New Zealand rugby football player who, despite having played in only nine Test (international) matches, is regarded as one of the finest fullbacks in rugby history.
(from the article "Ituri Forest") ...in the numerous streams that drain the Ituri is the colour of strong tea. Besides the Ituri River itself, there are many broad streams that flow generally from east to ...
(from the article "Latin American music") ...amateur musician Brasilio Itibere da Cunha with his A sertaneja (1869; "The Country Girl"). Romantic nationalism in Brazil is best represented by Alberto Nepomuceno. In several of ...
Roman historian, the earliest biographer to write in Latin. He was a correspondent and friend of Cicero and Atticus, and he was the friend (or patron) to whom Catullus dedicated ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "apprenticeship") ...could monopolize their trades in each town. Powerful guilds, for example, could levy high fees against outsiders to prevent them from entering a trade. Even apprenticeships could be restricted, with ...
(from the article "lepidopteran") 130 species worldwide; each wing is very deeply cleft into 6 or more narrow plumelike divisions.Approximately 900 species worldwide; females with one genital opening and a soft ovipositor.
(from the article "Neptune") Neptune's festival (Neptunalia) took place in the heat of the summer (July 23), when water was scarcest; thus, its purpose was probably the propitiation of the freshwater deity. Neptune had ...
he was identified with the Greek Poseidon and thus became a deity of the sea. His female counterpart, Salacia, was perhaps originally a goddess of leaping springwater, subsequently equated with ...
third most massive planet of the solar system and the eighth planet from the Sun. Because of its great distance from Earth, it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. ... [19 Related Articles]
(from the article "Western sculpture") ...the "David" in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. Bartolommeo Ammannati should be best known for his design of the bridge of Sta. Trinita in Florence, but his most visible work ...
(from the article "Haiti") ...est.): 8,074,000 | Capital: Port-au-Prince | Chief of state and government: Presidents Jean-Bertrand Aristide and, from February 29, Boniface Alexandre (provisional), assisted by Prime Ministers Yvon Neptune and, from March ...
(from the article "Earth sciences") The two major theories of the 18th century were the Neptunian and the Plutonian. The Neptunists, led by Werner and his students, maintained that the Earth was originally covered by ...
radioactive chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table, first transuranium element to be artificially produced, atomic number 93. Though traces of neptunium have subsequently been found in ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "neptunium series") set of artificially produced and unstable heavy nuclei that are genetically related through alpha and beta decay. It is one of four radioactive series (q.v.).FIGUREradioactive seriesThe four radioactive ...
(from the article "transuranium element") The most abundant isotope of neptunium is neptunium-237. Neptunium-237 has a half-life of approximately 2 × 106 years and decays by the emission of alpha particles. (Alpha particles are composed ...
(from the article "uranium processing") ...of a negative charge raises the positive charge of the atom by one proton, so that it is effectively transformed into the element neptunium (Np; with an atomic number of ...
(from the article "Western architecture") ...The Italian architect Bernabei Domenico da Cortona presumably made the basic model for the chateau, but the designs of Italian architects were usually executed by French builders (in this case ...
(Hebrew: "eternal light"), lamp that burns perpetually in Jewish synagogues before or near the ark of the Law (aron ha-qodesh). It reminds the congregation of the holiness of the Torah ...
(from the article "Eastern Sudanic languages") ...in Ethiopia and the Sudan border-are interspersed with Afro-Asiatic groups (mainly groups speaking languages belonging to the Cushitic and Omotic branches of that family). The territory of the Nera (also ...
town, Chita oblast (province), east-central Russia. The town lies along the Nercha River just above the latter's confluence with the Shilka. Nerchinsk was founded as a fort in 1654. Once ... [2 Related Articles]
(1689), peace settlement between Russia and the Manchu Chinese empire that checked Russia's eastward expansion by removing its outposts from the Amur River basin. By the treaty's terms Russia lost ... [10 Related Articles]
in Greek religion, any of the daughters (numbering 50 or 100) of the sea god Nereus (eldest son of Pontus, a personification of the sea) and of Doris, daughter of ... [3 Related Articles]
third largest known moon of Neptune and the second to be discovered. It was detected photographically by the Dutch American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper in 1949. It is named after ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "rag worm") ...are simultaneous hermaphrodites (i.e., they have functional reproductive organs of both sexes) and may even reproduce by self-fertilization. The most common North American species is Nereis limnicola, found on the ...
