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[A corrupt. of an ewt, then of the article being tacked onto the noun (see remarks under N); A. S. efeta.] [EFT, 8.] Zool .: A popular name for members of the genus Triton (q. v.). Of these T. cristatus , the Great Water Newt, is the largest; T. bibronii is the Straight-lipped Water Newt, and T. palmipes , the Palmated Smooth Newt. Bell places the Common Smooth Newt ( T. punctatus ) in a separate genus Lis so triton, but it has few e ential differences. New-ton, s . [Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25, 1642 (o.s.), at Wools thorpe, in Lincoln shire, England, published his Principia in 1687, was knighted in 1705 by Queen Anne, and died at Kensington, March 27,1727.] (See etym.) Optics: A cardboard disc, about a foot in diameter, its center and edges covered with black paper, like spokes of a wheel; arranged around the center are strips of paper of such dimensions and tints as to constitute five spectra. When the disc is rapidly rotated, the prismatic colors all blend together, the resultant being white, or grayish-white. Newton's rings, s. pl . Optics: Rings of color concentrically arranged, when a very thin lamina of anything transparent is subjected to the action of light. The iridescence of a soap-bubble is a familiar instance. Newton produced rings by inclosing a lamina of atmospheric air between two gla es, one plane, the other convex. With homogeneous light, as, for instance, red, the rings are succe ively black and red; with white light they present the colors of the spectrum. New-to-ni-an, a. & s. [See def.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to, discovered, or propounded by Sir Isaac Newton. B. As subst.: A follower of Newton in philosophy. Newton i an-system, s. Astron.: The system which explains the movements of the planets in their orbits mainly by the law of gravitation. Newton i an-telescope, s. A form of the reflecting-telescope, in which the rays are reflected from the surface of the object-mirror and intercepted by a small oval mirror placed in the axis of the tube at an angle of 45°. The image which would have been formed in the axis is thereby deflected and is viewed by an eye-piece attached at a right angle to the side of the tube. The small mirror is fixed on the end of a slender arm connected to a slide, by which it is made to approach or recede from the large speculum, as may be required. New York', s. [Named from the Duke of York.] One of the original thirteen States of the U. S. A., nicknamed "the Empire State." Bounded W. by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie and Niagara river: N. by Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence river and Canada; E. by Vermont, Ma achusetts and Connecticut, and S. by Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Atlantic. Area, 49,170 square miles. Surface varied and fertile. Contains the A dir on dack and Cat skill mountains, and many lakes and rivers. New York was first discovered by Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the service of the Dutch West India Company. A Dutch colony was settled at Fort Orange, now Albany, in 1613; and the following year nexible on the S. point of the Island of Manhattan some fortifications, the original nucleus of New York, were erected and called New Amsterdam. The English disputed the claim of the Dutch to the country and, in 1684, expelled them. The State leads in the value of its manufactures, ranks second in viticulture, third in number of farms, and fourth in live-stock. Principal cities, Greater New York, the metropolis of the U. S.; Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, the capital, and Syracuse. *něx-1-ble, a. [Lat. nexibilis , from pa. par. of nec to=to tie, to bind.] Capable of being knit together.