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New York Public Library

(Encyclopedia)New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. The library was created by a 189...

New Brunswick, province, Canada

(Encyclopedia)CE5 New Brunswick, province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. The Mi'kmaq, an indigenous people whose settlements s...

New Brunswick, University of

(Encyclopedia)New Brunswick, University of, at Fredericton, N.B., Canada; nondenominational; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800 as the College of New Brunswick, called King's College b...

New Guinea, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)New Guinea, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...

New Madrid Fault System

(Encyclopedia)New Madrid Fault System: see under New Madrid, Mo. ...

Nelson, city, New Zealand

(Encyclopedia)Nelson, city (1996 pop. 40,242), N South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Tasman Bay. It is a center of fruit production, with other light industries. The Cawthron Institute for scientific research...

Sable Island, New Caledonia

(Encyclopedia)Sable Island, New Caledonia: see Sandy Island. ...

Exeter

(Encyclopedia)Exeter. 1 City (2020 pop. 10,439), Tulare co., S central Calif.; inc. 1911. The town is an agricultural center in the San Joaquin valley. In Oct. ...

Dartmouth College Case

(Encyclopedia)Dartmouth College Case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1819. The legislature of New Hampshire, in 1816, without the consent of the college trustees, amended the charter of 1769 to make Dartmouth...