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Northwest Passage – Novogeorgievsk

Northwest Passage

a passage for ships from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific by the N. coasts of the American continent, long sought for, and at NORTON last discovered in 1850-1851 by Sir R.

MacClure. See NORTH POLAR EXPEDI- TIONS.

Northwich

a city of England in the district of Cheshire. Its chief industry is the mining of salt. It has several important public buildings. Its manufactures include bricks, chemicals, leather, brass, and iron. Pop. about 18,- 000.

Norton Sound

an arm of the Bering Sea on the west coast of Alaska, south of Cape Prince of Wales. At its entrance it is 175 miles wide, and extends about 135 miles into Alaska. The Yukon river empties into it. It was discovered in 1778 by Captain Cook.

Norway

a city of Michigan in Dickinson co., 9 miles S. E. of Iron Mountain. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern and Wisconsin and Michigan railroads. It has important iron mines.

Norwich University

an institution established in 1819 for the purpose of fitting college men, who are training for a purely civil career, for effective service as volunteers in time of It is now the military college of war. (1920), 12,627.

Nose

the organ of smell, consisting of two parts, one external, the nose, the other internal, the nasal fossæ. The sense of smell is produced by the action of the olfactory nerve on the meatuses of the nasal fossæ.

Noto

a city of Sicily. It has a number of beautiful churches and palaces. It contains a library ry and museum. There is a considerable trade in corn, oil, and wine. Pop. about 33,000.

Notre Dame

UNIVERSITY OF, an educational institution in Notre Dame, Ind.; founded in 1842 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 128; students, 1,200; president, Rev. John Cavanaugh, D. D.

Noue

FRANÇOIS DE LA, called BRAS DE FER (Iron Arm), a French Huguenot commander ; born near Nantes, France , in 1531. His "Political and Military Discourses" (1587) are deemed masterpieces masterpieces. He was killed at Lam- France, in 1591.

NOUREDDIN, MALEK-AL-ADEL

Novara

capital of an Italian provan Italian proveral fine churches , a trade in silk, grain, and wine, and manufactures of silk, cotton, and linen. Here the Sarutterly defeated by the Vol. VI-Cyc-FF NOVA SCOTIA NOVEL Austrians under Radetzky, March 23, ots in 1497. Its first settlers were 1849. Pop. about 60,000.

Novi

a town of Italy, 30 miles N. W. of Genoa. Here in 1799 the French were defeated (Aug. 15), and victorious (Nov. 6). a

Novogeorgievsk

town and fortress in Poland, situated on the junction of the Bug and Vistula rivers, nine miles N. W. of Warsaw, founded by Charles XII. of Sweden. Later it was enlarged by Napoleon. In 1813 it was of much heavy fighting during the World taken over by Russia. It was the scene War, before the fall of Warsaw.