Napiithavic Group
Napiithavic Group On Series. The Starting Point Of The Group Is _naphthalin A Substance Of Great Interest In The History Of Organic Chemistry, From Its Being That Upon Which Laurent Chiefly Founded His Theory Of Substitutions. It May Be Obtained In Various Ways, But Is Most Easily And Abundantly Produced ...
Naples
Naples. The Italian Provinces (formerly Kingdom) Of Naples And Sicily, Or The Two Sicilies, Occupy The South End Of The Italian Peninsula, And Consist Of The Conti Nental Territory Of Naples And The I»sula Dependency Of Sicily. The Distinctive Physical Features Of Naples And Sicily Are Noted Under The Names ...
Naples_2
Naples Anc. _ae«polis), A City Of Southern Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Naples; Is Built Partly At The Base, Partly On The Slopes Of Two Crescent-shaped Acclivi Ties On The Famous Bay Of The Same Name. Pop. '72 448,335. Lat. 40° 41' 8" N., Long. 15' 5" E. The ...
Napoleon
Napoleon, Or, In Full, Narof,pox Joseph Ctrant.es Paul 130napaute, Is The Son Of Jerome, King Of Westphalia, And Was B. At Trieste In 1822. When The Insurrection Broke Out In The Romagna In 1831, He Was Staying In Rome With His Grandmother, Mine. Letitia Bonaparte, But Was Forced To Leave ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor Of The French, Was B. At Ajaccio, In The Island Of Corsica, Aug. 15, 1769. (for An Account Of The Family To Which He Belonged, See Bonaparte, Family Of.) At The Age Of 10 He Entered The Military School At Brienne, As A King's Pensioner. Here He ...
Narbonne
Narbonne, A T. In The S. Of France, In The Department Of Aude, 55 M. S.w. Of Mont Pellier, On A Branch (la Robine) Of The Canal Du Midi. It Is The Narbo Martius Of The Romans; But There Is Reason To Believe That It Was Well Known To The ...
Narcotics
Narcotics (gr. Narla, Stupor) Arc Remedies Which, In Moderate Doses, Lessen The Action Of The Nervous System. Their Full Operation Is Sleep Or Coma. Opium Is The Type From Which Most Descriptions Of This Class Of Medicines Have Been Drawn; But Although Most Narcotics More Or Less Resemble Opium Their ...
Narragansetts
Narragansetts, Tribe Of Indians That Inhabited Rhode Island And The West Ern Shore Of Narragansett Bay; After Whom The Latter Was Named. They Were Originally A Part Of, And Spoke The Dialect Of The Algouquins. They Were Friendly Towards The Colonists, Their Wars Being Waged Against Other Indian Tribes. Canonicus, ...
Narses
Narses, A Celebrated Statesman And Gen., And Almost The Last Stay Of The Old Roman Empire In Italy, Was B. Toward The Last Quarter Of The 5th Century. The Place Of His Birth Is Uncertain. His Parentage Was Obscure, And He Was Probably Sold As A Slave In Childhood, Having, ...
Narvaez
Narvaez, Don Baron Maria, Duke Of Valencia. A Spanish General And Statesman, Was B. At Loja, In Andalusia, Aug. 4, 1805, And When Very Young Served In The War Of Liberation Against The French. He Was An Officer In 1820, When Constitutional Govern Ment Was Re-established In Spain; And In ...
Narwhal
Narwhal, Monodon, Or Nartrhalus, A Genus Of Eetteea, Of The Family Delphinitite, Re‘einhlino. Beluga (q.v.) In Form And In The Want Of A Dorsal Fin, But Remarkably Charac Terized By Having No Teeth At All, Except Two In The Tipper Jaw, Supposed To Be Canines, Which Sometimes Remain Quite Rudimentary, ...
Nash
Nash, Rierrartia,,bctlienknown .by Thcfnanie Of Beau A.fashionable Character Of The Last Century, Win) Attained To A Very Remarkable Uotolion 'vm The 'son Of A Welsh Gentleman, And Was Born At Swansea, In Glamorganshire, Oct. 18, 1674. After Studying At Oxford, He Held For Some Time A Commission In The Army, ...
