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maoy; 000 io Swabia, ,weoty 6.e miles \Ven of S'u, –

gart ;' and tbe other likewife

Swahia, twelve miles

oonh or flaGI.

NEWIl URY, a marke"olVn ofBerlúhire, Gft«n miles

\Ven of Reading.

NEWCASTLE, ,he county·towl> of Northumber:. nd,

fituated upon the river T ine : 'V. long .

l° la',

lar. S5°. Ir fend!

t\vo

members

parliamco t'l.

NEwc As'r LE.

aborough. town

StaffordChire,

ten

miles

oonh of Stafford.

feods 'IVO mem!>. rs 'o

pa rli~ment o

NEWC ASTLE,

a market to..rn of Caermarthennlire, in

So",h Wales, fafteeo miles nonh of C.ermanhen.

NE\'VEL', io arehitcdure, is ,he uprigh, pon \Vhieh a

palf

of wioding (hus

turo

aboar;

this

is properlya

eylinder of (tooe \Vhieb be",s 00 ,he ground, a.d is

fórmed by the eod of ,he neps of ,he wiadiog (loirs.

NEWFIDLERS SEA, a lah thiny /ive mile. long. on

,he oonh -wen put of Upper Hungary.

NEW FOREST, a par. of Hampfhire, oppofite to ,he

lOe of Wigh" appropriated by a{t of parlidmen, (or

,he grow.h of Olk> to build the royal oary. See

F ORE iT.

NEWFOUNDLAND, a 'riaagular ifI aad, .hreeh'Jndred

aod

6(,y

mile. in leag.h from north .0 fou.h, and two

hundred mile. in bread,h at .he bafe from ean to wdt ;

Gtuated ia Nurth Ameriea, be' IVeeo

SSO

aod 6, o of

wen longitude, arld betweeo

47"

and

of oonh 1. –

ti.ude; bouoded by the oarrow nraights of BelliOe on

the aorth, by ,he A.lan,ie oeeao 00 ,he ean aod fOUlh,

aod by ,he- bay of Sto Lawrence 00 ,he wen.

fllbj ea ' o Eoglaod ¡ bu, ,he 6Chiog bank. on ,hi. eo.n

ore frequeo,ed by mon Europeao 03,ioo•.

NEWHAUSEL, a ei.y of Upper

Hun~ary,

Gtuated

00 .he river Neytra: E.loog. ISo

12,

N . Iat. 4So

s'.

NEWMARK, a ci.y of Traofil.ania, fu bjea ,o ,he

houfe of Aunria: E . long.

23°

2S',

la•.

47°

35' ·

N1WMA~ K

is alfo a 'owo of Germaoy in .he palatina..

of Ba.oria, thirty miles oorth-wen of R a.ifboo.

NEWMARKET, a market towo, filllated béith in

Cambrid~efhiie

aod Suffolk, twelve mile. ean of Cam·

bridge.

NEWNHAM, a market towo, 'en mile. fou,h.wen of

Glocener.

NEWPORT, a pOrl 'owo of Flaode..,

oi~e

miles fbU,h·

wen of Onend.

N EWP ORT is alfo a borough 'own of ,he Ine of Wight,

which fends

wo members to p<!rliament.

NtWPORT i. alfo a borough of Corowal, ten miles

wen of Launeenoo, whieh fcnds twO members tOp. r·

liament.

N FWPOR T

is airo the name of

(evera1 market

town!; one

M.e., milesean or Shrewfbury, ano'hereigh.een miles

fou ,h_wen of Monmou,h, aod a ,hiid fax,eeo miles

oort h ean of 5t D ovid•.

NE WPOr.. T . PAG NE L,

am'arket-town, fixt een miles

Dorth

·\iIChury.

NE\VSTI\T, ,he

o.me

of feveral ,nIVn.; one c;ght

miles norrh or L andl u

anoth er fi fr een miles (('mh –

wdl of R " iChoo ; o ,hird io S,leGa, 6f.e. n miles fOUlh

VOL. III N° S6.

of RreOalv; a founh io

Hunga~y,

fixty .five miles un

of T oekay; and a fifth io Moravia, ten miles oOrlh of

Olmu.z.

