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* NASHVILLE. 254 NASR ED-DIN. J. B. Steedman, and the cavalry corps under Gen. James II. Wilson, about 55,000 in all. (ieneral . Hood advancing northward into Tennessee was repulsed at Franklin, November .'iOtli, by General Schofield, who at once retired within the in- trenchnients at Nashville. On Deccniljer 2d General Hood appeared before Naslivillc and offered battle. General Thomas, fecliiii; that his army was not sufficiently imitied, delayed, though ordered to fight at once by the authorities at Washington. On December 15th he advanced from his intrenchments. The cavalry was placed upon the right of a great curve, the Sixteenth Corps next, the Fourth Corps was the centre and the pivot, the Twenty-third Corps, as a re- serve, was to the left, and the Provisional Divi- sion was at the extreme left. General Steodman attacked Cheatham's corps on the Confederate right, but was repulsed ; but Gen. S. D. Lee in the centre and General Stewart on the left were driven back and some unfinished works captiired. Late in the day General Sohofield with the Twenty-third Corps was moved to the Federal right. During the night General Hood formed Cheatham's corps on the left. Xo change was made in the Federal arrangement. On the morn- ing of December 10th the Fourth Corps made an unsuccessful attack on Overton's 11 ill on the Confederate right, but Cleburne's old division was transferred from the left to strengthen the right. General McArthur. of the Sixteenth Corps, as- saulted General Hate's division on the Confederate left, and pierced the line. At this moment some of Hatch's cavalry, which had made a long detour, attacked the Confederate rear and soon the re- treat became a rout along the whole line. Gen- eral Forrest with the Confederate cavalry came up and covered the rear. General Hood with the fragments of his army retreated across the Ten- nessee River, and on January 14. 1,'^5, asked to be relieved from the command. The Federal troops actually engaged numbered about 45.000; the Confederate about 2.5.000. The Federal forces lost in killed, wounded, and missing 3057. The Confederate losses in killed and wounded were not given, l)ut 4402 were taken prisoners. Con- sult : Hood, Ailvaticc and Kelrcat (New Orleans, 1880); .lohnson and Buel (cd.), TinllJcs mid traders of the Civil War (New York. 1887); and Cox, .1/arc/i to Sea (New York, 1882). NASHVILLE, Univer.sitt of. An education- al institution at Nashville. Tenn.. chartered as Davidson .cadomy in 1785 by the State of North Carolina, and as Cumberland College in 1800 Ijy the Stale of Tennessee. In 1,'*20 the name ■was changed to the University of Nashville, and it became in time one of the leading colleges of the Southwest. During the Civil War the in- stitution was closed. In 1875 the trustees of the Pcabody Fund and of the imivcrsity united in establishing a school for the training of teach- ers. (See Pe.yuodv Normal CoLi.KOK.) The ui»- versity has n collegiate department with an at- tendance in 1902 of 577. a medical school with 310 students, and a jueparatory department (ilontgoniery Bell Academy and Winihrop llodel School) with ."iO.'i students. The faculty num- bered 05. The library contained 10,000 volumes. The college buildings and campus of 10 acres were valued at $200,000; the endowment was 4106,000, and the gross income was $80,000. At the same time the total value of the university property was $325,000. NASIK, na'sik. or NASSICK. The capital of a district of Bombay. British India, on the Godavari Kiver, 95 miles northeast of Bombay lilap: India, B 5). Owing to its proximity to Trind)ak. 19 miles distant, the source of" the sacred Godavari. Nasik is one of the holy towns of India, and rivals Benares as a place" of pil- grimage. It is the chief seat of Brahmanism in the Dcccan. The town is built on both sides of the river, the portion on the right bank divided into the old and new town, being spread over three hills; Panchwati. the quarter on the left bank, contains the prineii)al features of interest. The river is lined with temples, .shrines, and ghats for devotional ablutions. Nasik is the chief seat of the coi)per and brass industry in the province, and is noted for its artistic produc- tions; it has also manufactures of cotton and paper. Four and a half miles to the south arc the celebrated Lena Caves, situated in a conical hill, about 450 feot from its base. They were ex- cavated probably in the second or third century A.D., and contain several rudely sculptured lig- ures, the leading ones representing liuddlia. The town is the Nasica of Ptolemy. It v.as long the capital of a ilaliratta principality. Population, in 1801. 24.429; in 1901, 21,490. NASMYTH, n.a'smith, James (1808-90). A Scotch engineer and inventor. He was born at Kdinburgh. where he received his education at the high school, the school of arts, and the uni- versity. As a youth he was an expert mechanic and constructed models of steam-engines and other machinery. In 1829 he became assistant to Henry !Maudsley. a London engineer, from whom he derived much useful knowledge and ex- perience. In 1834 he began the manufacture of machine tools at Manchester, where his business rajiidly increased and developed into the well- known Bridgewater Foundry. In 1S39 he in- vented the steam hammer, which he improved from time to time. He was also the inventor of many important machine tools, inehiding a by- draidic punch and a steam pile-driver, and lie was the first to propose the use of a submerged chain for towing boats on rivers and canals, and of chilled cast-iron shot. In addition to his work as a nicelianical engineer he was much in- terested in astronomy and made many observa- tions with reflect ing telescopes which were con- structed and mounted according to bis ideas. His astronomical work includes investigations of the surface of the sim and moon, which form the subjects of several papers, which were pub- lished in elaborate form. Consult .famca a- sniiitli: An Autobiography, edited bv Smiles (London. 1861-02). NASR ED-DIN, niisr fd-den' (1,829-96). A Shall of Persia. On the death of his father, Jlohammed Mirza, September 10, 1848, he as- cended the throne. At his accession he found fhe country in confusion, but by the aid of his Vizier, Jlirza Taki Khan, he established himself firmly, and |)rocceded to carry out numerous re- forms. These plans were unfortunately inter- rupted by the new 'izier. who was an enemy of all progress. .Against the Turkomans and other neighboring peoples Nasr ed-Din was successful, but in 1871 the English put a stop to whatever