Nashville
Nashville (oat"), Co. Seat Of Davidson Co., In Lat. 36° 10' N., Long. 86° 49' W., On The Louisville And Nashville, The Nashville And Decatur, The Nashville And Tuscaloosa, The Nashville, Chattanooga, And St. Louis, The St. Louis And Southeastern, And The Louisville And Great Southern Railroads: Pop. '80, 43,461. ...
Nassau
Nassau, Formerly A German Duchy, Now Wiesbaden, A District Of The Prussian Prov Ince Of Hesse-nassau, In 49° 5o-50 50 N. Let., And 7° 30'-8° 45 E. Long., Is Bounded Av And S. By The Main And The Rhine, The Prussian-rhenish Provinces, And The Grand Catchy Of Hesse; E. By ...
Natal
Natal,' The Region Now Forming The Colony Of Natal Derives Its Name From Its Being Discovered By The Portuguese On Christmas Day 1497. It Was Visited About 1822 By Several White Traders From The Cape, Who Found The Country In Of The Zulu Chief Chaka, Who Ruled In A Most ...
Nation
Nation (lat.. Natio. From Natns, Born), A Word Used In Two Distinct Senses. 1. A State Or Independent Society United By Common Political Institutions; 2. An Aggregaw Inass Of Bodnectea By Ties Of Bhiod And Lineage, And Aormainies Of Language. The Modern Dogma Of Nationalism, As Maintained By A Class ...
National Convention
National Convention, An Assembly Of Deputies Of This People, Which Assumed The Whole Government Of France On The Overthrow Of The Throne In 1792. When The Nation Al Assembly (see Assembly, National) Had Decreed The Suspension Of The King. Aug. 10th, 1792 It Appointed The Election Of The National Convention, ...
National Education
National Education. The General Subject Of Education Has Been Already Treated Under That Head. By The Term "national Education" Is Understood (1) The Means Taken By The Body Of Any Nation, Either Through The State Or Other Organizations, For Educating The People ; (2) The Objects Which The Nation Ought ...
National Hymns
National Hymns Are Popular Airs Which Are Peculiar To And Characteristic C2 Partienlar Nation. It Is A Singular Fact That The Composers Of National Hymns An Colde:r... Tnown. The Germans Call Their National Music To:left Ntwik„ A Designation Which Ic Appropriate, As A People Collectively May Not Improperly Be Considered ...
National Parks
National Parks, A Term Applied To Certain Territory In The United States, Set Aside By Act Of Congress And Specifically Exempted From Sale, Being Reserved. By Reason Of Picturesque Character And General Natural Features, As Common To The Entire People; Except For Settlement Or Private Use. Up To The Present ...
Natural History
Natural History, In The Widest Sense, Includes All Natural Science, And Has The Whole Of Creation For Its Subject. In This Sense The Term Was Employed By The Philoso Phers Of Antiquity. But It Is Now Limited To Those Branches Of Science Which Relate To The Crust Of The Earth ...
Natural Theology
Natural Theology (ante), The Name Applied To The Knowledge Concerning The Existence And Attributes Of God, Furnished By The Organized This Knowledge Springs From The Answers To Two Questions: 1. Is This Complicated Universe The Work Of A Personal Creator, Or A Result Of Impersonal Force? 2. If Of .t ...
Naturalization
Naturalization, The Act Of Placing An Alien In The Position, Or Investing Hint With The Rights, Of A Natural-horn Citizen. The Present Arrangements With Reference To Natu Ralization, By Which The Old Rule .that British Allegiance Is Indelible, Has Been Changed, Are Embo.lied In The Naturalization Act (1870). 33 C. ...
Naturalization_2
Naturalization (ante). The Right Of A Citizen To Throw Off His Natural Alle Giance To The State Of His Birth And Take A Similar Obligation To A Foreign Sovereignty Has Long Been Contested, And By Many Nations Is Not Yet Fully Admitted. In The Colonial His Tory Of This Country ...