NEWT, or EFT, in znology. See LACER TA .

NEWTON, a borouglt towo, .I'irty fi.e miles foulb of

L aneaner.

(('nds two

mcmb!r5

parliament.

NE IVTON i. alfo a borough 'OIVO in .he lile of W igh"

. welve miles fo uth of Sou

,hamp.on

: it feod. two

membe rs

parl i:tment.

NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY, the doarine of

.It,

uoiverfe. and partieularly of·,he beavenly bodi.s, .heir

laIVs, .lfe{tioos,

oc.

a. delivered by Sir If..e New –

ton. 8 et

ASTRONOMY,

MECHA tO CS,

OrTlcs,

be.

N EYL AN D, a market ·.owo of Suffolk, fourteen mil"

fOUlh· \\'cn of IpfIVieh.

N IAGARA, a prodigious eataraa io Caoada, io Nortb

America, between [he lakes Erie and Ontario, where

the water folls from high rooks

156

ree. perpendicular.

The min whieh thi. fall oeeafaon. may be feen at 6fteeo

mile. dictaoce rifang as high as .he cloud., and forn.iog

a bcautiful rainbow.

NIBANO, a .0IVn of Italy, in the du.ehy of Parma,

.hin y 6ve miles wen of Parma.

NICARAGUA, a provinee of Mexico, bounded by ,he

provioee of Hondura. on .he oonh, by .be Nonh ·

féa on ,he ean ; by tbe provioee of conarica on the

fouth·ean, and by .he Sou.h fea on .he fouth . wen¡

being

400

mil.. long, aod

120

bróad. Nicaragua lake

runs .hrough .he middle of .he provioce.

NICARIA, one of .he inaad. of the Arehipelago, in

Afia.ie

Turky: E . long.

26°

S', N . lal.

0 •

NICASTRO, a ' owo of Naples , iD the I<";tory of Ca·

labria; E. long.

16° 40"

N. lat.

39° 15'.

NICE, ,he capital of .he eouoty 01 , he fame name,

filU–

ated on the mediterranean,

lhe mouth of lhe river

Var : E . long.

7° 15 ',

N. lato

43° 40',

Nlc t i. alfo a town of

Afia.ie

Turky, /ifty mil.. fouth.

<aH

of Coonaotinople .

NICHE. io arehi.ellure, a hollo.. funk ioto a wall, for

.he eommodious and agreeable placiog a

na.ue.

NICOB·AR ISLANOS , a clufl" of iOands fituated in the

Indian oeean, at .he entrance of the gulph of Beogal,

between 7

aod

10°

N. la,.

NICOL AITANS, in ehureh·hifiory, Chrifii. o hereties

who affumcd lhis

name

from

Nicolas

of Antioct,; who,

bcing a Gen,ile by birth, firn embraced J udairnl, aod

rhen Ch rillianity; when his zca) and devolion recom·

mended him to ,he ehureh of Jerufalem, by whom he

wa. ehofen one of ,he fi rn deaeons. M . ny of .he pri.

mitive writers believe that Nicol?s was rathu

lhe

oc...

eafioo tI"n .he aUlhor of .he iofamou. praélie.. of .hofe

who . O'umed his oame, who were exprefsly eoodemncd

by .he fpiri. of God himrelr, Re• . ii. 6. And in –

d.:ed t!leír opinion5 and

aaioos

we re

highly

extravagant

and criminal.

Th"y

allowed a lommunily of wivc!s ;

nl::tde no diíF\!rence bctwcen ordinary meau and 1hore

off"red 'o idol.. Aeeording.o Eurebiús. tltey fuhr. tl, d

but a

n\~rt

time ; ..ut Tertullian (ay"

Ihat

they uoly

changed dleír name, ::t nd (hu tbci r herefies .paJTcd

intu

the f<{t " r .he Caloi;lO'.

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