KIE NIG 
e.tee« of oil W> scao.int.nc ; l.y cWch »“ 
esteem o h sterdam, in 1720, qnarto. 
means he frequent y NIGELLA, in botany, fennel flower, a 
opinion those wim differ character he genus of the Polyandria Pentagynia class 
ni sentiment, in the Ld order. Natural order of Mnltisilique. 
acquired great credit and Ran, me, dace®, Jussieu. Essential charac- 
council of the ow " of that pro- ter : calyx none ; petals five ; nectary five, 
he resided ; and also in ^ two-lippL, within the corolla ; capsule as 
yince, who respected him many, connected. There are five species ; 
he never engage in are annual herbaceous plants, with 
but recommended himself only by a p ^ bipinnate leaves, and linear leaf- 
manly, and 'THgW bdiavmnr Had ^ P fl^^^/^erminating, in some species 
aspired after some of «>^«gber offices o ^ ^ five-kaved calyx like 
government there is no doiffit b»t 
merits would have secure NIGHT, that part of the natural day 
suflrages of his i„„cf^he during which the sun is underneath the ho- 
ferred to such honours cultivation otffi wherein it is dusky. 
sciences, contenting without court- Night was originally divided by the He- 
coiinsellor and biirgoni , which brews, and other eastern nations, into tliree 
ing or accepting any « ’>« p^^ts, or watchings. The Romans, and 
might interfere with his f afterwards the Jews from them, divided the 
171 8 , at the age of “ mght into four parts, or watches, the first of 
twice married. e w Consi- which began at sun-set and lasted till nine 
nous works, among w niiantitates at night, according to our way of reckon- 
derationes circa « ffig ; the second lasted tUl midnight; the 
Infinite ^ thWd till three in the morning; and the 
1694, octavo ; in 'the^analvsis of fourth ended at sun-rise. The ancient 
difficulties on the s>ubjec ^ ftauls and Germans divided their time not 
infinitessima s. ex Polvgono- by days but by nights ; and the people of 
Curvihneornni^ • which Ls^a se- Iceland and the Arabs do the same at this 
i-um deduct®, 16 ’. ^attemrits to remove day. The like is also observed of our Saxon 
quel to the former, with attempts to remo ve 7 
those difficulties. “ wini® NIGHTINGALE. See Motacilla. 
cimd® ®''^‘^®^‘*’7v-^f®*^!obmssuni G.^^g! NIGRINE, in mineralogy, a species of 
et Responsio ad Virum n : ’ the Alenachine genus. Colour dark brown- 
Leibnitium, &c.’ 1696, qiiar o i occa^oned ^ occurs 
by anattack of Leibni on the author seller angular grains ; spe- 
™r !■ A T;°.b“ .S of .t cl«e «, itl.no, by ,1,, 
1(,9.-,. A treatise oi „ magnet; it is infusible per se, but with 
« The'nrLrUse of the Contemplation of borax it melts to a transparent hyacinth-red 
The proper use 01 I . .. •., globule : it yields its menachme to acid of 
the Universe, for the Con „fw,bicha sugar. This species is found in Transylvania, 
and Unbelievers,” t^lMr,2h;d aTpa^ consisting of yellow sand, intermixed with 
I'rench translation was p ^ fragments of granite, gneiss, and mica-slate, 
in 1725 quarto, entitled MmSiUes t and from which gold is obtained by wash- 
Dien deraontr^e par les t nn ing It comes to us commonly intermixed 
Natu e . ^nd " g of precious garnet, cyan.te, and 
LW"’ L ti le If “ The ReligiWis Philoso- common sand. Its name is derived from 
dev the its black colour; it is distinguished from 
pher, or, the right Use o , jP | jp. menachanite by its stronger lustre, superior 
Works of 7® Bit hardness, the colour of the streak, as well as 
“?;Sr.fir»rrjs ?-» « ■>»»«>'• ■» — 
delaRepubliquedesLettrcs.” “ ALetter parts are, 
to AI. Bothnia de Bnrmania, on his Article Oxide of menachine 84 • 
camcerning Meteors,” inserted in the “Non- Oxide of iron 14 
velles litter, dn 22 Avril, 1719 and about Oxide of manganese _£ 
a mouth before liis death, he put the finish- 100 
in'' hand to an excellent refutation of Spi- 
