive lhe debt
require~
and ofFering il tO God.
The pOlller of granliog indulgences
h~s
beeo greRl.
Iy abufed in the churcb
of
Rome.
lt
was one of lbe
chief Ihings which Ihe councíl of Con(lance laid
LO
the
charge of John
XXIII.
in 141
í,
lhat he impowered
his legalcs 10 abfolve penileols (rom a!l fons of crimes,
upon Ihe paymeot of fums propon ionable
ro
lheir guill.
Pope Leo
X.
in order 10 carry on lhe magnificent
Ilrullureof SI. Peter's al Rome, publi(hed indulgences,
anu a pleoary remiflion 10 all fueh 21 (hould cUOlribule
moncy