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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Nones, Nordhausen, Nordica.
Nordenskjold, Adolf Erik
nor'den-sheld, Adolf Erik (1832-1901), a Swedish explorer. He was born at Helsingfors, Finland, and was educated at the university of that name. With his father, a noted mineralogist, he explored the Ural Mountains . Owing to his political views, he was required to leave Finland. He went to Sweden, where he became superintendent of the mineralogical department of the Swedish museum in Stockholm. He was an active man of an adventurous nature. He was employed by the Swedish government in several Arctic explorations. He reached a point in the Arctic Ocean farther north than had been attained by any predecessor. He also penetrated farther into the interior of Greenland than had been attempted previously. June 22, 1878, he set out from Karls-krona to make the attempt of circumnavigating the northern coast of Europe and Asia. He passed along the northern coast eastward, as far as Bering Strait, where he passed the winter. The following spring he continued his journey to Yokohama and returned home by way of the Suez Canal . He was the first white man to accomplish this journey. He published a number of works on early explorations. He died in Sweden. SEE HUDSON; FRANKLIN; KANE; GREELEY; ARCTIC REGIONS .
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Nordhausen
a town of Prussian Saxony; at the S. base of the Harz Mountains, and the W. end of the fertile Goldene Aue ("golden plain"), on the Zorge river. There are extensive distilleries of corn brandy and manufactures of tobacco, sugar, leather, chemicals, etc. Dating from 874, and in 1253 created a free imperial city, Nordhausen embraced the Reformation in 1522, and in 1803 fell to Prussia. Pop. about 35,000.
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Nordica
LILLIAN, an American opera singer; born in Farmington, Me., in 1859; family name, Norton. She studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and afterward in Paris and in Italy. In 1882 she married Mr. Gower, sang with great success in England, Germany, and on the Continent, and was a favorite in her native country. Being very desirious to sing in Wagner's operas in Bayreuth, she went there and appealed to Mme. Wagner for permission to do so. This granted, she studied German and the rôle of Elsa in "Lohengrin," in which she made a triumphant appearance. Marguerite in "Faust" was another famous part. In 1896 she married Zoltain F. Dome, who had appeared for the first time in opera at the Bayreuth Festival, in 1894 as Parsifal. Was a member of Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Co. (1901). Married George Young, American banker (1909). Died 1913 on the island of Java as the result of exposure from the wreck of the steamer "Tasman." NÖRDLINGEN, a town of Bavaria; on the Eger river; 44 miles N. W. of Augsburg; it has a Gothic church (restored 1880), with a high tower and fine organ, and manufactures carpets. Here took place, Sept. 16, 1634, the great battle in which the Swedes were defeated by the Imperialists with a loss of 12,000 killed and wounded.
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Nordstrand
an island of Prussia, on the W. coast of Schleswig; area, 21 square miles. The greater part of it was swept away in 1634 by a flood, which drowned 15,000 persons.
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Nore
a sandbank in the estuary of the Thames; 47 miles from London. Off its E. end is a floating light which revolves 50 feet above high water. The name is commonly applied to the portion of the estuary in the vicinity of the Nore. light and sandbank. It was here that the outbreak of the fleet, the "mutiny at the Nore," broke out on May 20 till June 13, 1797. The ringleader, Richard Parker, styled president of the "Floating Republic," was hanged June 30 from the yardarm of his ship.
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Norfolk (City of Nebraska in Madison co)
a city of Nebraska, in Madison co., 75 miles S. W. of Sioux City. It is on the Elkhorn river and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Union Pacific railroads. It is the center of an important farming and stock-raising region and is also important commercially. It has manufactories of flour, cereal, concrete, packing houses, threshing machine works, etc. It is the division headquarters of the Northwestern railroad. It contains a State hospital for the insane, Federal court house, public library, a park, etc. Pop. (1910) 6,025; (1920) 8,634.
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Norfolk Island
an island in the W. Pacific; about half-way between New Zealand and New Caledonia; 400 miles N. N. W. of the former. The coasts are high (mean altitude, 400 feet) and steep, and the surface generally uneven, rising in Mount Pitt to 1,050 feet. The island has an area of 10½ square miles. The soil is fertile and well watered, and the climate healthful. Norfolk Island was discovered by Cook in 1774. Between 1788 and 1805, and again between 1826 and 1855, it was a penal settlement for convicts sent from New South Wales. In 1856 many of the inhabitants of PITCAIRN ISLAND (q. v.) were transferred thither by the British government. The population includes a number of Melanesian boys and girls being educated at Bishop Patterson's mission station of St. Barnabas, Norfolk Island being the headquarters of the diocese Melanesia, which was founded in 1861. The people govern themselves, under the superintendence of the government of New South Wales; they fish, farm, and supply provisions to passing vessels. Pop. about 1,000.
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Norham Castle
the border fortress of the bishops of Durham; on the Tweed river; 8 miles S. W. of Berwick. Founded in 1121, and deemed impregnable in 1522, it has memories of Kings John, Edward I., and James IV., but is known best through "Marmion." The picturesque ruins comprise a great square keep, 70 feet high.
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Norman
SIR HENRY, English writer, born in Leicester, then came to this country and studied at Harvard University, finishing his education at Leipsic, Germany. Returning to America, he began an agitation for the conservation of Niagara Falls, with the result that land acquired on both sides, by New York was State and Canada respectively. Joined the staff of the "Pall Mall Gazette," then of the "London Chronicle." Was member of Parliament from 1900 to 1910. Retired from journalism in 1910, and began traveling through the Far and Near East, corresponding for British publications.
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