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<""ded ro (ar io an a"emp' 'o .mber by ,his fluid
""-nd an acid drawn f. om (he efude pyrites. (har he has
"roJllced a friable rumewhat ptllucid m2tter, h:l.\'iog
all the propenics of amber except its hardnefs and
e1earoef" .od yieldtog a uue fal, and oil of amber 00
dinill"ion.
The medicinal viuues of ,he ~aptha are ,he faro e
wilh the ccromon petroleom, but in a nlore remi(s de–
gree. It is ured ex,eroally on m,ny oec.Gons io Pe~.
tia' and is uken inwardly. a few drops for a dofe, ID
colics. T'he principal u(e madc aE it, .ho~·ever, is
burning in lamps, for which purpofe it is very proper.
MAPIER'" or NOH'S BONES. Se< NEPER.
"N.'\PLES, ,he capilal of ,he kinsdom of N.ples: G,u·
..ed io E.long. 15°, N. laL 41°.
The kjogdom of Naples is ooe of ,he Sicilies; i, ¡,
Ihe fou,h·eall Fau of hal)', aod i. fituated belween
14° aod 19° E . 100g.•od be,weeo 38 aod 34° N.
lal. beiog bouoded by Ihe gulph of Veotce on ,he
Dorth.c.tfi, by tbe Mediterraoeao fea. on the {outh.
ean, by Sicily aod ,he Tufcan fea on ,he Coulh·wen,
and by' the Pope's territorics 00 the (l; and
dividId from Ihe iO. ods of Sicily only by Ihe narrow
Ilraigh, of P haro or MeOioa.
N ARBARTH, a ,owo ofPembrokeChire, in foulhWale.,
fitU::lted ten míles nonh -eall: of Pernbroke.
NARBONNE. a cily of France, io ,he proviDee of Lao·
glledoc : fi,u.ted io E. long. 2° 40" N. Iat . 43 ~ IS'.
NARBOROUGH, an iO. nd of South.America, io ,he
patiGe Oeean, Gtuated 0 0 the coa[l of' Chili, in W,
long. 85°, S . lal. 45',
NARClSSOS, ,he OAHODtL, io botany, l genu. of
Ihe hex'Ddri. monogynia claC.. Tme torolla eonfi[l.
of MlC le~\'e', and lhe n~élarium of one entire ~unne1.
fhaptd leaf; and the ll:amin,a are fitcate withiD t~e oee–
tarium. There are 13 fpecles, ooly t\Yo af whtch are
nativcs of Britain, viz, the poeticus, comman pale
d.ffodil, or primrof. ~ee.Iers; .od ,he pfeudo· Ducif.
'us , or wild E~glilh d,ffodil ,
NARCOTICS, in m~dicioe, foporifcrou. medicioe.,
wbich exci,e a [lopefaaion.
N arcotics, called alfo hypnotics, anodynes, or llu–
pefaftives, are faid, by Hoffman, to be fuch , kind of
remedies as, by tbd r fubtle. noxious, ¡nd dcleterious
exhalations, diminífh, or quite denroy. Ihe ftnre anei
motion of tht folid pan" Among narcatics, the moíl
eminent are thof\! wlaich are ufuaJly prepared far me–
dicinal uf", of ,he whole poppy, efpecially.opiom ; as
alfo .11 ,hofe p.repared of nlandragoras, hyofcyamo.,
llr:\mooium, and datura.
NARDO, a po" IOwn of ltaly, io tbe kingdom of N.–
.pIes : E . loog. '9°, N . la!. 40° 33'·
NARDUS, io botaoy, a genus of ,he ..iaodria mooo–
gynia claf.. lt has 0 0 ealix, and ,he corolla confiCls
af t\YO v81,e" There are 6vc fpecies, ooly one of
which, viz. the filiéla, or rnalt-grafs is a native of
Britain,
NARR-ATION, io oratory and hi[lory,' recital or re–
hearCal of a faa as il happened, or wheo it is foppofed
to have bappene:d. See DEt CRIPTION.