(from the article "rag worm") ...reproductive organs of both sexes) and may even reproduce by self-fertilization. The most common North American species is Nereis limnicola, found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. N. virens, which ...
(from the article "kelp") Nereocystis, an annual kelp that grows primarily in deep waters and rapid tideways, can attain lengths up to 40 metres (130 feet). Internally the plant structure is similar to Macrocystis; ...
river flowing in Bosnia and Hercegovina and in Croatia. The Neretva River rises on Lebrsnik Mountain and flows northwest past Konjic to Jablanica (Jablanicko) Lake, then southwest via Mostar to ... [1 Related Articles]
in Greek religion, sea god called by Homer "Old Man of the Sea," noted for his wisdom, gift of prophecy, and ability to change his shape. He was the son ... [1 Related Articles]
in Mesopotamian religion, secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched earth and war, and with Meslamtaea, He Who Comes Forth from Meslam. ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...561-560), the son of Nebuchadrezzar, was unable to win the support of the priests of Marduk. His reign did not last long, and he was soon eliminated. His brother-in-law and ...
(from the article "Italian literature") ...the sobriety and moral concerns of the linea lombarda; Giancarlo Majorino, who progressed from Neorealism to Sperimentalismo ("Experimentalism"); Giampiero Neri (pseudonym of Giampiero Pontiggia), influenced in his ...
(from the article "Italy") ...and private enrichment of public officials came under scrutiny. Reforms aimed to restore revenues, reorganize magistratures, control the old nobility, and moderate the influence of the church. Pompeo Neri, who ...
Italian priest and one of the outstanding mystics during the Counter-Reformation and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory (now the Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, also ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Anatolian religion") The weather god of another city, Nerik, was regarded as the son of this supreme pair, and they had daughters named Mezzulla and Hulla and a granddaughter, Zintuhi. Telipinu was ...
(from the article "annelid") ...epidermis; prostomium small, with or without appendages; parapodia absent; septa reduced or absent; size, minute. Contains 4 groups of poorly known species considered separate orders by some (Nerillida, Dinophilida, Polygordiida, ...
South African prima ballerina renowned for her remarkable versatility of roles. After touring South Africa in 1942, she went to England in 1945, where she studied under Dame Marie Rambert. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "gastropod") ...coloured, with or without heavy shell ornamentation; Trochidae (top shells), Turbinidae (turban shells), and Phasianellidae (pheasant shells).Small, generally intertidal marine shells (Neritidae), with some freshwater dwellers, particularly in Indonesia ...
shallow marine environment extending from mean low water down to 200-metre (660-foot) depths, generally corresponding to the continental shelf. Neritic waters are penetrated by varying amounts of sunlight, which permits ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "gastropod") ...Turbinidae (turban shells), and Phasianellidae (pheasant shells).Small, generally intertidal marine shells (Neritidae), with some freshwater dwellers, particularly in Indonesia and the Philippines (Neritidae), and 2 groups of land dwellers: ...
(from the article "electrochemical reaction") For a particular value of E the two partial current densities must become equal. This value of potential is the reversible electrode potential. From equation (1) one can deduce equation ...
German scientist who was one of the founders of modern physical chemistry. His theoretical and experimental work in chemistry, including his formulation of the heat theorem, known as the third ... [4 Related Articles]
the fifth Roman emperor (AD 54-68), stepson and heir of the emperor Claudius. He became infamous for his personal debaucheries and extravagances and, on doubtful evidence, for his burning of ... [32 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mariana Trench") ...depression, the Mariana Trench stretches for more than 1,580 miles (2,550 km) with a mean width of 43 miles (69 km). There is a smaller steep-walled valley on the floor ...
(from the article "Punic War, Second") ...legions of Ligurians and Gauls. Hasdrubal marched down the peninsula to join Hannibal for an assault on Rome. Rome, exhausted by war, nevertheless raised and dispatched an army to check ...
