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N O E 4°2 ) N O G
1-HUCHE, a kingdom of C hincfian T artary, nonh of
the pro"ince of L aotuog.
NIVELLE, • town of the Aunrian N etherland" and
province of Brabant, fourteen miles routh of Bru(fels.
NIX.'\nOU R , or NlSABOU~, a city or P erfia, in the
provinee of Chora(fao : E. long . 57 ° 32, N. la!.
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NO1:11 Ll: in literary hi(lory, • book eontaining
Ihe hiftory of ,he noble familie. of a nation, or pro·
vince : fuch are Chorier's N obiliary of D auphine. and
;'\rtin's Nobiliaty of Provence. T he Gcrmans
are: raid lO be particularly careful of theiT nobiJiarics,
in order lO keep up rhe pu rity of their famil ics .
NOBILITY, a q uali,y ,ha< ennoble., and raife. a per–
fon po{fdr~d of it above the rank of a commoner.
The origin of nobilily in Europe is by fome referred
to the Goth.; who, arter Ihey had feized a pan of
E urope, rewardcd lheir capu ins with lides of honour.
to diflinguifh them from the eommon people. In
Brinin the term nobility is rd lrained lO degrees of
digni,y a!love knighlhond; bUI eve,y where elfe nobi–
Ijty and gentili,y are the fame . The Bri,ifh nobility
cor.G(ls onJy of five degrees, viz . lhal of a duke,
marquis, car! or count, "iCcount, and baron, eaeh of
which {ee under their proper articles.
NOBLE , a money of aeeount eoo,aioing !ix fuilling'
and eighl·penee.
The noble was aneiently a real eoio flruek in the
1'eign of Edward III. and Ihen ealled the peony of
gold ; b~, it was aflerwards called a rofe-noble, from
its being flall)ped wi,h • rofe: il wa. current at 6 s. 8 d.
NOCE RA , a town of Italy, in the lerrilory of ,he pope
and duehy of Spole"o, twenly miles oorth-ean of
Spoleuo .
Terra NOCERIANA, EARTH OF NOCHA, in Ihe
materia medica, a fpecies oE bole, remarkably heavy.
of a ¡;reyifh . while eolour, of an infipid tane, aod ge–
nerally with fome }>artieles in it ",hich gril belween
the leelh .
It is much e(leemed, by the It.lians, as a re_medy
for venemous bite!, and iDfeven; but, except its a·
/lringent quali,y, liule dependeoc< is to be had on Ihe
other virtces aCcrábed to ir.
NOCT AMBULI, 'Or N,CHTWALH .. , in medicine,
a term applied t o perCons who have a habit of rifing
and walking aboul in their lIeep.
NOCTILUCA, a fpecies of phofphoru. , fo called be_
cauCe it (hines in the ñight without any light being
th,own upon it; fu eh i. ,he phofphorus made of urine.
Sce CHEMISTRV, p. 12 3.
NOCTUR NAL , fomething rel'ling to ,he oiShl, in
contradiHinélion tOdiur11al.
NOCTU RN AL , NOCTURLABIUM, ao ioflrument chief1y
\lfed at fea, to lake the alti,ude or deprellion of fome
Ilars abouI Ihe pole, in order to find Ihe lali'ude and
hour of the night.
Sor,le nolturnals are hemifpheres . Qr pJanifphercs,
on ,he plane of Ihe equinotli.!. Thofe eommonly in
ure among reamen are t\VD; lhe one adJptcd to the
pol.1r llar, anel the fidl of the güards of ,he liule
bear; the other 10 ,he pole.llar, aod Ihe poinlers of
, he ¡;reat b: ar.
T his innrumenl eonfills of IwO circular plates,
(Piare CXXXIV.fig. 2.) <ppliedto eaeh other . Tho
greater, which has a handle to hold the innrumeot , i5
aboue :2f ¡nches diameter. and is divided ieto twel ve
parts, agrecing to the twelve months; and each mODth
fu t>·divided into every r,rth day; and fo as that th,
middle of Ihe handle eorrefponds to tha, day of the
year wherein the (lar here regarded has Ihe fa me righl
areenfion with the fun. If the inOrumenl be fitled fo r
IwO nars, rhe I..odle is made moveable. The upper
Icft cirele is divided imo twenty·(our equal pans .for
the'lwenty four hours of the day, and each hour Cub–
divided ioto quaners . Thefl! twenty four hours are
nOled by Iwenly four ro be told in tce mghl.
Thofe ar the hours I ~, are dillinguifhed by tbeir length.
In the centre of the tWO ci rcular plates IS adjufied 'a
long index, A, moveabl: upon Ihe upper plate. And
the three pieces,"viz. the two cireles aDd iDdex. are
joined by a rivet which is pierced through the centre
wi,h a hole, Ihrough whieh the llar i. 10 be obferved.
T e ufo ¡he NOCTURNAL, luro the "pper plate lill the
long tooth, marked J 2, be agai nfi the day of the mooth
00 the under pldte : then, bringing theinllrument Dear
the eye, fufpend it by ,he handle ",i,h the p.lane nearly
patallel 10 the equinotli.1 ; and viewing the pole.llar
through the hole of the centre" turD the iodex about,
till, by .the edge eoming from ,be eeñ.tre, you lee Ihe
brighl llar or guard of the lilrle be. r (if Ihe inllrument
be fitled 10 that (lar: ) then ,ha< tooth of Ihe upp"
cirele, uoder the edge of the index , is at the hour of
,he nigh, on rhe eoge of ,he hou r eirele : whieb may
be known witho111 a lighl. by' eounting the reeth from
the loogell, ",hieh is for the hour 12.
NODATED HYPERBOLA, a Dame given by Sir Ifaae
N ewlon, to a kind of hyperbola, wbieh, by turolng
round, decuiTates or croiTes ¡tCelf.
N O DE, a tumour a"fing on the bones, and ufually pro–
ceeding from fome veoereal caufe; being much tbe fame.
wi,h wh.. is otherwire called exo(lofi•.
N ODEO . See ASTROWO.,V, p. 47'.
NOD US, or Non., in dialling. a eertaia poiol or pole
in the gnomon of a dial, by the fhadow or lighl where–
of either Ihe hour of rhe day in dials without furoi–
ture, or the parallels of lhe fun's declination, and his
place io Ihe ecliptic, éc. in dials with furniture, are
lhewo, Sce DIALLINC .
NOETIANS, in eh.reh hi(lory, ChriClian herelie. iD
the IIld eentury, followers of Noetius, a philofopher
of Ephefus, who pre,ended .'hat he was another Mofes,
fent by God; and Ih.. hlS bro,her was a new Aa–
ron. • His here(y confiCled io affirming that there was
but one perron in the Godhead; aod thallhe \Vord and
the Holy Spirit were lmt external denomioations·, gi·
ven ro God. in Coftrcquence of difTerent operations ;
that ;¡S Creator. he i, caJled Fathcr; as locarnate,
Son; .nd " defcending on the apoO I.s, H oly GholL
NOGAlAN T ARTARS, a narion whieh iohabits Ihal
par! of Cireatlia, in Afia,ie T urky. thal Jies belweeo
the P , lus M fO,is and the Cafpian fea .
NOGENT. a 10\Vn ofFrallee, in the ~ro.,inee ofCham·
p i~n, (jtu~ted on the river Seine, twepty five miles
oonh·wdlofTroyes.
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