Naturalized
Naturalized. In The Language Of Botanists And Zoologists, Those Plants And Aid Mels Are Said To Be Naturalized In Any Country, Which. Having Been Introduced Into It By Mnn, Have Established Themselves So As To Exist Without His Care. A Plant Or Animal Is Never Said To Be Naturalized So ...
Nature Printing
Nature-printing. This Is A Process By Which Engravings Or Plates Answering Thereto Are Produced By Taking Impressions Of The Objects Themselves, And Minting Twin Them. There Is Some Disaute As To The Original Inventor Of This Art; Denmark Claims It For A Native Of Copenhagen, Peter Kyle, A Goldsmith, Who ...
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve, Roy.u., Is A Sort Of Militia, Auxiliary To The Royal Navy. It Is A Force Held In High Esteem By Naval Men; And Is Considered An Extremely Valuable Reserve Of Trained Men Ready To Man The Fleet In Case Of Emergency. The Force Was Instituted In 1859, 'nettr ...
Naval Tactics
Naval Tactics. Modern Naval Tactics, As Embodying A Series Of Rules For Maneuvering To The Best Advantage, Corresponding To What Is Known On Land As "la ;pantie Tterre," May Be Said To Data Only From The Time Of Cromwell's Admiral, Blake. Little Change From Then Till The War Of 1s12 ...
Navarre
Navarre', A Province, And Formerly A Kingdom Of Spain, Is Bounded On The N. By France, On The S. And E. By Aragon, And On The W. By The Biscays: Nail Is Situated In 42° 20' To 43' 15' N. Lat., And 0° 50' To 2° 30' W. Long. Area ...
Navicular Disease
Navicular Disease, In The Horse, Consists In Strain Of The Strong Flexor Tendon Of The Foot. At The Point Within The Hollow Of The Fetlock, Where It Passes Over The Navicular Bone. It Is Most Common Amongst The Lighter Sorts Of Horses. And Especially Where They Have Upright Pasterns. Out-turned ...
Navigation
Navigation, Htsronv Of. In Its Widest Sense, This Subject Is Divisible Into Three Sections—the History Of The Progressive Improvement In The Construction Of Ships, The History Of The Growth Of Naval Powers, And The History Of The Gradual Spread And Increase Of The Science Of Navigation. Although These Three Sections ...
Navigation Laws
Navigation Laws (ante). In Regard To United States Laws Of Navigation Affecting The Property In And Management Of Ships, See Shipping, Law Of. Only The Regulation Of Congress In Regard To The Motions Of Ships Coming Near Each Other In Such A Way As To Make A Collision Possible Will ...
Navigators Or Saiicyan Islands
Navigators' Or Saiicyan Islands, A Group Of Nine Islands, With Some Islets, In The Pacific Ocean, Lying N. Of The Friendly Islands, In Lat. 13° 30' To 14° 30' S. And Long. 168° To 11'3° West. The Four Principal Islands Of The Group Are Mauna, Tutuila, And Savaii. Of These, ...
Navtiliis Propeller
Navtiliis Propeller Was Long The Best Known Among Many Names Given To A Mode Of Propelling Steam-vessels By Means Of A Horiantal Wheel Within Board, Instead Of A Paddle Or A Screw On The Outsiae. Trydraulie Propeller Has Latterly Come More Into Use. Engineers Thought Of This Mode Of Propulsion ...
Nebitle
Nebitle, A Name Given To Indistinct Patches Of Light In The Beaven§, Supposed To Proceed From Aggregations Of Rarely Distributed Matter Belonging To Distant Worlds In The Course Of Formation. By The Gradual Improvement Of Telescopes In Power And Distinct Ness, These Nebulae Have, One After Another, Become Resolved Into ...