(from the article "Tiberius") Tiberius's father, also named Tiberius Claudius Nero, a high priest and magistrate, was a former fleet captain for Julius Caesar. His mother, the beautiful Livia Drusilla, was her husband's cousin ...
(from the article "water snake") In North America the most abundant genus is Nerodia, which is made up of 11 species that range from southern Canada south through the eastern United States ...
(from the article "chemical compound") ...is bonded to two carbon atoms through two sigma bonds is known as an ether. Ether molecules occur widely in nature. Diethyl ether was once widely used as an anesthetic. ...
(from the article "Nikon") During his stay there, Nikon became closely associated with the circle led by the tsar's confessor, Stefan Vonifatyev, and the priests Ivan Neronov and Avvakum Petrovich (all, like him, natives ...
(from the article "Armenian chant") In the 12th century the catholicos (patriarch) Nerses IV Shnorhali ("the Gracious") is credited with musical reforms of the chant. He is said to have simplified the texts of the ...
ancient Germanic goddess known from a report of her given by the Roman historian Tacitus, who in his Germania (late 1st century AD) refers to her as Terra Mater, or ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Czech literature") ...the second half of the 19th century who sought to create a Czech literature imbued with their own liberal and pragmatic nationalist aims. Prominent in their ranks was the poet ...
Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. He was perhaps the most important Latin American poet of the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
Roman emperor from Sept. 18, 96, to January 98, the first of a succession of rulers traditionally known as the Five Good Emperors. [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "nervous system") ...for faster reaction. That system was the nervous system, which is based upon the almost instantaneous transmission of electrical impulses from one region of the body to another along specialized ...
(from the article "nervous system disease") The speed of conduction of impulses along sensory and motor fibres can be measured with nerve conduction studies (NCS). The muscle is stimulated with a small electrical charge, which generates ...
(from the article "automata theory") ...automata theory lying within the area of pure mathematical study is often based on a model of a portion of the nervous system in a living creature and on how ...
(from the article "AUM Shinrikyo") ...sect founded in 1987 by Matsumoto Chizuo, known to his followers as Master Asahara Shoko. AUM came to public attention in 1995 when 12 people died and thousands were injured ...
(from the article "drug") Local anesthetics can block conduction of nerve impulses along all types of nerve fibres, including motor nerve fibres that carry impulses from the brain to the periphery. It is a ...
(from the article "automata theory") ...other incoming impulses each of which is incapable of exciting a neuron to fire but that, in combination, may provide the threshold stimulus; or the impulse might be confined within ...
(from the article "nervous system") ...to five pairs, extend posteriorly from the brain; they are connected by transverse commissures, and smaller, lateral nerves extend from the cords. The lateral nerves give rise to the peripheral ...
(from the article "human body") ...tissues, which cover the body's surface and line the internal organs, body cavities, and passageways; (2) muscle tissues, which are capable of contraction and form the body's musculature; (3) nerve ...
(from the article "growth") ...that can limit growth of the organ. Thus, one theoretical view is that an organ may produce substances that serve to limit its own growth, thereby establishing a feedback mechanism. ...
Italian engineer and architect, internationally renowned for his technical ingenuity and dramatic sense of design, especially as applied to large-span structures built of reinforced concrete. His important works include a ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...line between Celtic and Germanic peoples. On the coast of northern France and in Flanders lived the Morini; to the north of them, between the Schelde River and the sea, ...
poet and diplomat, generally considered the most distinguished Mexican poet of the late 19th- and early 20th-century literary movement known as Modernismo. Nervo's introspective poetry, characterized by deep religious feeling ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "nervous system") In animals, in addition to chemical regulation via the endocrine system, there is another integrative system called the nervous system. A nervous system can be defined as an organized group ...
organized group of cells specialized for the conduction of electrochemical stimuli from sensory receptors through a network to the site at which a response occurs. [38 Related Articles]
any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system. Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body ... [6 Related Articles]
system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the ... [17 Related Articles]
(from the article "jazz") ...their only serious rival. The distinctiveness of the Cotton Pickers' work during the band's heyday is attributable primarily to the remarkable leadership and the composing and arranging talents of John ...
historic town and resort, eastern Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast. Nesebur is situated on an island connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. The Greek colony ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "calligraphy") ...design. A distinctive tugra was created for each sultan and affixed to imperial decrees by a skilled calligrapher, the neshani.
