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dents, with a faculty of 10 instructors. While it 

 meets the requirements of the best colleges of the 

 country, there is also provision for a general academic 

 education for students who wish to prepare themselves 

 for the study of medicine, law, teaching in the public 

 schools, or for business. 



A large and well-furnished Hall of Science, recently 

 erected on the college campus, affords good accommo- 

 dations for the departments of chemistry and physics. 

 Practical instruction is given in the laboratories in this 

 building in the departments of chemistry and physics. 



The Dearborn Observatory, connected with the uni- 

 Ycrsity, makes original researches in astronomical 

 science, assists in the application of astronomy to 

 geography, in communicating exact time, and furnishes 

 instruction in astronomy to the students of the uni- 

 versity. The principal instruments of the observa- 

 tory are : 1. An equatorial refracting telescope, made 

 by Alvan Clark & Sons, of Cambridge, Mass., in 1861. 

 The instrument was the largest refractor in the world 

 until a few years ago, and now has very few superiors. 

 Diameter of object glass, 18} inches. 2. A meridian 

 circle, of the first class, constructed in 1807 by Messrs. 

 A. llepsold & Sons, of Hamburg. This instrument 

 has a telescope of French inches aperture, and a 

 divided circle of 40 inches diameter, read by 4 micro- 

 scopes. Hough's printing and recording chrono- 

 graphs have been added, for making an electrical 

 record of the time of star transits. (j. C.) 



NORTON, ANDREWS (1780-185.-!), Unitarian min- 

 ister, descended from the Puritan llcv. John Norton 

 (/7. r.), was born at Hingham. Mass., Dec, 31, 1786. 

 He graduated at Harvard College in 1804, and was 

 made tuitor at Bowdpin College in 1809 and at Har- 

 vard in 181 1. Becoming librarian in 181 3 lie succeeded 

 Rev. Dr. W. E. Channing as lecturer on Biblical crit- 

 icism and interpretation. In 1819 he was made Dexter 

 professor of sacred literature, which position he re- 

 Minic-d in 1830. lie afterwards published A Statement 

 of Reasons for nut luliirinf) the Doctrine* of Trinita- 

 rians concerning the Mature of (loil and the Prrson of 

 Christ (1833). His important work on Thr Genninness 

 of the Gospels (4 vols., 1837-55), and his new Transla- 

 ting of the Gospels (1855), occupied most of the re- 

 mainder of his life. He died at Newport, R. I., Sept. 

 18, 1853. He wan one of the most learned Unitarians. 

 He studied the New Testament with a critical yet 

 reverent spirit, and opposed the extreme naturalistic 

 interpretation. After his death his Slulimrnt of 

 Reasons was republislied with a memoir by Dr. W. 

 Newell. Besides the works above mentioned he con 

 tributcd important articles to the North American AV- 

 n'fir and other periodicals, and composed some hymns 

 which have been widely used. 



His son, CFIARLKS ELIOT NORTON, was born at 

 Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 16. 1827. He graduated at 

 Harvard Coljege in 1840, and entered upon a mercantile 

 life. He sailed to India in 1849 and returned by way 

 of Europe. He afterwards made two other lengthy 

 sojourns in Europe. He has published Considerations 

 of tome Recent Social Theories (1853): Notes of Travel 

 arid Study in Italy (I860) ; a translation of Dante's 

 I 'itn Xiuma (1867) ; and llistorical Studies of Church 

 Jliii/ding in the Middle Ages. Besides editing his 

 father's later works he was joint editor of the North 

 American Review from 1804 to 1808, and contributed 

 to the Atlantic Monthly. 



NORTON, JOHN (1606-1663). Puritan divine, 

 was born at Stortford, England, May 6, 1000. He 

 was educated at Cambridge, was curate at Stortford, 

 and became a Puritan. In 1035 he removed to Ply- 

 mouth, Mass., where he preached during the winter 

 and then became minister of the church at Ipswich, 

 lit- took part in forming the Cambridge Platform in 

 1648, and in 1052 became associate minister of the 

 church at Boston, where he was urgent in the perse- 

 cution of the Quakers. Alter the restoration of 

 Charles II. Norton was sent with <!v. Uraii.-m-i-t to 



London to assure the king of the loyalty of Massa- 

 chusetts, but the result was not satisfactory to the 

 people. Soon after his return Norton died at Boston, 

 April 5, 1603. His most noted publication was The 

 Heart of hew England rent liy the Blasphemies of the 

 Present Generation (1059), a treatise against the Quak- 

 ers. He also published a memoir of Rev. John Cotton 

 (1658), and some theological treatises. 