Nebraska
Nebraska, One Of The United States Of America, Lying In Lat. 40° To 43° N., And Long. 95° To 104° W.; Bounded On The W. By Wyoming, And N. By Dakota, Being Partly Separated From The Latter By The Missouri River And Its Branch The Niobrara; E. By Iowa And ...
Nebraska
Nebraska (ante), Was Originally A Portion Of The Louisiana Territory Ceded To The United States By France In 1803, And It Formed Successively A Part Of The Louisiana And Missouri Territories Until 1854. During The Winter Of That Year Stephen A. Douglas Suc Ceeded, Amid Much Political Excitement, In Having ...
Necessity
Necessity. This Word Occurs In Connection With Two Different Philosophical Subjects, Namely, The Freedom Of The Will (see Free-wm.). And The Nature Of Our Belief In Fundamental Truths, Such As The Axioms Of Mathematics. It It Alleged By Some Philosophers That The Truths Held By Us As Most Certain Are ...
Neciio
Neciio, Piranaou Necho, Or Nero, An Egyptian King, Son Mad-successor, Accord Ing To Lierodolus, Of Psammeticus, And Contemporary Of Josiah King Of Judah. Sacred And Profane Writers Relate His Successful Wars In Syria. Soon After His Secession To The Throne He Prepared Large Fleets On The Mediterranean And Red Seas, ...
Necker
Necker, Jacques, A Famous Financier And Minister Of France, Was B. Sept. 30, 1732, At Geneva, Where His Father, A Native Of Brandenburg, But Of Anglo-irish Descent, Was Professor Of German Law. He Became A Banker In Paris And Acquired It Large Fortune During The Seven Years' War. After Retiring ...
Necrophilism
Necrophilism, An Unnatural And Revolting Love Or Appetite For The Dead Which Has Manifested Itself In Various Ways. Consorting Or Living With The Dead Has Been Observed As A Characteristic Of Melancholia. Individuals Have Inhabited Grave-yards Preferring The Proximity And Association Of Corpses With Which They Had No Tie, To ...
Necropolis
Necropolis, A Greek Term, Meaning The City Of The Dead, And Applied To The Cem Eteries In The Vicinity Of Ancient Cities. It Occurs In Classical Antiquity Only As Applied To A Suburb Of Alexandria, Lying To The W. Of That Having Many Shops And Gardens And Places Suitable For ...
Needfire
Needfire (ger. Nothfeuer; Allied To Sw. Gnida, To Rub; Eng. Knead), Fire Obtained By The Friction Of Wood Upon Wood, Or The Friction Of A Rope On A Stake Of Wood, To Which A Wide-spread Superstition Assigns Peculiar Virtues. With Varieties Of Detail, The Practice Of Raising Needfire In Cases ...
Needles
Needles Are Instruments Of Metal, Or Other Material, For The Purpose Of Carrying The Thread In Sewing, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, And Other Similar Operations. They Are Generally Made Of Metal, But Bone, Ivory, And Wood Are Also Used; For Ordinary Needle• Work, Called Sewing, They Are Made Of Fine Steel, ...
Negative
Negative, In Photography, Is That Kind Of Photographic Picture In Which The Lights And Shadows Of The Natural Object Are Transposed; The High Lights Being Black, And The Deep Shadows Transparent, Or Nearly So. Negatives Are Taken On Glass End Paper By Various Processes, And Should Indicate With Extreme Delicacy, ...
Negative Quantities
Negative Quantities Are Generally Defined As Quantities The Opposite Of "posi Tive" Or " Numerical " Quantities, And Form The First And Great Point Of Difference Between Algebra As A Separate Science And Arithmetic. In The Oldest Treatises On Algebra They Are Ree041fized As Distinct Modifications Of Quantity, And Existing ...
Negligence
Negligence, In Law, Such Want Of Due Diligence And Caution, Though Unaccom Panied By Injurious Or Criminal Intent, As Will Give Ground For A Civil Action For Damages Justify A Criminal Prosecution. The Obligation To Exercise Caution May Arise Front A Contract, Express Or Implied, Or From A Rule Or ...
