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N O T <P4 ) N o v
Ameriea, ",hie" forms ,he fOll,h par, of ,he penir.fula
on the cíltlern Chore of Virginh.
l'IORTHAUSEN, a towo 'oí Germ,oy io ,he ei..e1e of
. Upper SAXOOY, aod ,erri,ory of Thu ..iogia, fif'y
miles fou,h .well of Magdcburg.
NORTHLEECH , a marke, ,owo of G!oceflerfltire, H.
teen mil. s call of Gloeener.
NORTHUMBERLAND . acouo'y , bouoded
00 ,be nonh by Seodand, 00 the eafl by ,he G <rmao
fea, 00 the fou ,h by Durham, and on the wefl by
Cumberl,",1 and pan of Seotland.
NORTH UfltDEItLAtiD is alfo a county of Virginia, Iying
at the mouth of the ,iver P atowmac.
NORTHWICH, a market 'own of Chelbire, lixteeo
miles nonh·eall of Cheller.
NOR'VAY, a kingdom of Europe, fitu"ed b.t'Yeen
40 and 30° eallloogitude, and b:, weeo 58° aod 72°
nonh ~,i,"de, bouoded by the Ad.n,ie oe..o 0 0 ,he
Mnh aod well, bySwedi,h Laplaod aod o,her provioees
of Swed.o 00 the eafl, aod by ,he fe. ealled ,he ClIe·
gate aod Sehaggerie on the fOUlh. 1< is a eold barren
couotry, (uojea 10 D eomark.
NORWAY- RAT, in zl)oJogy. See ~Ius .
N OR\VICH. a large ei,y of great trade in Norfolk,
Ii,uated 20 miles we!l of Ya rmouth aod ,he Genllan
oeean : E . loog. 1° 26', and N. lar. pO 40'. 1< feod.
t wo members l O parliament.
NOSE, in aoatomy. See ANAToMv, p. 161, 162,
163 , 293 ,
NOTARY, ligoifie. a perron, ufually (oll!e ferivener,
who takes notes, or frames fhan dnughu, of con:–
traéis, ollligiltions t chancroparties, or olher writings.
At pre(en! IVe eall him a ootary. publie who publicly
;ute(ls deed" or writings, in order toOmake them au·
thentic inanother nation: but be is principalIy employ.
ed in bufin-:{, concerning merchanu, as making pro·
tells of bilis of exehaoge oc. ADd oOliog a bill , i.
where he goes tO take notice of a mercham's rdufal to
aeeep' or pay ,he fame.
NOTATION, in arithme,ie. SeeARtTHMBT IC, p. 366.
NOTES, iD mufiek, eharaaers whieh mark the (ouod.,
i . ~. the e1cvations and fallin¡:s of the voice , and the
(wirfoe(s and {]owoef. of iu motion.s. Seo M u s, CK .
N OTE is likewife u(ed for a mark made iD a book or
writing where: there occurs Comething remarkable and
worth y of particular noti~e : as alfo for an obfen'el'
tia" or e:xpJication of fome paffage iD 3D author adeerl
in the mugin, at the: botto~ of the page, or e1fewhere,
io whielt feofe it Ilaod. eootr adillinguilbed to tex..
NOT E, is alfo a minute, or lhort writing, containing
(ome anicle of buGods. in which (enfe we (AY, pro·
note, note of hand, bank Dote, be.
NO THUS, figoifie. (purious or b.llard; whéoee it is fi·
¡:u,"tively applied by phyfici.n., oc. 'o fu eh di(eafes as
,hough iD refpe." of a fimililllde of(ymp'oms, Oc. ,hcy
have the fam< dcnomination as fome olheu , yrt are
(lf a difTerent ongio, (eat, or the like, from the fam e.
NOTlON, in logie. ao idea or rcpre(r.l1ta,ion 01' a"y
thinS! in the mind. See L OGI C and M ETAP HYSI CS.
