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in archæology, a term applied to the more recent of the two periods into which the stone age has to palæobeen subdivided, as opposed lithic. During this period there is found the knowledge of any metal no trace of excepting gold, which it would seem had The sometimes been used for ornaments. stone implements are finely neolithic shaped and polished, and are found in extinct connection with the remains of animals.
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a primary element existing in air. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers, of England, who, in July, 1898, separated separ it from argon while experigas menting with liquid air. Neon is a having a density of 14.67, and like argor it is characterized by inertness.
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a term applied in the primitive Church to the newly baptized. They wore white garments at their baptism, and for eight days after. The Council of Nice (325 A. D.) ordered that neophytes should not be admitted to holy orders till their constancy had been in some measure proved. The term is still used by Roman missionaries for their converts from the heathen. A special use of the word was to denote one who, not having passed through the inferior grades, was, in view of I Tim. iii: 6, considered canonically unfit to be consecrated bishop.
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A king of Epirus, son of Achilles and Deidamia, called also Pyrrhus . He greatly signalized himself during the siege of Troy, and he was the first who entered the wooden horse. He was inferior to none of the Grecian warriors in valor. Ulysses and Nestor alone were his superiors in eloquence and wisdom. Nepos, Cornelius. A celebrated historian in the reign of Augustus, and, like the rest of his 4 literary contemporaries, he enjoyed the patronage and obtained the favor of the emperor. He was the intimate friend of Cicero and Atticus, and recommended himself to notice by delicacy of sentiment and a lively disposition. Of all his valuable works the only one extant is his Lives of Illustrious Greek and Roman Generals.
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or NEPHELITE, a mineral species included by Dana in his unisilicate sub-division of anhydrous silicates. It has a vitreous or greasy luster. Crystallization, hexagonal, usually occurring in six or twelve-sided prisms, with plane or modified summits.
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a mineral, an aluminous variety of amphibole among the bisilicates, of a leek-green color, massive, and rolled pieces, remarkable for its in hardness and tenacity. It was formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys. A unisilicate, zoisite, is also spoken of as nephrite, as is jade. All three are capable of fine polish, and have been used since prehistoric times for ornaments, weapon-handles, and even weapons.
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or POMUK, JOHN OF, the patron saint of Bohemia, honored as a martyr of the seal of confession; born in Pomuk, a few miles S. E. of Pilsen, Bohemia, about 1330. Having studied at the University of Prague and taken holy orders, he held various ecclesiastical offices in Prague, and was appointed confessor to Sophia, wife of King Wenceslaus IV. For refusing to betray to this monarch the confession of the queen John was put to the torture, then tied hand and foot, and flung into the Moldau, in March, 1383. His memory was cherished with peculiar affection by the Bohemian people, and in 1729 he was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII. His memory is celebrated May 16.
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Known to the Greeks as Poseidon . One of the gods, son of Saturn and Ops, and brother to Jupiter and Pluto . He was devoured by his father as soon as he was born, and restored to life again by a potion given to Saturn, by Metis , the first wife of Jupiter. Neptune shared with his brothers the empire of Saturn, and received as his portion the kingdom of the sea. He did not think this equivalent to the empire of heaven and earth which Jupiter had claimed, therefore he conspired to dethrone him. The conspiracy was discovered, and Jupiter condemned Neptune to build the walls of Troy. He married Amphitrite, who thus broke a vow she had made of perpetual celibacy. The term Neptune is often used to signify the sea itself; thus Shakespeare, in his Tempest, act v. scene 1, says: "Ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune."
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Nymphs of the sea, daughters of Nereus and Doris . According to most of the mythologists, they were fifty in number. They are represented as young and handsome girls, sitting on dolphins and armed with tridents.
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sea-centipede; the typical genus of the family Nereidæ. The species are numerous and widely distributed.
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a genus of Fucaceæ family Laminardiæ. The stem, which is filiform, is many fathoms long.
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WALTER, German scientist; born in 1864 at Briesen, Prussia, he was a student at Zürich, Berlin, Graz, and Würzburg; in 1887 was appointed assistant to Ostwald, and in 1889 became professor of physics at Leipsic University. In 1891 he became professor of Göttingen, and in 1905 at Berlin. In 1907 he published in German and English a series of lectures delivered by him at Yale on applications of thermodynamics to chemistry. The Nernst incandescent electric lamps which he invented was one of the first of its class. He has published several works on physics in German.
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LUCIUS DOMITIUS, called after his adoption CLAUDIUS DRUSUS, Roman emperor; born in Antium, Italy, Dec. 15, 37 A. D. He was the son of Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, and of Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus. He had the philosopher Seneca for his teacher; was adopted by Claudius, A. D. 50, and four years after succeeded him on the throne. At the commencement of his reign his conduct excited great hopes in the Romans; he appeared just, liberal, affable, and polished; but this was a mask which soon fell off. He caused his mother to be assassinated, and vindicated the unnatural act to the Senate the ground that Agrippina had on plotted against him. He divorced his wife, and led a most shameless and abandoned life. In 64, Rome was burnt, and popular suspicion pointed to Nero as the author of the conflagration. He charged the Christians with it, and commenced a dreadful persecution of them. His cruelties, extravagance, and debauchery at length aroused the public resentment. Piso formed a conspiracy against the tyrant, but it was discovered and defeated. That of Galba, however, proved more successful, and sun wever, Nero being abandoned abando by his flatterers, put an end to his existence near Rome, June 9, 68 A. D.
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