Negrelli Aloys
Negrelli. Aloys Vox, 1799-1858; B. In The Tyrol; Constructed The First Swiss Railroad, From The German Border To Zurich, Also The First Austrian Railroad, Completed 1841; The Austrian Northern Railroad Secured Him As Chief Inspector, Which Position He Held Till 1849, When He Was Appointed Director Of Public Works. In ...
Negro Exodus
Negro Exodus, The Name Applied To A Remarkable Migration Of Freedmen From The Southern States Of America, In The Beginning Of 1879, And Through That And The Suc Ceeding Year. On April 7 In The Year Named, A Memorial Reached Washington, Signed By Many Of The Most Influential Citizens Of ...
Negro Minstrelsy
Negro Minstrelsy, A Species Of Singing Which Originated Among The Negro Slaves Of The United States, And Is Now Popular At Public Entertainments. The Sentiment Of The Earlier Of These Negro Melodies Was Of The Most Simple Kind, The Words Mostly Broken English. And The Harmonies Confined Chiefly To Two ...
Negroes
Negroes (from The Spanish Word Negro, Black; Lat. Vigor) Is The Name Given To A Considerable Branch Of The Human Family Possessing Certain Physical Characteristics. Which Distinguish It In A Very Marked Degree From The Other Branches Or Varieties Of Mankind—more Especially- The So-called Whites Or Europeans. In Blumenbach's Five-fold ...
Neheliah
Nehel{i'ah, Son Of Hachaliah, Probably Of Royal Descent, Is First Mentioned In The Bible As Cup-bearer To Artaxerxes Longimanus In His Palace At About Having Learned The Sad Fate Of Th&returned Colonists In Jerusalem, He Prevailed Upon The King To Send Him To His Brethren There With Full Powers "to ...
Neilgherry
Neilgher'ry (properly Nmotni) Hills (skr. Blue, And Piri, Mountain), A Remarkable Group Of Mountains In The S. Of Hindustan, Entirely Isolated, With The Excep Tion Of A Precipitous Granite Ridge, 15 In. In Width, Which Connects It With The High Table Land Of Maisur On The North. Lat. 11°. 10' ...
Nelitxbo
Nelitx'bo, Ns/with/um, A Genus Of Aquatic Plants Similar To Water-lilies, And Often Included Under That Name, As Well As By Some Botanists In The Natural Order Siymph,creteece (q.v.); Although By Others Constituted Into A Distinct Order, Netumbittem, Differing In The Want Of Albumen In The Seed, And In The Distinct ...
Nelson
Nelson, Wilmam, 1825-62; B. Ky.; Brother Of Thomas Henry, Minister To Chili 1801-66; Joined The Navy In 1840, And In 1847 Commanded A Battery In The Fleet Which Bombarded Vera Cruz, Keeping Up A Continuous Cannonade And Seconding The Movements Of The Army Under Scott, Resulting In The Capture Of ...
Nelson
Nelson, Honatto, The Greatest Of Britain's Admirals, Was B. On Sept. 29, 1758. At Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Of Which Place His Father, Edmund Nelson, Was Rector. His Mother's Maiden Name Was Suckling, And Through Her He Could Claim A Collateral Kin Ship With The Celebrated Sir Robert Walpole. As A ...
Nematelmia
Nematel'mia (derived From The Gr. Words News A Thread, And Lielmins, An Intes Tmalworin), Is The Term Given By Recent Zoologists To A Large And Important Class Of The Subdivision Vermes Of The Artkuluta. The Worms Belonging To This Class Arc Of A More Or Less Elongated Cylindrical Form. - ...
Nemea
Ne'mea, Anciently The Name Of A Deep And Well-watered Valley Of Argolis, In The Peloponnesus, Between Cleonm And Phlius. It Lies U. And S., And Is From 2 To 3 In. Long, And More Than Half A Mile Broad. It Possessed A Sacred Grove, With A Magnificent Tem Ple Of ...
