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Nelson, Knute

(Encyclopedia)Nelson, Knute kəno͞otˈ [key], 1843–1923, U.S. Senator (1895–1923), b. Voss, Norway. He was brought to the United States at the age of six, grew up on a Wisconsin farm, and served in the Union a...

Northeast Boundary Dispute

(Encyclopedia)Northeast Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Maine–New Brunswick boundary. The treaty of 1783 ending the American Revolution had described the n...

Northern Sea Route

(Encyclopedia)Northern Sea Route, Russia: see Northeast Passage. ...

Northwest Boundary Dispute

(Encyclopedia)Northwest Boundary Dispute: see San Juan Boundary Dispute. ...

Art Institute of Chicago

(Encyclopedia)Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its...

lute

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Lute lute, musical instrument that has a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, which are plucked with the fingers. The long lute, with its neck much longer t...

Mellon Institute of Industrial Research

(Encyclopedia)Mellon Institute of Industrial Research: see Carnegie Mellon Univ. ...

Minute Man National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Minute Man National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

mute

(Encyclopedia)mute myo͞ot [key], in music, device designed to diminish uniformly the loudness of a musical instrument. For example, a trumpet mute is cone-shaped and fits into the instrument's bell, and a violin m...

National Institute of Arts and Letters

(Encyclopedia)National Institute of Arts and Letters: see American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. ...