These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Nicobar Islands, Nicodemus, Nicolaiev.
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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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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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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one of the principal naval stations of Russia, on the Black Sea, in the province of Kherson, and 36 miles N. W. of the town of Kherson, at • the confluence of the Ingul and Bug. It occupies a large space, is fortified and well built, with wide streets and a finely planted boulevard. It was founded in 1791, and since its connection with the Russian railway system its trade and importance have vastly increased. Pop. about 110,000.
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A Greek historian, was a native of Damascus . Some fragments of his works have come down to us, of which the most important is a portion of a life of Augustus. Nilus (The Nile). One of the most important rivers of the world, flowing through Aethiopia and Egypt northwards into the Mediterranean Sea . 2026 Editor's Note: Nicolaus of Damascus was a prolific Greek historian and diplomat whose chief work was a universal history spanning 144 books, though most of his output is now lost. Beyond his historical accounts, he served as a philosopher and wrote a life of Herod as well as an autobiography. (Ed: BR 2026-07-09)
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JOHN GEORGE, an American author; born in Essingen, Bavaria, Feb. 26, 1832; was brought to the United States in 1838 by his parents, and educated in the public schools. When 16 years old he became a printer in the office of the "Free Press," Pittsfield, Ill., where he rose to the post of publisher and editor. As proprietor of this paper he was recognized as a dominant political force in the State. During the famous campaign between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, he took sides with the former, and when Mr. Lincoln was nominated for the presidency he appointed Mr. Nicolay his private secretary. Shortly before President Lincoln's assassination, he appointed Mr. Nicolay United States Consul at Paris, which post he held till 1869. In 1872 he was made marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, and occupied that post for 15 years. As an author, Mr. Nicolay is best known from "Abraham Lincoln, a History" (1890), on which he collaborated with JOHN HAY (q. v.). He also contributed numerous magazine articles and sketches on President Lincoln. He died in Washington, D. C., Sept. 26, 1901.
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WILLIAM ROBERTSON, SIR, a Scotch clergyman and editor; born in Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 10, 1851. He took an M. A. at Aberdeen University; was minister of the Free Church at Kelso for eight years; on account of ill-health he resigned; in 1887 started the "British Weekly," one of the most successful religious papers in England, and later be came English editor of the "Bookman" and the "British Monthly." He also published a number of books, chiefly on religious or literary subjects.
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) Jean, a French explorer. Little is known of him save that he was an agent of Champlain. He was the first recorded white man to set foot on the soil of Wisconsin. In 1834 he ascended the Fox River. He is to be distinguished from the Jean Nicollet who traveled in the West 1832-40. In 1909 a memorial stone to the explorer Nicollet was erected at Menasha, Wisconsin. It marks the site of the ancient fort of the Winnebago Indians. The memorial is a huge boulder of basalt rock, known as Winnebago Manitou stone, or spirit rock. It is mounted on a plain pyramid of sandstone twelve feet high. It is inscribed: "Near this spot landed, 1634, Jean Nicollet, first white man in Wisconsin, met the Winnebago tribe, held earliest white council with 5,000 savages. Erected by the City and Women's Clubs of Menasha, 1906."
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Jean Nicolas (1786-1843), a French scientist. He was born in Savoy. He was the friend and pupil of Laplace, who makes frequent mention of him in his Mechanique Celeste. He visited the United States in 1833 for scientific study. He desired particularly to explore the Red, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri river basins. He collected ethnological, historical, and physiological data concerning America and its products. He was employed by the war department to make further researches in the far West, and on this expedition he was accompanied by Fremont. He made several geological reports, and a map which was published by order of Congress. He died in Washington, D. C., September 11, 1843. His name is preserved in Nicollet Avenue of Minneapolis, and in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
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