Nentry
Nentry, A Seaport And Parliamentary Borough, Situated Partly In The County Of Armagh, But Principally In The County Of Down, Ireland, Distant From Dublin 63 Tn. And From Belfast 38 In. S.s.w, With Both Which Places It Is Connected By A Branch-railway Communicating With The Dublin And Belfast Junction Railway. ...
Neoplatonists
Neoplatonists, The Name Given To An Illustrious Succession Of Ancient Philoso Phers Who Claim To Found Their Doctrines And Speculations On Those Of Plato. Strictly ;peaking, However, The Platonic Philosophy—that Is, In Its Original And Genuine Form— Aspired With Plato's Immediate Disciples, Speusippus And Xenocrates. Arcesilaus (q.v.). .he Founder Of ...
Nepenthe
Nepenthe, A Name Derived From Two Greek Words Meaning Absence Of Grief, And Applied To A Narcotic Drug Employed By The Egyptians. Homer Relates That Helen Of Troy Acquired From Them The Art Of Compounding The Potion. Diodorus Siculus States That The Women Of Thebes Were Acquainted With The Secret ...
Neptune
Neptune, An Ancient Italian God. It Is Doubtful Whether He Was Originally A Marine Deity At All, For The Old Italians Were The Very Opposite Of A Maritime People, Yet His Name Is Commonly Connected With Nato, To Swim; Hence. At An Earlier Period He May Have Borne Another Designation, ...
Nero
Ne'ro, Roman Emperor From 54 A.d. To 68 A.d., Was B. At Antium, On The Coast Of Latium, Dec. 15, 37 A.d., And Was The Son Of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus And Of Agrip Pina, The Daughter Of Germanicus Ctesar, And Sister Of Caligula. His Mother, Becoming The Wife Of The ...
Nervous Diseases
Nervous Diseases Op An Obscure Natunn And Nervousness. Althoe.gh The Most Important Affections Of The Nervous System, As Chorea, Convulsions, Epilepsy, Hydro Phobia, Hypochondriasis. Hysteria, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Spasms, And Tetanus, Have Been Considered In Special Articles, There Is All Infinite Variety Of (often Evanescent) Forms Which The Diseases Of The ...
Nervous System
Nervous System (ante). The Nerve Fibers Have A Great Diversity Of Size; Some Of Them Found Between The Muscles Are As Much Of An Inch In Diameter, Having A Tubular Membrane. Medullary Contents, And An Axial Band. Other Nerve Fibers Having The Same Structure Are Not More Than Of An ...
Nest Building Apes
Nest-building Apes. Reference Was Made, But With Sonar Hesitation, Iu The Arti Cle Gonim,a, To Certain New Species Of Apes Of The Same Genus With The Chimpanzee And Gorilla, Said To Have Been Discovered By M. Du Chaillu In Western Africa. The Complete Vindication Which Has Since Taken Place Of ...
Nestomians
Nestomians, A Sect Of The 5th C., So Called From Its Founder Nestomus, Under Which Head Their Distinctive Doctrine, As Well As Their History Up To The Time Of Its Con Demnation, Are Sufficiently Detailed. Of The Later History It Will Be Enough To Say That, Even After The Council ...
Nestorians
Nestorians (ante) Claim To Have Existed As A Sect Prior To Nestorius. And Date Their Conversion To The Preaching Of The Apostle Thomas. They Have Also Is Tradition That They Are Descended From The Patriarch Abraham, And Hence Are Sometime Called Chaldcans. It Is Admitted That They Are The Oldest ...
Nestorius
Nesto'rius, A Native Of Germanicia, A City Of Northern Syria, In The Patriarchate Of Antioch, Was Probably A Disciple Of The Celebrated Theodore Of Mopsuestia; And Having Received Priest's Orders At Antioch, Became So Eminent For His Fluency, If Not Eloquence, As A Preacher, And For Grave Demeanor And Exemplary ...