NOT IT1-\, in hiflory, A hook that givos ao ae·
COllot of a p:u~iculolr eOQ'ltry, city, or other pl~lcc : fu eh
IS lhe Notitia Imperl¡ Romani, Notitia R oma: Antiqu::r,
oc.
NOTO, ,he e.pital of a provinee of ,he fam: oame in
Sicily, twcnt y miles fou·h oJ Syracule, E . Jon~. J So,
N.I... 37° 15' ·
NOTONECTA, the BOAT FL Y a geous of iofea. be–
loaging 10 , he order he!Dlptera.. T he beak is infleaed;
the antennre are lhorter than the thoTax; the four
\Vines are plaited crofs. ways ; and the reet are hairy,
.nel 6tted for (wimming. Tbere are ,hree (pecie.,
ddlin:~ai(h<!d by their colour.
N OTT EBU ItG, • eity of Ruffi., Ii, uated 00 '0 ifl and
in ,he Lodoga, ' w<oty 6ve mile. eall of P<terf·
burg o
NO rTINGHAM, the eapi,al ofNottioghamlbire, li tu_
ated abaut a mllc north of the river Trent; 'W . long.
1° 5', N . fato 53° . lt fcnds two members tO parlia_
mento
NOVA, SCOTtA . S e. SeoTLAND .
NOVA · l. . MOLA . or Newlaod, eailed by the Duteh the
iOand of W eygats, is G uatcd in the froz::o ocean,
bct ween 50° and 80° ean longitude, and between 70P
Dorth latitude aod the north pole: it is feparated from
the provinee of Samoida, in Ruffia, by the Ilraits of
\Veygats.
NOVARA, ,he eapiul of the Novarefe, io th. duehy
of M ilan. fony miles well o( Milan.
NOVATlANS , a Chrifli.n (ca w~ieh (praog up iothe
third eeotury, fo ealled from Novatian a priell of
R ome, or Novatus an Afrie' D bilbop who (eparated
from the cummllnioo of pope Cornelius, whom Nova·
cian chargcd with a criminal lenit,. towards [hoCe who
had aporta'ized duriog ,he per(eeu' ion of D eeiu.. He
denie-d the church's power of remittiog mortal fi n"
.. upoo theoffl!oder's rt"pentance; and at tan went fo fu
as tO deny that the aportles eould ever hope for par–
doo eveo from God himfelf.
NOVATION, or hNOVATION, in th. civil I.w, de–
notes the ehange of ooe kiod o( obligation for another;
as when a promiCe i9 aecepted iofiead of a writteo o·
bligatioo.
N OVA"t IO N, io 8cots bw. 8ee LAW. Tit. xxiii. , .
NOVE L, io mallers of li,era,ure, a 6aitiou. hiflory of
a feries of eotertaining evenu in eommon life, whert:Ín
the rules of probability are or ought tO be Ilrialy pre–
(erveel
NOVELLARA, a towo of lt,ly, io the duehy of
Mantu<l, tweoty milt:s routh of the city of Mantua.
NOVEMBER, in ehrooology, the eleveoth mooth of
,he Juli~o year, eonfilling onl1 of thiny day.; it go,
the name of Novemhcr. as being the ninl'h month of
ROO1Ulus's year, which began witb March .
NOVEMVIR1, the oioe m.giflrate. of AtheD', more
uruall y ealled arehoos.
N O VI G RAD, a towo of D almatia, io qn 30' E.
l o n~. aod 14 n 30' N . lar.
N OUN , io grammar, a pan of (peeeh, whieh Ii;:oir.••
thinr.s without any relation to time:: as a man, ahoufc,
C\\Ieet, bitter Oc. S li!'eGR AMMAR .
NOVOGOROD , ,ho .a pit.1 of a provioce of ,he (Ame
oamo in Murcovy, filOald 00 ,he river W olcoff, 1 10
miles