(MEHMET NUSRET), Turkish satirist and militant secularist novelist and short-story writer who published over 90 books and plays attacking bureaucracy and hypocrisy from a left-wing perspective (b. Dec. 20, 1915--d. ...
(from the article "Critius and Nesiotes") Greek sculptors known for their bronze figures of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogiton, copies of the original bronzes executed by Antenor about 510 BC, which were taken by Xerxes I ...
(from the article "Anatolia") ...(the "Land of Hatti"), whose non-Indo-European language is known as Hattian (Khattian, Hattic, or Khattic). Although it is now known that these Indo-Europeans called their language Nesite (after the city ...
(from the article "bandicoot rat") ...and push up mounds of earth at intervals that conceal entrances and exits. They forage on bulbs and succulent roots, rarely emerging above ground, and cause extensive damage to grain ...
(from the article "rabbit") ...Although there has been only one confirmed sighting of this animal since 1916, two pictures of the rabbit were captured with an automated camera in 1998. Another striped rabbit (
(from the article "Silicate minerals") The silicates can be divided into groups according to structural configuration, which arises from the sharing of one, two, three, or all oxygen ions of a tetrahedron (see Figure 14). ...
(from the article "Plateau Indian") ...Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior Salish live mostly in the Upper Columbia area and include the Okanagan, Sinkaietk, Lake, Wenatchee, Sanpoil, Nespelim, Spokan, Kalispel, ...
lake, lying in the Highland council area, Scotland. With a depth of 788 feet (240 metres) and a length of about 23 miles (36 km), Loch Ness has the largest ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Heracles") ...the Labours, Heracles undertook further enterprises, including warlike campaigns. He also successfully fought the river god Achelous for the hand of Deianeira. As he was taking her home, the Centaur ...
structure created by an animal to house its eggs, its young, or, in some cases, itself. Nests are built by a few invertebrates, especially the social insects, and by some ... [18 Related Articles]
(from the article "cuculiform") ...and incubated by the hosts, the newly hatched cuckoo faces the problem of securing enough to eat from its small foster parents. The young cuckoo has evolved an astonishing form ...
(from the article "stunt flying") In November 1913 Beachey became the first to "loop the loop" in the United States, but the first flyer ever to loop was Russian flyer Petr Nesterov (d. 1914, in ...
(from the article "Ralston Purina Company") former American manufacturer of cereals, packaged foods, pet food, and livestock feed. A merger with Nestle in December 2001 created Nestle Purina PetCare Company.
multinational manufacturer of food products. It is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and operates factories in more than 80 countries. Nestle's chief products are condensed and powdered milk, baby foods, chocolate ... [2 Related Articles]
a monk in Kievan Rus of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev (from about 1074), author of several works of hagiography and an important historical chronicle. [3 Related Articles]
in Greek legend, son of Neleus, king of Pylos (Navarino) in Elis, and of Chloris. All of his brothers were slain by the Greek hero Heracles, but Nestor escaped. In ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "megaron") ...which was usually supported by columns. Early Greek architecture used the megaron, and it also became an important element in the Classical temple. A typical megaron plan is that of ...
(from the article "metalwork") ...of two main types: plain curved or carinated forms related to the silverware and pottery of Troy and embossed conical vessels of the Minoan tradition. Some of the plain pieces, ...
American labour leader and reformer, remembered as a powerful force in unionizing women workers in several clothing and related industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
member of a Christian sect originating in Asia Minor and Syria out of the condemnation of Nestorius and his teachings by the councils of Ephesus (AD 431) and Chalcedon (AD ... [37 Related Articles]
(from the article "calligraphy") ...scripts, characters are fastened to a bottom horizontal. Modern typefaces used to print Syriac, which has survived as a language, have the same characteristic. Eastern Syriac script was called Nestorian ...
