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mately lofe the age like the nitrat, the atom of muriatic 
ne being 22 
who formed it by adding a 
I He found it to confift of 56.4 acid and water, 
and 43.6 of bafe. 
Acetat of Nickel.—Oxyd of nickel diffolves in acetic acid, 
forming a foluble falt, which cryftallifes in a rhomboidal 
form, and of a green colour. 
Oxalat o He Nickel.—The oxalic acid flightly attacks nickel, 
with which it forms a green powder, from the falt being in- 
foluble. It fhould be foes by adding oxalat of foda to a 
nitrat * nickel. The falt falls down in the form of green 
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Sulphat of Nickel and Ammonia.—Ufing ammonia as the 
potafh is uted in the laft falt, forms a triple falt of a green 
colour, affording fat p tic cry 
Sulphat of Nickel and Iren. This fie is — by a 
nitrat ff nickel to fulphat of iron, or b olving the tw 
se hea ha fulphuric acid. It affords green deytali which are 
efflore 
A ae falt is alfo formed by adding an excels of ammo- 
n with 
This falt 
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NICKIOBING, i in Geography, a town of 1 North. Jutland, 
fituated on the E. coat of the ifland of Mors, with a goo 
harbour in the Ly=ford gulf; 38 miles W.N.W. of Wi- 
org. N. lat je 4 . long. 8° 
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ICLOWITA, a town of Moravia, in the circle of 
Znaym 3 Ly miles N. 0 naym 
NICOBARS, or Niger caus, a group : of three iflands 
in the 29 oa fea, fituated between 8° and 9° N. lat. - sd 
nor‘ hernmoft point of the ifland of Sumatra. The 
of three of thefe iflands forms one of the fafeft betoure in 
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India, where fhips of all fized may ride with greatelt 
ecurity, fheltered from all winds, about half a mile from 
ore; with the additional mien ece of two sae that 
may ferve for getting in and cut, both with a N.E. and 
W. monfoon, having a clear deep channel on each fide. 
The largeft of thefe iflands, called Nancaveri or Nancoury, 
is about five or fix leagues in circumference, and better in- 
habited than either of the other two. The fecond is called 
Sowry or Chowry, and the other Tricit, all clofely fituated, 
and about 10 leagues to th them is another called 
Catchoul. Imoft the whole of thefe iflands is unculti- 
vated ; es there are many large valleys that might be 
ry fruitful, Pies little trouble, the foil bein 
e cocoa-nut and all other aa oe 
the iflands. The ecuiane fea abounds with exquifite 
fifh, fh ockles and turtles; and a moft fplendi 
ifplay of beautiful fhells of the rareft fort is to be met with 
n s’ nefts, fo much efteemed in China, 
clot » made of a 
between their thighs, en one pee me ae ate 
which has led fome ignorant perfons to report that they had 
i in’ eus, is their only drefs. The 
but are of 
ing iflan e women are employed in preparing the 
victuals aa ieee: the ground ; they alfo paddle in the 
Yh 
canoes, when the men go ou e unite in matrimon 
& y 
ing of aa more than a leaf of tobacco. 
aan il lending of their wives of the fame caft is i 
man that has three children is reckoned 
ane -franttuls few bear more than four. Few perfons in 
thefe 
