Nicolas Boileau
Boileau, Nicolas, (sieur Despreaux), One .of The Most Able Poets Whom France Has Produced. He Lived During The Reign Of Louis Xiv. And Rose To A High Distinction In The Cluster Of Wits, Whose Co Existence Has Ranked That Period Among The Golden Ages Of Literature. He Was Born In ...
Nismes
Nismes, An Ancient Town Of France, And Capital Of The Department Of The Gard, Is Agreeably Situated On The Declivity Of A Hill, Not Far From A Small River Called The Vistre. The Streets Are Irregular, Narrow, And Wind Ing, And The Houses In General Ill Built. In The Subui ...
Nitrate Of
Nitrate Of Stronttan.--the Effect Of This Salt, Lately Introduced Into Ornamental Pyrotechny, Is To Pro Duce A Fine Crimson Light; Nor Is It Too Expensive, Con Sidering That It Gives A Colour So Beautiful, And Hitherto Unknown In This Art. Aeconol.—spirit Of Wine Is Recommended For Many Compositions, On The ...
Nitric Acid
Nitric Acid. This Is Even More Frequently Used By Suicides Than The Sulphuric, And Has Also Been Often Taken Accidentally So As To Produce Death. From Its Large Use In Many Arts, It Is Often At Hand, And Too Easily Obtained For Either Of These Purposes. Its Effects On The ...
Nlexande11 Achillini
Achillini, ..nlexande.11, A Celebrated Philosopher And Physician, Who Is Said To Have Discovered The Met Leas And Incua, Two Bones In The Ear, Which Convey Hum The Tympanum To The Vestibule The Impressions Which Are Made Upon The External Organ. He Was Born At Bo Logna On The 29th October, ...
Nominal
Nominal Prepositions Have Been Described By Many Grammarians As 44 Words Which Signify The Mutual Rela Tions Of Objects." But These Relations Are Equally Expres Sed By Every Part Of Speech. Mr Ruddiman With Greater Propriety Describes The Preposition As An Indeclinable Part Of Speech Signifying The Relation Of One ...
Nomy
Nomy. At Particular Times, Sometimes Once And Sometimes Twice In A Year, The Light Of The Sun Is Interrupted By An Opaque Body, Which Covers More Or Less Of His Disc. This Is Called An Eclipse Of The Sun, But As It Is Occasion Ed By The Interposition Of The ...
Norfolk
Norfolk, A Maritime County Of England, Is Bounded On The North And East Bv The German Ocean ; On The South By The Rivers Wavcny And Little Ouse, Which Divide It From Suffolk ; On The West By Cam Bridgeshire And A Small Part Ot Lincolnshire. From The County Of ...
Northampton
Northampton. One Of The Interior Counties Of England, Is Bounded On The North By Leicestershire, Rutland, And A Small Part Of Lincolnshire; On The Cast, By The Shires Of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bedford, And Buckingham; On The South, By That Of Oxford ; On The West, By Those Of Osforcl And ...
Northuaiberland
Northuaiberland, The Most Northerly County Of England, Is Bounded On The South By Durham, On The West Bv Cumberland, On The North By The Scottish Coun Ties Of Roxburgh And Berwick, On The East By The Ger Man Ocean. In Shape It Approaches To Rhomboidal; The Longest Diagonal From South-west ...
Northumberland
Northumberland, A County Of Pennsylvania; Bounded By Schuylkill, South-east ; Dauphin, South ; Sus Quehanna H River, Or Union, West ; Lycoming, North, And Columbia North-east ; Length, 55; Mean Width, 13 ; And Area, 455 Square Miles. This Is One Of The Mountain Coun Ties Of Pennsylvania, And Very ...
Norway
Norway, The Most Hiteresting, But The Least Known, Of All The Countries Comprised In The Ancient Scandinavia, Is Situated Between The 57th And 71st De Grees Of North Latitude, And Between 5° 20' And 18° 20' Of East Longitude From Greenwich. It Extends About 950 Miles From North To South. ...
