Neuritis
a term applied to inflam- The symptoms are mation of the nerves. The those of neuralgia, with impairment of sensation, or localized paralysis, according as sensory or motor nerves are affected.
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Each of these 13 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Neuroptera
in entomology, an order of the class Insecta, in which the older entomologists included all insects possessing four membranous wings, more or less elaborately veined, but without the peculiar arrangement of cells which occurs in the Hymenoptera.
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Neurosis
a name common to disof the nervous system unaceases companied by any discoverable alteration in structure, that is to say, functional diseases of the nervous system. Hysteria, for example, is a neurosis; catalepsy, some forms of mental disease, such as melancholia, various forms of neuralgia and spasm, are called neuroses.
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Neurotic
a term introduced into medicine to indicate some relationship to the nervous system. Thus a neurotic disease is a nervous disease. Medicines that affect the nervous system, as opium, strychnine, etc., are called neurotics.
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Neuter
in botany, a flower having neither stamens nor pistils; as in those occupying the outermost flowers of the head of Centaurea cyanus, the margin of the cymes in garlen plants of Viburnum, Hydrangea, or in the whole cyme of Viburnum opulus. In grammar, a noun of neuter gender. In entomology, a sterile female, a worker.
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Neutrality
in chemistry, possessing the neutral condition. In international law, that condition or attitude of a country or state in which it does not take part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other countries. A neutral state is allowed to supply to either of the belligerents any supplies or stores which are not contraband of It may also enter into treaties war. or engagements with either side, provided such treaties or engagements are unconnected with the subject of the war. Armed neutrality, the state of a country or nation which holds itself armed in readiness to resist any aggression of either of the belligerents between whom it is neutral. See BELLIGERENT. NEUTRAL TINT, a dull grayish hue, having the character of none of the etc.
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Neuwied
a town of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 miles below Coblenz; formerly capital of the principality of Wied. The castle of the princes has a beautiful garden, in which are many Roman antiquities unearthed in the vicinity. The town contains an important institute of the Moravian Brethren, and there are some minor manufactures. Pop. about 20,000.
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Neva
a river of Russia, flowing W. from Lake Ladoga to the Bay of Cronstadt, in the Gulf of Finland. It passes through St. Petersburg, and carries to the sea an enormous volume of water (greater than that of the Rhine) from the lakes Ladoga, Onega, Ilmen, and others. Its total length, with windings, is about 40 miles; in places it is over 4,000 feet wide, elsewhere the channel is narrowed to 180 feet; and in one or two places the navigation is embarrassed by reefs and rapids. It is frozen on an average from Nov. 25 to April 21. By the Ladoga canal the Neva communicates with the vast water system of the Volga, and thus it may be said to join the Baltic with the Caspian Sea.
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Nevers
the capital of the French department of Nièvre, formerly of . is picturesquely seated on a hillside, 600 feet the province of Nivernais It above sea-level, at the influx of the Nièvre to the Loire, 159 miles S. S. E. of Paris. The Noviodunum of Cæsar, it has been the seat of a bishop since 506; its beautiful cathedral, restored in 1879, belongs mainly to the 13th century. The stately court house, dating from 1475, was formerly the castle the Dukes Nevers. The city contains a fine public garden, a bridge of 14 arches over the Loire, a medieval gateway, and a tricommemorating umphal arch (1746) prise the Fontenoy. The industries compris rise manufacture of cannon, iron cables and chains, porcelain (introduced by Italians about 1565). 28,000. 1565). Pop. about
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Nevin
ETHELBERT, an American composer and brother of A. F. Nevin. Born at Edgeworth, Pa., 1862. Studied music, first under local teachers and afterward in Berlin under Von Bülow and Karl Klindworth. He returned to America in 1887, making his home in Boston, where he produced many musical compositions. After 1893 he traveled in Europe, but spent most of his time in Paris and southern France. Returned to the United States in 1901, and was associated with Professor Parker in the department of music of Yale University. His songs and instrumental pieces are distinguished for their delicate charm. He died in New Haven in 1901.
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Nevis
an island of the West Indies, belonging to Great Britain. It forms one of the Leeward Islands, and is 2 miles S. E. of St. Christopher, with which it has been since 1882 administratively connected. It is circular in form, rises in the center to a wooded ancient crater (3,200 feet), and has an area of 50 square miles. The lower slopes are cultivated, the sugar-cane being the principal crop, though limes and oranges are grown to a small extent. The capital is the port of Charlestown. Nevis was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and colonized by England in 1628. In the 18th century it was twice taken and restored by the French. Pop. about 13,000.
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New
HARRY STEWART, United Bomited States Senator from Indiana. of leather Indianapolis, Dec. 31, 1858. From 1878- 1903 he served with the "Indianapolis Journal," beginning as a reporter and ending as part owner. In 1898 he served as a captain in the American Army in the Spanish-American War. In 1896 he was elected a member of the Indiana State senate. From 1900 to 1912 he was a member of the Republican National Committee, being chairman in 1907-1908. Elected United States Senator for the term 1917-1923.
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New Albany
a city and countyseat of Floyd co., Ind.; on the Ohio river, and on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis, the Southern, and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville railroads; opposite Louisville, Ky. A bridge connects the city with Louisville. Here are the court house, hospital, library, National and State banks, street railroads, electric lights, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The city has manufactories of engines, automobiles, cars, and boilers, planing, rolling, and flour mills, pork-packing houses, iron foundries, shipyards, and plateglass works. Pop. (1910) 20,629; (1920) 22,992.
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