Nias
an island belonging to the Netherlands; about 65 miles W. of Sumatra; has an area of about 1,800 square miles. The surface is mountainous, the highest peak rising 1,970 feet. In 1857, when the Dutch took complete possession of the island, the population was reckoned at 17,000. Recent estimates place it at 200,000. They grow rice, cocoanuts, bananas, tobacco, sugarcane, etc., and annually about 110,000 pounds of pepper. The Niassers are of the Malay race, but fairer than the type.
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Niblack
ALBERT PARKER, an American naval officer; born in Vincennes, Ind., July 25, 1859; was graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880. He was naval attaché at Berlin, Rome, Vienna, Buenos Aires; served in the Spanish-American War, Filipino Insurrection, Boxer Campaign, occupation of Vera Cruz in 1914, 1914, a and commanded squadron 1, Atlantic Fleet, battleship force, and later United States naval forces based on Gibraltar. Promoted Rear Admiral August, 1917.
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Nicene Creed
the summary of articles of belief formulated by the first council of Nice, and the "Filioque" clause, to which the Greeks objected, having been added at the First Council of Constantinople, A. D., 381, under Pope Damasus I. The creed is recited daily in the Roman mass-all present genuflecting at the words "Et homo factus est"-and in the Communion office of the Anglican Church.
properly the CON- STANTINOPOLITAN
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Nichol
JOHN, a Scotch writer; born in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, Sept. 8, 1833. He was a Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow ( 1861-1889), who did much to make American books popular in England. His numerous publications include: "Byron " and "Carlyle" in "English Men of Letters" series; "American Literature, 1620-1880" (1882). He was an ardent advocate of the Northern cause during the Civil War, and visited the United States at the close of the conflict. He died in London, England, Oct. 11, 1894. as follows:
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Nicholas Nickleby
a novel by Charles Dickens, published serially 1838-39. It is the story of a youth who is left fatherless, and with mother and sister makes a successful struggle against poverty and the attempt of an uncle to defraud him of his rights. Dickens aimed to expose in this story the cheap boarding schools so common in England at that time. Dotheboys Hall with its master, Wackford Squeers, is a vivid picture of the Yorkshire schools and was influential in bringing about improvements. Nicholas Nickleby is a favorite among Dickens' stories, especially with boys and girls. I know one child who, when she is happy, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is unhappy, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is tired, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she is in bed, reads Nicholas Nickleby; when she has nothing to do, reads Nicholas Nickleby; and when she has finished the book, reads Nicholas Nickleby over again.-Thackeray.
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Nichols
ERNEST FOX, American scientist; born in 1869 at Leavenworth Leavenworth , Kan. He studied at Kansas Agricultural College, and at Cornell, Berlin, and Cambridge. From 1892 he taught physics at Colgate University, and Dartmouth from 1898, and at Columbia from 1903 to 1909, in which year he became head of Dartmouth. He studied radiation phenomena at Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. He has experimented in the measurement of heat waves, and heat radiation from stars and planets, and of the pressure due to radiation. His literary work has been done mostly in connection with his editorship of the "Physical Review."
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Nichusch
Prophetic indication. In accordance with the Kabalistic view that all events and natural happenings have a secret connection, and interact upon one another, it is believed that practically everything can become an object of soothsaying-the flight of birds, movement of clouds, cries of animals, events happening to man, and so on. Man himself may become Nichusch by saying that if such and such a thing takes place it will be a good or a bad omen.
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Nicias, Nonacris, Notus, Numidia, Nursia & Nursia
Nicias A celebrated Athenian general, by whose influence peace was concluded with Sparta in B. C. 421. Nonacris A town in the north of Arcadia , surrounded by lofty mountains, in which the river Styx took its origin. Notus Called Auster by the Romans, the south wind, or strictly the southwest wind, which brought with it fogs and rain. Numidia A country of northern Africa. Nursia A town of the Sabines, situated near the sources of the Nar and amid the Apennines, whence it is called by Vergil frigida Nursia It was the birthplace of Sertorius and of the mother of Vespasian.
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Nick, or Old Nick
A well-known British appelation of the Devil . It seems probable that this name is derived from the Dutch Nikken, the devil, which again comes from the Anglo-Saxon nac-an, to slay, -for as Wachter says the devil was " a murderer from the beginning." In northern countries there is a river spirit named "Neck," "Nikke," or Nokke," of the same nature as the water Kelpie, and the Merman or Triton. 66
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Nickel-plating
The art of nickel electro-plating was invented by Bottcher about 1848, and had developed into an important industry. The best kind of solution to use is one of the double sulphate of nickel and ammonia, which should be saturated at 25 deg., and used in conjunction with a plate of nickel as positive electrode. See PLATING.
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Nicobar Islands
a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, forming witha the Andamans, to the S. of which group they lie, an extension of the great island chain of which Java and Sumatra are the principal links; area 634 square miles; pop. about 10,000. Nineteen in number, 12 of which are inhabited, they = consist of two divisions-the N. low and planted with cocoanut trees, and the S. mountainous (2,000 feet) and covered with timber. Malaria prevails nearly all Morethe year round; the temperature emperatu seldom moves outside the limits 80°-85° F. The people are a variety of the Malay race. There is an extensive trade in copra and cocoanuts. The archipelago was occupied by Denmark, 1756-1856. In 1869 it was annexed by Great Britain.
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Nicodemus
a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, at first a Pharisee, and 44 66 afterward a disciple of Jesus. He was 66 early convinced that Christ came from 66 66 God, but was not ready at once to rank himself among His followers. In John iii: 1-20, he first appears as a timid inquirer after the truth, learning the great doctrines of regeneration and atonement. In John v.: 45-52, we see him cautiously defending the Saviour before the Sanhedrin. At last, in the trying scene of the crucifixion, he avowed himself a believer, and came with Joseph of Arimathea to pay the last duties to the body of Christ, which they took down from the cross, embalmed, and laid in the sepulcher (John xix: 39).
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