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ALFRED NEWTON (1829–1907)

JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807)

JOHN NEWTON (1823-1895)

SIR CHARLES THOMAS NEWTON (1816-1894)

SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)

NEWTOWN (Welsh Drefnewydd, with the same meaning, formerly Llanfair Cedewain)

NEWTOWNARDS (pron. Newtondrds)

NEZ PERCES (in allusion to their custom of wearing nose-rings, &c.)

NIAGARA FALLS (formerly Clifton or Suspension Bridge)

NIAHOMMEDAN RELIGION

NIBELUNGENLIED, or DER NIBELUNGE NOT

COUNCIL OF NICAEA

NICAEA, or NICE

NICANDER (2nd cent. B.C.)

NICCOLO NICCOLI

NICEPHORUS CALLISTUS XANTHOPOULOS

NICEPHORUS PATRIARCHA (c. 758-829)

NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

JOHN NICHOL (1833-1894)

NICHOLAS (1841– )

NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)

NICHOLAS OF BASEL (d. 1397)

NICHOLAS OF GUILDFORD (fl. 1250)

SIR EDWARD NICHOLAS (1593-1669)

JOHN NICHOLS (1745–1826)

HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON (1844-1899)

JOHN NICHOLSON (1822-18J7)

WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1753-1815)

WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1784-1844)

NICIAS (d. 414 B.C.)

NICKEL (symbol Ni, atomic weight 58.68 (0=16))

NICOBAR ISLANDS

JAMES NICOL (1810-1879)

CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH NICOLAI (1733-1811)

SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS (1799–1848)

NICOLAUS DAMASCENUS

NICOLAUS OF LYRA (c. 1265–1349)

PIERRE NICOLE (1625–1695)

ROBERT NICOLL (1814-1837)

SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON NICOLL (1851– )

RICHARD NICOLLS (1624–1672)

WILLIAM NICOLSON (1655-1727)

NICOMEDIA [mod. Ismid]

NICOPOLIS, or ACTIA NICOPOLIS

GIOVANNI NICOTERA (1828-1894)

NICTHEROY, or NITEROY

NIDIFICATION (from Lat. nidus)

BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR (1776–1831)

KARSTEN NIEBUHR (1733-1815)

NIEDERLAHNSTEIN

CHARLES HENRY NIEHAUS (1855— )

ADOLPHE NIEL (1802-1869)

NIELLO (the Italian form of Lat. nigellum, diminutive of ?tiger, " black "; Late Gr. /IAAavbv)

NIEM [NYEM, or NIEHEIM], DIETRICH OF (c. 1345–1418)

JULIAN URSIN NIEMCEWICZ (1758-1841)

NIENBURG ON THE SAALE

NIENBURG ON THE WESER

JOSEPH NICEPHORE NIEPCE (1765-1833)

JUAN EUSEBIO NIEREMBERG (1595–1658)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE (1844–1900)

NIEUPORT (Flem. Nieuwpoort)

AGOSTINO [AUGUSTINUS Nlrnus] NIFO (c. 1473–1538 or 1545)

NIGDEH (Arab. Nakidah)

NIGEL (d. 1168)

GAIUS PESCENNIUS NIGER

NIGHTINGALE (O. Eng. Nihtegale, literally " singer of the night ")

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (1820–191o)

COUNT COSTANTINO NIGRA (1828-1907)

NYMEGEN NIMEGUEN NIJMWEGEN

NIKAYA (" collection ")

ARTHUR NIKISCH (1855-- )

ATHANASIUS NIKITIN

SLOBODA NIKOLAYEVSKAYA

NIKOLSBURG (Czech, Mikulov)

NIKON [NIKITA MININ] (1605-1681)

NIKSHICH (also written N1xsHITCH and NIKSHrTI; Croatian, Nik.fic)

BATTLE OF THE NILE

NILGAI, or NYLGHAU (" blue bull ")

NILGIRIS, THE, or NEELGHERRIES (Blue Mountains)

CHRISTINE NILSSON (1843– )

COUNCILS OF NIMES (Concilia Nemausensia)

NIMROD (-`s??, -i=s; Septuagint, Nef3pc5£: various reading in Gen. x. 8, Nef3p6av: Vulg. Nemrod)

NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

OR NEPIGON] NIPIGON [NEEPIGON

JEAN MARIE NAPOLEON DESIRE NISARD (18o6-1888)

LOUISA CRANSTOUN NISBETT (1812–1858)

NISH (also written NISCx and Nis)

NISHAPUR (Old Pers. Nev-shdpur-nev, New Pers. niv, nik= good; Arab. Naisabur)

NISIBIS (Nasibina in the Assyrian inscriptions)

NITHARD (d. 844)

5TH EARL OF WILLIAM MAXWELL NITHSDALE (1676-1744)

NITRIC ACID (aqua fortis), HNO3

NITRO COMPOUNDS

C6H6NO2 NITROBENZENE

0=16] atomic weight 14.01 NITROGEN [symbol N.

