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Nine Pins – Nodosaria

Nine Pins

a game with nine pins or pieces of wood set on end, at which a ball is rolled for throwing them down.

Nipigon

a lake in the province of Ontario, Canada; 30 miles N. W. of Lake Superior, with which it is connected by the Nipigon river; is about 70 miles long, but its deeply indented coast line measures 580 miles; greatest depth 540 feet. The lake is studded with hundreds of islands.

Nipissing

a lake in the province of Ontario, Canada; N. E. of Lake Huron, into which (Georgian Bay) it drains through French river (55 miles); is about 50 by 28 miles.

Nirgua

town in Yaracuy, Venezuela, 40 miles S. W. of Valencia. Region is fertile, coffee, sugar, tobacco, cocoa being abundant. Considerable cattle breeding, and some mining. Pop. about 11,000.

Nish

the chief town and commercial center of southern Serbia; in a vinegrowing district; 130 miles S. E. of Belgrade; is the seat of a Greek grade; is the seat of a Greek bishop; and has a fairly strong citadel (1737).

The place played a conspicuous part in NITRIFICATION

Nitrate

a salt of nitric acid. symbol, AgNO3; prepared by dissolving

Nitrate of Silver

lunar caustic; colorless trimetric crystals, which dissilver in nitric acid. It crystallizes in solve in one part of cold water, and melt at 198° C. It is extensively used in photography and medicine.

Nitrate of Sodium

Chile saltpeter; symbol NaNO3. Occurs abunchief use is as a fertilizer. dantly as a natural product in Chile. Its use is as a fertilizer. the five compounds formed by oxygen

Nishapur

a town of Persia; capital of the province of the same name; of the province e of the same name: 53 miles W. of Meshed, in a beautiful and fertile valley; was the birthplace and contains the grave of Omar Khayyám. Pop. about 15,000.

Nitride

a compound of nitrogen nitrogenous organic matter or ammonia

Noah

the tenth male in descent from Adam, in the line of Seth; was the son of Lamech and the grandson of Methuselah. According to the Scriptural story he received the divine command to build an ark in which he and his family escaped the Deluge (Gen. v: 29-ix: 29).

Nodosaria

in zoölogy, a genus of Polythalamia or multilocular foraminifera. The additional segments, each of which is essentially similar to a Lagena, are added to to the primordial chamber in a straight line. The ornamentation is various, chiefly thin ribs and delicate points. Range in time from the Permian to the present day .