N ARWAL, io ich,hyology. See MONOOON,
N A T
NARVAR, a eityof,he hidter Indil , ,1"c.~i:., 1 of,b..
province of Nouvar : E. long. 7'l°, N , lat . 2} ' ,
NAS [AS, in anawmy. a (hin bOnt:, n1a king the "rpel r :lrt
of,lte noCe. Se. ANA 'rOMY, p. 160.
NASSAU, ,he capi..1 of ,he coun' y of ,he faOle oaOle io
G«m, ny: E . long. 7° 25', N . lat. 5eo 2".
NASSUS, in ichlhyology. See CYPRt~ U S.
NATES, in .oalOnlY, a term exprdliog thofe ,'''o B, O.y
exterior pan. of the body vulgArly calltd'- ¡he bu,.
tocks_
NATES CEREH" See ANATOMY, p. 286.
NATION, a colleai.. ,erm, uCed for a coofiderable
oumber of" people iohabiling a certain extent of land,
conhned wtthin fixed Jimin, and under the fame: go•
vernment .
NATIVE, • perfoo confidered" boro io a place
which was the proper refidence of his parents, and
where he received his education.
NATIVITY, or NATAL OAY, Ihe day of a perCoo's
biuh : The word nativi,y is cltiefly uCed in fpeakin¡¡.
of ,he faio., as tbe oativi,y of S,. J oho ,he Baptilt,
6c. Bu, when we fay ,he N ativi,y; i, i. underllood
of ,ha! of Jefus ChriCl, or ¡he fcaU of Chrillmas.
NATOLIA, ,he modern oameoC the Le(fer Afia, beiog
Ihe mo[l weflerly pau of Turkey in AG., aod conl¡nio~
of a large peninfuia, which extends from the r¡Vt:r Eu–
phrates , as far as ,he Archipelago, ,he feas úf ~arnlO­
n , ,he flraits of Galipoli aod of Conllan,ioople, which
fepar..e i, from Europe on ,he w,CI . It is bounded 00
, he nouh by ,he Black-Sea, and 00 the foul~ by ,he
Mediterran..n fea .
NATRIX, in zoology. Se< COLU S".
NATRUM, ,he nitre of ,he aneien", in Da,ural hillory,
is a genuioe, Fur~ and native faft, exueruely ddferen[
froD1.)our nitre, and indeed from alJ [he other nati,e
fal.. ; i, being a 6 ~ed alkali, plainly of tbe nature of
,hoCe made by fire fro01 "gel, bles, yel capable of •
regular cryllallization, ",hich ,hofe fah. are no' . lt i.
fouod OA ,he furface of ,he , or at very Cmall
depths within it; and is naturalJy forrnfd ioto thin and
Aat cakes or cru(}s, ..,l1ich are el' a-rpungy er cave:rnous
fubClaoee, very ligh, and friable, aod, \Vlten pure, of a
pale bro\Yni(h.-white; out as its Cpungy texture renders
j, very fubjea 'o be foulcd by eanh rece:ved iDlo its
pores, it is ohen mn with of a d:ep din y brown, and
no' unfrequently "ddifh .
N atrum, whether native or purified, diffolvcs in a
,uy fmalJ qu ~ mity of water ; <lnd this Colution is, in
many parts of A(¡a, ur~d for wi\lhing; whc:re it is <llfo
madeinlo foap. bymixing itwith od. Nat r\l 01 reduced to
powder, and mixed with fand or Rints, or with any o~
,her [lone of which cryClal is Ihe b" G., make ,hem re. –
dily ruo in'o glafs, Gold hea,ed «d hOl, and fprinklcd
wi,h a fm al! y of Ihis Calt, melts i",media,ely'
fi lvcr igllitcd and fp rinkl ed with it, melu in the fami man~
"er; as does alfo iron, copper, and lhe rcgulus of ami.
mony, which meh rnuch more ea,(jly thtl n thcy otherwiCe
would do. M crcury will nOI be mixed wilh i, by any
an, and ínoeed will not am¡.Jgam"'te with metals if 001)'
• liule of ,h is fah be addcd. lt is found in s re.l abun–
dloce jo Dlany pam of Afia , where ,he Datives fwc<.p
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