Norwich
Norwich, A Large, Ancient, And Venerable City, Distinguished At An Early Period By The Number And Importance Of Its Religious Establishments, And Of Great Note In More Modern Days, On Account Of Its Manufac Tures, Is Situated Not Very Far From The Centre Of The More Easterly Division Of Norfolk, ...
Notation
Notation, (in Mathematics) The Art Of Adapting Arbitrary Symbols To The Representation Of Quantities, And The Operations To Be Performed On Them. The Nu Merous Symbols, Which Form The Language Of Analysis In The Present Advanced Stage Of That Science, Have Been Produced By The Gradually Increasing Wants Of Those ...
Nottinghani
Nottinghani. Few Towns Occupy A More Com Manding, And, At The Same Time, Delightful Situation, Than This Large And Respectable Capital 01 The Shire To Which It Gives Name. Spreading Over The Swift Declivity, Par Tially Along The Base, But Vet Y Principally Over The Level Summit, Of A Terrace-like ...
Nouns
Nouns Are Either Concrete Or Abstract. A Concrete Noun Signifies A Congeries Of Qualities Habitually Presented To Gether In Nature. An Abstract Noun Signifies A Quality Se Parately Conceived. The Words " Man," " Woman," " Wood," " Stone," " House," " City," Are Examples Of Concrete Nouns. They Are ...
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Is A Peninsular Ptovince Of British America, Which Stretches Into The Atlantic From The Province Of New Brunswick. It Lies Between 43° 30' And 48° 4' Of North Lat. And 58° 50' And 67° Of West Long. It Is About 307 Miles Long, 154 Broad, And Has A ...
Numenius
Numenius, Lath. Cuv. Tern. Scolopax, Lin. Bill Long, Slender, Arched, Compressed, Point Hard And Slightly Obtuse, Upper Mandible Projecting Beyond The Lower, Rounded At The End, And Channelled Through Three Fourths Of Its Length ; Nostrils Lateral, Linear, And Pierced In The Chasm ; Face Covered With Feathers; Legs Slender, ...
Numerals
Numerals Have The Same Relation To The Substantive Noun As Adjectives, And Therefore Belong To This Class Of Words. They Express A Modification Or Limitation Of The Idea Conveyed By Some Substantive. Their Peculiar Ob Ject Is, To Denote The Degree Of Frequency With Which Any Sort Of Thought Contained ...
Nuneaton
Nuneaton, A Market Town -of England, In The County Of Warwick, Is Situated On The River Anker, And Consists Chiefly Of Four Streets, Which Meet At The Market-place. The Houses Are In General Neat And Well Built. The Church Is A Respectable Gothic Build Ing, Though Too Small For The ...
Odessa
Odessa, A Sea-port Town Of Russia In Europe, Situ Ated On The Black Sea, In The Government Of Cherson. It Stands Between The Mouths Of The Dniester And The Dnieper, At Thc South-wcst Corner Of The Bay Of Ad Schai, And On A Declivity In The Midst Of Extensive And ...
Of Actions I
Of Actions. I. Hitherto Of The Rights Arising From The Relation Of Per Sons, And Of Those Arising From Things, The Two First Objects Of Law. Actions Are Its Third Object, Whereby Persons Make Their Rights Effectual. An Action May Be Defined, Demand Regularly Made And Insisted In Before The ...
Of Aiembrane Before
Of Aiembrane. Before We Proceed To Give An Account Of Any Of The Before We Proceed To Give An Account Of Any Of The Individual Parts Of The Body, It Will Be Proper To Explain The Term Organization, As It Is Of Frequent Occurrence In Physiology, And One, With The ...
Of Aioney
Of Aioney. Incessantly Circulates From Producers To Con Sumers, By Means Of Money. All Kinds Of Exchange Are Accomplished Under This Form, Whether The Means Of Pro Ducing Wealth Are Transmitted From One Proprietor To Ano Ther, Or When Land Or Movable Capital Changes Its Owner, Or When Labour Is ...