Nichiren, 1222-1282

Founder of a Buddhist sect in Japan. Nichol, JOHN, LL.D., 1833-1894. Prof. Glasgow 1861-89. Byron. 1880; American Literature, 1882; Burns, 1882; Bacon, 1888.-His father, JOHN PRINGLE, LL.D.. 1804-1859, was Prof. of Astronomy. Planetary System, 1851; Physical Sciences, 1857. IMG:content-1561.jpg:[graphic] 75 parts copper to 25 parts nickel. Nickel-steel is made by putting either nickel or nickel oxide into the steel-making furnace. The armor-plates of the Bethlehem Iron Co. contain 3.5 per cent of nickel; foreign armor-plates up to 8 per cent. Nickel-steel, if properly forged, is the toughest and strongest kind of steel manufactured.