C3H NITROGLYCERIN

GREGOR WILHELM NITZSCH (179x-1861)

KARL IMMANUEL NITZSCH (1787-1868)

NIUE (SAVAGE ISLAND Or NIUE-FEKAI, as the natives call it)

NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel)

LOUIS CHARLES BARBON MANCINI MAZARINI NIVERNAIS

NIWRMI 111111 111111111111

JOHN NIXON (1815–1899)

NIZAMI (1141–1203)

NOAH (ni, rest; Septuagint, New Testament, Philo, Josephus, Na*, N&i os, Nweos: Vulg. Noe)

ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL (1833-1896)

LEOPOLDO NOBILI

MARCUS FULVIUS NOBILIOR

SIR ANDREW NOBLE (1832- )

NOCERA INFERIORE

NOCERA UMBRA (anc. Nuceria Camellaria)

NOCTURN, or NOCTURNE (Lat. nocturnus, of or belonging to the night, nox)

NODE (Lat. nodus, a loop)

CHARLES NODIER (1780-1844)

JOHANN JACOB NOEGGERATH (1788-1877)

RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL (1834-1894)

GUILLAUME DE NOGARET (d. 1313)

COUNT KITEN NOGI (1849— )

NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

NOKES (NOKE, NOAK, NOAKES), JAMES (d. 1692)

THEODOR NOLDEKE (1836— )

NOLLE PROSEQUI (sometimes shortened into not. pros.)

JEAN ANTOINE NOLLET (1700-1770)

NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

NOMENTUM (mod. Mentana)

NOMINALISM (from Lat. nomen, name)

LAW RELATING TO NONCONFORMITY

MALFEASANCE MISFEASANCE NONFEASANCE

NONIUS MARCELLUS

NONNUS (Egyptian for " saint ")

NONPAREIL (Fr. non, and pareil, like, Lat. par)

NONSUIT (Fr. non suit, he does not pursue)

GERHARD NOODT (1647-1725)

NORCIA (anc. Nursia)

MAX SIMON NORDAU (1849- )

JOHN NORDEN (1548-1625?)

BARON NILS ADOLF ERIK NORDENSKIOLD (1832-1901)

NORDERNEY (i.e. " northern island ")

LILIAN NORDICA (1859— )

CARL GUSTAF NORDIN (1749-1812)

EARLS AND DUKES OF NORFOLK

NORICUM (Noricus ager)

NORITONTAL AAGIC RVLR

SIR HENRY WYLIE NORMAN (1826-1904)

1ST MARQUESS OF CONSTANTINE HENRY PHIPPS NORMANBY (1797–1863)

NORNS (0. Norse, Nornir)

FRANK NORRIS (1870—1902)

HENRY NORRIS NORRIS

JOHN NORRIS (1657-1711)

SIR JOHN NORRIS (c. 1547-1597)

WILLIAM EDWARD NORRIS (1847– )

NORTH CAPE (Nordkap)

NORTH KANARA DISTRICT

NORTH SEA FISHERIES CONVENTION

NORTH TONAWANDA

MARIANNE NORTH (1830—1890)

ROGER NORTH (1653-1734)

SIR THOMAS NORTH (1535?-16o1?)

ASSIZE OF NORTHAMPTON

EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF NORTHAMPTON

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

1ST EARL OF THOMAS GEORGE BARING NORTHBROOK (1826-1904)

JAMES NORTHCOTE (1746-1831)

NORTHERN DIVISION

1ST EARL ROBERT HENLEY NORTHINGTON

EARLS AND DUKES OF NORTHUMBERLAND

EARL OF WARWICK VISCOUNT LISLE JOHN DUDLEY NORTHUMBERLAND

EARL OF JOHN NEVILLE NORTHUMBERLAND (c. 1430-1471)

NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH NORTON (18o8–1877)

1ST BARON CHARLES BOWYER ADDERLEY NORTON (1814–1905)

CHARLES ELIOT NORTON (1827-1908)

THOMAS NORTON (1532–1584)

EARL OF GEORGE GORING NORWICH (1583?-1663)

NOSAIRIS (also known as Ansayrii, sometimes Ansariyeh)

NOSARI, or NAVSARI

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

NOSOLOGY (Gr. v5a-or, disease, and X yor, science)

NOSTALGIA (Gr. viniror, return home, and etXyor, grief)

NOSTRADAMUS (1503-1566)

NOSTRUM (neuter of Lat. nosier, our)

NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

BARON JEAN BAPTISTE NOTHOMB (18o5-1881)

ELIPHALET NOTT (1773-1866)

SIR WILLIAM NOTT (1782-1845)

1ST EARL OF1 CHARLES HOWARD NOTTINGHAM (1536-1624)

EARLS OF NOTTINGHAM

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

NOUMENON (Gr. voouµevov, a thing known, from voeiv)

1ST MARQUIS DE MANUEL PAVIA Y LACY NOVALICHES (1814-1896)

NOVAYA ZEMLYA (Nova Zembla, " new land ")

NOVEL (from novellus, diminutive of Lat. nevus, new; through the Italian novella)

ERMETE NOVELLI (1851- )

VINCENT NOVELLO (1781-1861)

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

JEAN GEORGES NOVERRE (1727-1810)

NOVGOROD (formerly known as V elikiy-Novgorod, Great Novgorod)

ALEXANDER NOWELL (c. 1507-1602)

NOWSHERA, or NAUSHAHRA

WILLIAM NOY (1577-1634)

MARQUESS MICHITSURA NOZU (184o-19o8)

NUBAR PASHA (1825-1899)

NUCERIA ALFATERNA (mod. Nocera Inferiore, q.v.)

NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

NUEVA SAN SALVADOR, or SANTA TECLA

NUISANCE (through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, to hurt)

NULLAH (Hindostani for an arm of the sea, stream or water-course)

NUMBERS OF VESSELS BUILT IN JAPAN AND

BOOK OF NUMBERS

PARTITION OF NUMBERS

NUMERAL (from Lat. numerus, a number)

MARCUS AURELIUS NUMERIANUS