N A T 592 NAT
Amount at the accession of Queen L L
Anne.
Increase during the reign of QueenAnne.
1,310,942
1,841,582
Amount at establishment of Sinking
Fund, 1716.
Increase during the reign of Geo. I —Decrease of annual charge.
3,152,524
941,958
Amount at the accession of Geo. If.
Decrease during the Peace.
...53,019,155... 6,064,532
2,210,566
246,541
Amount at commencement of the War ,
1739.
Increase during the War.
1,964,025
1,096,979
Amount at the end of the War in I74S...Decrease during the Peace.
...78,293,312
3,061,004
389,364
Amount at the commencement of the
Increase during the War.
2,671,640
2,035,094
Amount at the end of the War, 1762.
Decrease during the Peace.
..141,691,313
4,706,734
229,913
Amount at commencement of the
Increase during the War.
..135,943,051
..132,157,328
4,476,821
5,035,411
Amount at the conclusion of the Ame-rican War ...
Increase in the year 1789.
..268,100,379
9,512,232
56,863
Amount in 1789.*.
Redeemed during the Peace.
..269,289,519
9,569,095
283,255
Amount at the commencement of the
Increase during the War....:..
..350,013,508
9,285,840
11,988,633
Redeemed during the War.
609,861,177.. 69,243,336
21,274,473
2,089,220
Amount at conclusion of the War in1802..
..540,617,841
19,185,253
Since the commencement of the present war in 1803, the exi-gencies of the state have added no less than 269 millions sterlingto the national debt; for at the close of 1810, it has amounted tothe awful sum of 811 millions 1! !
National Institute, or New Academy of Arts andSciences, a celebrated Literary and Philosophical Society atParis , consisting of the most learned men, and the most eminentliterary characters in France ; instituted in the beginning of therevolution, about the time when the Royal Academies, and everything else that had the name of Royal, was altered or abolished.Thisacademv, founded on a decree of the new constitution, wasopened on tlie 7th of Dec. 179a. The academy is divided intothree classes, each class into sections, each section to containtwelve members. 1st class. Mathematics and natural philosophy.This class is divided into ten sections. 1. Mathematics. 2. Me-chanical Arts. 3. Astronomy. 4. Experimental Philosophy. 5.Chemistry. 6. Natural History . 7. Botany. 8. Anatomy andAnimal History. 9. Medicine and Surgery. 10. Animal (Eco-nomy, and the Veterinary Science . 2d class. Morality and Po-litics. This class consists of six sections. 1. Analysis of Sensa-tions and Ideas. 2. Morals. 3. Legislature. 4. Political (Eco-nomy. 5. History. 6. Geography. 3d class. Literature andthe line arts. This class consists of eight sections. 1. UniversalGrammar. 2. Ancient Languages. 3. Poetry. 4. Antiquities.5. Painting. 6. Sculpture. 7. Architecture. 8. Music. Foreach class a particular room in the Louvre is appropriated. Noone can be a member ot two classes at the same time, but a mem-ber of one class tnsCy be present at the meetings of any other.
Each class is to print yearly an account of its transactions. Fourtimes a year there are to be public meetings. On these occasions,the three classes meet together.
NATIVITY, is used for Natal day, the day of a person’s birth;in speaking of the saints; as, the nativity of St. John the Baptist,&c. But when we say the Nativity, it is understood of that ofJcsns Christ, or the feast of Christmas .
Nativity, \jxdivitas, Lat.'j in ancient law-books, signifies bond-age or servitude.
Nativity, in astrology, the scheme or figure of the heavens,and particularly of tire twelve houses, at the moment when a per-son was horn ; called also the horoscope. Casting the queen’snativity, or by calculation seeking to know how long the queenshould live, &c. was made felony, an. 23 Fliz. c,. 2.
NATIVO I1A15KNDO, inlaw, a writ directed to the sheriff,fora lord who claimed inheritance in any villain, when a villain wasrun away from him, for the apprehending and restoring him to thelord.
NATIX, in natural history, a name given by some old writersto the Nerita.
NATOL1A, the modern name of the Lesser Asia , the mostwesterly part of Turkey in Asia , and consisting ot a large penin-sula, which extends from the Euphrates as far as the Archipelago ,the sea of Marmora, the straits of Calipoli and of Constantinople ,which separate it from Europe on the W. It is bounded on theN. by the Black Sea , and on the S. by the Mediterranean. Itis 400 miles long from E. to \V. and 35 broad, and contains theancient Bilhynia, Paphlagonia, Galatia, Phrygia, Mysia , /Folia,Ionia, Lydia, Doris, Pysidia, l.ycia and Pamphylia . The soil isfertile, and commerce considerable. Jt is governed by a beglcrbeg,and several sangiacs. There are many Greek Christians, besidesArmenians and Roman Catholics in it.
NATOLICA, an island in the Mediterranean, on the coast ofGreece . Lon. 21. 37. E. Lai. 38. 39. N.
NATROLITE, in mineralogy, a species of the zeolite family,first described ami analysed by Klaproth , who gave it this name,because it contains a great proportion of soda. It occurs massive ;its fracture presents straight or diverging fibres ; its colour is light-yellow, with little lustre. It fuses very readily before the blow-pipe. It is composed of
Silica. 48
Alumina. 24.25
Soda. 16.5
Oxide of Iron. 1,75
Water. 9
99 .5
Loss.*. 5
100
NATRON, in chemistry, a term frequently given to soda, uponthe supposition that it is the natron ornitrum of the ancients. SeeSoda. Natural natron occurs either as an efflorescence on thesurface of the soil, or on decomposing rocks of particular kinds,or on the sides and bottoms of lakes that become dry during thesummer. See Soda.
NATURAL, that is produced or effected according to thecommon laws or proceedings of nature. It stands opposed tofactitious or artificial. Bishop Wilkins observes, that there ap-pears a world of difference between natural and artificial things,when viewed with microscopes. The first ever appear adornedwith all imaginable elegance and beauty ; the latter, though themost curious in their kind, infinitely rude and unhewn; the finestneedle appears a rough bar of iron; and the most accurate en-graving or eriibossment, as if done with a mattock or a trowel.
Natural, in heraldry, is used where animals, fruits, Bowers,&c. are blazoned with the colours they naturally have, thoughdifferent from the common colours ot heraldry: and this is toprevent their armories being accused of falsity, when blazonedwith the names of colours unknown in heraldry.
Natural Beauty, or the beauty of natural objects, impliesthose qualities in the works of God , which are calculated to excitepleasing sensations in the minds of all persons of true taste who
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