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r.t<d from the AeAlY pons of the hody, are foon fup-

cnd of the iAane! of F unen, ten miles ean of Odenf«:

plied with ncw

filO, ;

awound hcals. andancmolci.ued

E . long.

10 °,

N . laL 55 ° 30'.

¡lerfon gro",s plump .nd fato

NYCHTHEMERÓN, the naturol day, or day ao<i

Burron, in order

account for nutririon, fuppofcs

oigh[, which togcthcralways make

twenty.rour

hour~.

the body of Ó\n animotl, or

\Oegcrable, 10

be a kind of NYCT ALOPIA,

in medicine, a two-fold diforder of

monld, in which rhc,mattcr ncc ....

{[".uy

i15 nUtrilion i9

lhe

eye,

one

of which is oppofite to

lbe

ot ber. In the

moJc:llcd and "Ollllilat.:d

the whole. HUI,

conlinues

flrfi,

lhe

(jght is beH in

lhe

night, and in obfcure

he, of what natu re is lhis matter, which an animal, or

phces; whercas in a clcar Jight (heír ligbt fails! fo

vegt:tahle, alli milates:to

íiS OWA

fubfhnce? vVhat pow-

that they can hardly

Cee

any thing. In the other rort

cr is it that commllllicates to this mat ter the aétivity

of nyétylopia, the patient can (ee nOlhina

a.l

aJl cxcepc

and

mOl ion

necelTary to

pcnetrat~

this moulJ

and; if

in a clear and bright light.

fu eh a force exill, would ir not be by a fimilar force NYCTANTHES,

Arabiafl J AsMINE,

in bolany,a;:eoul

thac the inlernal mo'lId itfelf might

reprodueed?

of Ihe diandri. monogynia c1ars. The eJlix ond hkc-

As to the firfl queflion, be luppofes th.t th ere e,,¡n.

\Vife the eorolla eonfi lt of eight [egnlen.. . Thefe are

in nature 3n infioue number of living or!:3nical iJ3rlS,

6 ve

fpedes,

naDe

of them n"tives of Britain.

and that

.11

or~aniz<d

bodies eonGrt of fueh organical

NYCTICOR~X,

in ornilhology.

See

A RO EA.

parts; that their produétion cofls nature noth iog, Unce NYLAND, a province of Fialaod, liruated

thegulph

t heir exiRen"e

conflant and invariable ; fo that the

of Finland. weCl of the province of Carelia.

nlatte.r which the animal, or vegetabJe, allimilates to

NYMPH ,

io mythology, an appd Jation givell to cerralo

its fubfiance, is an organical maner, of the fame nature

inferior goddelfes inhabiting tbe mountains, woods,

with lhat of the anímal , or vege.table, which confequent.

waters,

6c.

See M

YTHOLOC Y .

Iy may augrncot its volume, without changing its form,

NYMPH ,

among oaturalifls, that Hate of winged inrcas

or altering the quality of the rubflance in the mould.

between their living in the form of a worm, and their

to the feeond queflion: There exifl, fay. he, in

·.pp.aring in the ",inged or moll perfea flale .

nature. ceruio powers, as that of gravity, that havo.

NVMPH-E . iD

anatomy. See

ANATOMV,

p. 276.

.flinity with the eXlernal qualities of Ihe body, but NYMPH.lEA, the WATER · LIL Y, iD bOlany, a genus nf

aa upon the mofl intimate par.., and penetrate them

tbe polyandria mooogynia claf.. The

eoroll.

eoofil\s

throughout, 2nd whieh e.n Dever fall under the obfer-

of many petal., .nd the ealix of four or 6ve leave. ;

vation of our fenf.. .

.dd

the berry has

m.ny

eell• . There are fou r fp<cies,

And , as to the third quenion, he anfwers, thu the

two of which are natives of Briuin,·

tJíz .

(he lutea,

internal mould itfelf i. reprodu'eed, not only by •

G-

or yellow water-lily; .nd lhe alba, or white w.'er·

milar power, but it i, plain that it

¡,

the very

rame

liIy.

power th.t. caufe• .'he unfolding . nd

repro~uaion

therc:- NYMPHEUM, in .ntiquity, • public

h.II

, magnifieeotly

of: for

fufficlent, proceeds he, that

an orgaOl·

decorated, for ente:rrainment.

óe.

and where

t~orc:

ted body that unfolds itfelf, there be fome pan fimil.r

who wanted eonvenience .t home held 'their marriage .

to the whole, in order that this part may one day be·

(eaOs, whence

th~

name.

come itfelf

' 0

orgaoized body, altog..ber like that of NYONS,. town of D auphiné, in F raDce:

E .

lonll_

which it i. a8u.lly a

p.rt.

6°,

N . I.!.

44° 28'.

NUX PISTAC HIA . See PIST.l CH lA .

N1'SLOT, • lo"'n of Sweden in the provinee of Fin-

NUYS , • tOWD of

Cerm.ny,

tweoty mile. oonh of Co-

land, fixty mil.. oortb of Wyburg:

E..

long.

290,

logne .

N . lat.

62·.

NYBURC, • to..,o of D eomark, fituated .t the

e.ll

A .K

AK , in botany. See

~ERCI

oj Juujn/nn,

iD botany.

DIUM .

See C HENOPO'

OAKAM, old ropes untwilled and pulled out inlo

loafe hemp, in order

he ufcd in cault...ing the fearos,

tree-naíl" aod bcnds of a Chip, for nopping or prcvent–

ing leaks .

OAKHAMPTON, • borou!:h

D evoolhire, tweoly

VOL . 111. N°

86.

A R

m iles well of Exter, whieh fend. t\Vo members to

parliament.

DAR,

navig~tion,

a long picce of wood, made round

where ir is to be he:ld in lhc= band, and thin and broad

at dIe other end , (or lhe eafier cutting and relifling lhe

water, anei confequently moving the

n :lTel,

by rowin¡::.

Dars for fll ips are generaJly cut out of Ijr-1imbcr ; til(Jlc

for bargcs are ma,!c outof Néw. En¡:land, or

Danl zic~-

I.fl

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