Nests
Nests (lat. Aides, Gael. Need; Allied To Ger. ?ohm, Sax. Mean, Lat. Neciere, To Sew, Bind, Or Tie) Are The Structures Which Animals Prepare For The Rearing Of Their Young. They Are Very Different, Not Only When The Creatures Which Construct Them Belong To Widely Separated Divisions Of The Animal ...
Netherlands Trading Company
Netherlands Trading Company, A Chartered Joint-stock Association, With Limi Ted Liability, Formed To Aid In Developing The Resources Of The Dutch East Indian Possessions. The Company Possesses Peculiar Privileges, Acting Exclusively As The Com Mission-agents Of The Netherlands Government In Importing And Selling The Produce Of The Colonies, As Well ...
Nets
Nets Are Fabrics In Which The Threads Cross Each Other At Right Angles, Leaving A Com Paratively Large Open Space Between Them: Threads Are Also Knotted At The Intersections. In This Respect Netting Differs Essentially From Weaving, Where The Intersecting Threads Sim• Ply Cross Each Other. The Open Spaces In ...
Nettle
Nettle, Urtka, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Urticem, Having Unisexual Flowers, The Male And Female On The Same Or Separate Plants; The Male Flowers With A 4– Parted Perianth, And Four Stamens; The Female Flowers With A 2–parted Perianth And A Tufted Stigma; The Fruit An Aehenium. ...
Neuhof
Neuhof. Tii•odo Vox, Baron, 16864756; B. In Metz,ivestphalia; Became A Lieut. In An Alsace Regiment, But Soon Left On Account Of His Poverty, Indebtedness, And, It Is Said, A Duel. From This Time He Wandered About Europe, Making Use Of His Title And Address To Contract New Debts. In Spain ...
Neuralgia
Neuralgia (gr. Neuron, A Nerve; Algos, Pain) Is A Term Employed To Designate Pain Of A Purely Nervous Character, Usually Unaccompanied By Inflammation, Fever, Or Any Appreciable Change Of Structure. The Pain, Which Occurs In Paroxysms, Usually Fol Lowed By Complete Remissions, Is Of Every Possible Degree And Character, Being ...
Neutrals
Neutrals, Nations Who, When A War Is Being Carried On. Take No Part In The Contest, And Evince No Particular Friendship For Or Hostility To Any Of The Belligerents. 'as A Em End Rule Neutrals Should Conduct Themselves With Perfect Impartiality, And Do Nothing Which Can Be Considered As Favoring ...
Nevada
Nevada, One Of The States Of North America, Is Bound On The W. By California; On The S. By California And Arizona; On The C. By Utah And Arizona; And On The N. By Ore Gon Aria Idaho. Lat. 35° To 42° N.; Long. 114° To 120° Iv.; Area, 104,125 ...
Neviis
Ne'viis (known Popularly As Mother-spot Or Mole) Is A Congenital Mark Or Growth On Apart Of The Skin. Sometimes It Is Merely A Dark Discoloration Of The Surface As Described In Tl,e Article Macula:, In Which Ease It Is Termed A Mole And Is Perfectly Harmless; But Often It Consists ...
New Bedford
New Bedford (ante), A City In E. Massachusetts, Set Off From Dartmouth, 1787, Incorporated 1847, On The W. Bank Of Acnshnet River, Near Its Mouth; Pop. '80, 20,875. It Is One Of The Capita:s Of Bristol Co., And Has Become A Manufacturing City Of Con Siderable Importance. Besides Its Reciprocal ...
New Berne
New Berne (ante) Is The Port Of Entry Of Pamlico District, 40 M. From The Mouth Of The Neuse River, On The Atlantic And North Carolina Railroad. It Has A Con Siderable Commerce, Having Direct Communication With The Sea By Way Of Ocracoke Inlet. Its Chief Trade Is Coastwise, In ...
New Brunswick
New Brunswick, A Province Of The Dominion Of Canada, Is Bounded On The N.w. By Canada And The Bay Of Chaleur, On The N.e. By The Gulf Of St. Lawrence And The Strait Of Northumberland, On The A. Try Nova Scotia And The Bay Of Fundy, And On The S.w. ...