NORTON, WILLIAM EDWARD, painter, was born 

 at Boston, June 28, 1 843. He was apprenticed to a 

 houscpainter, but at the age of 18 went to sea, and 

 after making several voyages began painting marine 

 views in 1805. He went to Europe in 1877 and opened 

 a studio in London. Among his works are Whale- 

 ships Trying Out, Fog on the Grand Banks, Twilight 

 on the Banks of Newfoundland, Nantasket Beach in 

 November. 



NOR WALK, a borough of Connecticut, a^.d town- 

 ship of Fairfield co., is on Long Island Sound, 42 miles 

 from New York city, on the New York, New Haven, 

 and Boston Railroad, and is the terminus of the Dan- 

 bury and Norwalk Railroad. It has a good harbor, 5 

 hotels, 5 national banks, 2opera-houses, Masonic temple, 



2 large boarding-schools, besides public schools, 10 

 churches, and 7 weekly newspapers. The oyster trade 

 is extensive, and manufactures are largely carried on. 

 Besides the largest straw-hat-factory in America, Nor- 

 walk has 7 fur-hat-factorics and 3 shoe-factories. There 

 are also 4 foundries, large jron-works, a lock-factory, 

 several woollen- and grain-mills, and other manufactur- 

 ing establishments. Norwalk was founded in 1049. 

 Being ardently patriotic in the revolutionary war. it 

 was burned by Gov. Tryon in 1779. In 1852 a terrible 

 railroad accident was caused here by an open draw- 

 bridge. The township of Norwalk, about ten miles 

 square, includes the city of South Norwalk as well as 

 the borough of Norwaik. The latter has gas- and 

 water-works and several parks. Many wealthy in- 

 habitants of New York make this a summer residence, 

 and during the winter flowers are sent in abundance to 

 the metropolis. Population of Norwalk, 5308 ; South 

 Norwalk, 3720 ; township, r3,956. 



NORWALK, a village of Ohio, county-seat of 

 Huron co., is on the Lake Shore and Michigan South- 

 ern Railroad, 56 miles W. S. W. of Cleveland. The 

 Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad also passes through 

 the village. It is built on a sandy ridge and has well- 

 paved, shady streets. There are 2 national banks, 14 

 churches, graded schools, railroad machine-shops, and 

 manufactories of ploughs, organs, sewing-machines, 

 shoes, tobacco, etc. The population in 1880 was 5704. 



NORWICH, a city of Connecticut, the county-seat 

 of New London co., is at the head of Thames River, 

 15 miles from Long Island Sound. It is on the Nor- 

 wich and Worcester and the New Lond, a and North- 

 ern Railroads. It has several hotels, 6 national banks, 



3 savings banks, 1 daily and 2 weekly newspapers, 24 

 churches, graded schools, and the Norwich l<ree Acad- 

 emy. The Thames River is formed by the confluence 

 of three streams, which furnish abundant water-power. 

 This has been utilized in large paper-, cotton-, and wool- 

 len-mills, and there are sever J foundries and works for 

 making the machinery used in these. There are also 

 manufactories of wood-type, files, locks, picture-cords, 

 belts, and pistols. The city is lighted with gas and 

 electricity, has water-works, 2 public squares, and street 

 railways. The town was settled in 1659. In 1880 the 

 population of the city was 15,112 and of the township 

 21.143. 



NOTT, ABRAHAM (1707-1830), judge, was born at 

 Say brook, Conn., in 1767. He graduated at Yale 

 College in 1787, and, after a brief study of theology, 

 went to Georgia to teach school. He studied law at 

 Camden, S. C., and was admitted to the bar in 1791. 

 He served one term in Congress, 1799-1801, and in 

 1810 wsts elected a judge of the court of appeals. He 

 lied at Fairfield, S. C.. June 19, 1830. 



His son, HENRY Juts'irs NOTT (1797-1837), grad- 



