Each of these 14 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.
or NUEVO LEON (nūa-vē lā-ōn), an inland State of Mexico; area, 25,032 square miles. It is mountainous but fertile, and lead, gold, silver, and salt are worked; capital Monterey, about 75,000. Pop. about 380,000.
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a city, port of entry, one of the county-seats of New Lonand don co., Conn., on the Thames river, 3 miles from Long Island Sound, and on the New England, the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and the Central railroads; 50 E. of New Harmont roads: Shmileewonde County Historical Society Library, public library, hospital, parks, Connecticut College for Women, and Naval School of Instruction, United States naval station, electric street railroads, electric lights, National and State banks, daily and weekly newspapers, and waterworks. It has woolen mills, silk mills, iron foundry, sewing-silk mill, cottongins, lumber mills, hardware works, copper tube works, oil-engine works, and printing press works. New London is protected by Forts Trumbull and Griswold. The latter was the scene of a massacre in 1781, which is commemorated by a shaft 127 feet high. Pop. (1910) 19,659; (1920) 25,688.
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an island formerly known as NEW IRELAND (q. v.), in the Bismarck archipelago, 350 miles N. E. of New Guinea. It has an area of about 5,000 square miles, consisting chiefly of mountains. Little is known of the interior. It is very thinly populated.
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A strange machine constructed in 1854 by John Murray Spear (q.v.) at the instigation of the "Association of Electricizers," one of the bands of spirits by whom he was controlled. It was to derive its motive power from the magnetic store of nature, and was therefore to be as independent of artificial sources of energy as was the human body. The machine was hailed as a god-the Physical Saviour of the race," the "New Messiah "and a certain lady, in obedience to a vision, went to the High Rock (Lynn, Mass.) whereon stood the New Motor, and for two hours suffered birth-pangs," whereby she judged that the essence of her spiritual being was imparted to the machine. At the end of that time it was averred that pulsations were apparent in the motor. A. J. Davis expressed the belief that the design was the work of spirits of a mechanical turn of mind, but was of no practical value. The New Motor was finally smashed by the inhabitants of Randolph (N.Y.) whither it had been taken. In all it cost its builder some two thousand dollars. In common fairness to the Spiritualists it may be said that the majority had no sympathy whatever with such an absurd scheme.
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the collective name of the early Dutch settlements in what is now New York State.
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a coeducational institution in New Orleans, the auspices La.; founded in 1873 under Episcopal Church; reof the Methodist ported at the close of 1919: professors , 17; students, 400; voland instructors , 10,000; grounds and umes in the library 150,000; income buildings valued at $15 $ , $10 $35,000; endowment, $100,000; tive funds, $93,000; president, Charles M. Melden, D. D.
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a city of -seat of Tuscarawas co., Ohio, the county Cleveland, on the Tusca 96 miles S. of canal, and rawas river, the Ohio the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylrailroads. It is an important minvania manufactories of ing center and has steel, sewer pipe, flour, brick, etc. The city contains a park, a public library, several institutions and a court house. Pop. (1910) 8,542; (1920) 10,718.
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chief of the Bahama Islands. Though not the coast, largest of the Bahama group, being 20 it contains Nassau, the seat of the miles long, . of government. It is 170 miles from States is flat, with lagoons and good curiosi- Florida, Rocks, about 15,000. ties, including ROCKS, harbor. Pop.
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The name given to a group of sandstones, generally of a red color, occurring between the carboniferous rocks and the lias, which name is given them in contradiction to the old red-sandstone group, which lies below the coal-measures and has a similar mineral structure. See OLD RED SANDSTONE; FACING-SAND; BLACK SAND.
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a city of New Training York in Westchester co., about 16 miles from the Grand Central Station, New York City. It is on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and the New York, Westchester and Boston railroads. It is one of the best known suburbs of New York City. There is a public library, a high school, a hospital, and several private schools. New Rochelle was for many years the home of Thomas Paine. It has important manufacturing interests. Pop. (1910) 28,867; (1920) 36,213.
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New Sand Fresh sand from the quarries and pits, furnished to the foundries for moulding purposes. See BLACK SAND; FACING-SAND; OLD SAND. Newton's Fusible Metal Bismuth 8, lead 5, tin 3. This alloy melts at 212 deg. See FUSIBLE ALLOYS. Nosing The projecting moulding on the edge of a stair tread, which stands immediately in front at the top edge of the riser. Nowel The bottom flask in a set composed of cope and nowel. See FLASKS.
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the former name of the territory lying between the English colony of Virginia and the Dutch colony of New Netherlands. The Swedes founded a settlement here in 1638.
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a city of Minnesota, the county-seat of Brown co., 88 miles S. W. of St. Paul, on the Minnesota river and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and stock-raising region and has important trade interests . There are manufactories of flour, cigars, marble, bricks, machine products, pipe organs, etc. The city has a handsom handsome court house, hospitals, and public schools. It is the seat of Martin Luther College. Pop. (1910) 5,648 ; (1920) 6,745,
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a city and former capital of British Columbia; on the Fraser river; 15 miles from its mouth, and 60 miles N. N. E. of Victoria, on the Canadian Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Canadian Northern railways. It has the residences of Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops, a convent, Roman Catholic and Methodist colleges, the Dominion Penitentiary, Provincial Asylum for the Insane, sawmills, and great salmon-canning establishments. There are also manufactories of wire and nails, gasoline engines, etc. Pop. about 22,000.
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