Will
Will. The Mind Is Divided Into Three Distinct Functions—feeling (see Emorrox), Intellect Or Thought (see Intellear), And Will Or Volition. Under Will, Is Included The Putting Forth Of Active Energy To Move Our Own Organs, Or Change Something About Us, But All Energy Is Not Voluntary Energy. The Peculiarity Of ...
William
William Tate Lxon, One Of The Early Kings Of Scotland. Succeeded His Brother, Malam Iv., In 1165. He Is Commonly Called William The Lion, But Why He Obtained That Title Is One Of The Mysteries Of History. When Heraldry Long Afterward Became A Science, And Was Supposed To Have Been ...
William Wallace
Wallace, William, The Famous Scottish Patriot, Was The Younger Son Of A Knight Of Good Family In The S.w. Of Scotland. Neither The Date Nor The Place Of His Birth Has Been Ascertained; But There Is No Doulst That The Former May Be Assigned To The Middle Of The Reign ...
William Warbtjrton
Warbtjrton, William, A Distinguished English Divine, Commonly Known As Bishop Warburton, Was Born At Newark, In The County Of Nottingham, Ou Dec. 24, 1698. Hi Was The Eldest Son Of George Warburton, An Attorney Of That Place, Who Claimed Descent From An Old Cheshire Family. Young Warburton Received His Education ...
William Whewell
Whewell, William, N.n., Was B. In 1795 At Lancaster. His Father Intended Him For His Own Trade—that Of A Joiner; But The Boy Having Excelled At School In Mathe Matics Was Persuaded To Go To Cambridge. He Entered At Trinity College, And Gradu Ated (second Wrangler, And Second Smith's Prize-man) ...
William Whiston
Whiston, William, Was B. Dec. 9, 1667, At Norton, In Leicestershire, Of Which Place His Father Was Rector. His Earlier Education He Received At Home; Subsequently, He He Came The Pupil Of A Mr. Antrobus At Tamworth, And Finally He Went To Cambridge, Where He Greatly Distinguished Himself, Chiefly As ...
William Wilberforce
Wilberforce, William, Was H. At Hull, Aug. 24, 1759. • His Father Was A Wealthy Merchant, Descended From An Old Family, Proprietors Of Wilberfoss, In The E. Riding Of York. Wilberforce, At The Age Of 9, On His Father's Death, Was Sent To School At Wimble Don, Where, Under The ...
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William, A Distinguished English Poet,was B. April 7,1770,at Cocker Mouth, In Cumberland. He Was The Second Son Of John Wordsworth, Attorney, And Agent On The Estates Of The First Earl Of Lonsdale. He Was Sent To School At Penrith„ Where His Parents Had Gone To Reside; And After The ...
William Wycherley
Wycherley, William, A Comic Dramatist Of The Period Of The Restoration, Was Born At Clive, Near Shrewsbury, In 1640. His Father, A Cavalier Squire Of £600 A Year, Sent His Son To France At The Age Of 15; And During His Residence On The Banks Of The Charente, The Youth ...
William_2
William, Prince Of Orange, And Count Of Nassau, The Founder Of The Independ Ence Of The Netherlands, Was Born At Dillenburg, April 16, 1533. His Father, William, Was The Second Son Of Count John Of Nassau-dillenburg, And Succeeded To The German Possessions Of The Family; While His Elder Brother, Henry, ...
Williams
Williams, Jane, A Celebrated Missionary, Was Born At Tottenham, London, June 29, 179g. At The Age Of 14, He Was Apprenticed To An Ironmonger, And During His Appren Ticeship, Displayed A Great Taste For Mechanics, And Acquired A Knowledge Of Mechanical Arts, Which He Afterward Turned To Great Account. Having ...
Williams College
Williams College (ante), At Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Mass., Founded In 1703 By The Will Of Col. Ephraim Williams, From Whom It Takes Its Name. It Had Its Beoinning, However, At An Earlier Day, In A Free School, A Part Of Whose Endowment Was Derived From A Lottery. The Legislature In ...
Willow
Willow, Saiix, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Or Tilt Natural Order S..dteacece, Otherwise Regarded As A Sub-order Of Amentaceee. This Order Or Sub-order, To Which The Poplar (q.v.) Also Belongs, Is Distinguished By Having The Flowers Naked Or With A Cup-like Perianth; Numerous Ovules; A Naked, Leathery, One-celled, Two-valved ...
Wilson
Wilson, General Sir Robert Thomas, Was Born In The Year 1777 In London, Where His Father Was A Painter. He Was Educated At Westminster,' And Afterward At Win Chester, And When Scarcely 17 He Joined The 15th Light Dragoons, Then Serving Under The Duke Of York In Belgium, And Took ...
Winandermere Windermere
Windermere, Winandermere, Or Lake Winder, The Largest Lake In England, Eallcd On Account Of The Supposed Superiority Of Its Shores, In Point Of Natural Beauty, Over Those Of The Other Lakes Of North-western England, The " Queen Of The Lakes," Is Partly In The Co. Of Lancaster, And Partly Divides ...
Winchester
Winchester, A Famous Historical City, And Parliamentary And Municipal Borough, Chief T. Of Hampshire, Is Situated In The Middle Of The County, On The Right Bank Of The Hellen, 67 M. S.w. Of London By Railway, And 60 In A Direct Line. It Consists Of One Main Street, Crossed By ...
Winckelmann
Winckelmann, Joiwt Joachim, Well Known As The Critical Expounder And Histo Rian Of Ancient Classical Art, Was Born Of Poor Parents In The Year 1717, At Stendal, In Prussia. He Very Early Showed An Eager Desire For Knowledge, And Being Seat To The Free School Of The Place, Became So ...
Wind
Wind Is The Air In Motion. The Force Of The Wind Is Measured By Anemometers (q.v.), Of Which Some Measure The Velocity, And Others The Pressure. The Following Are A Few Velocities Of Wind, Translated Into Popular Language: 7 M. An Hour Is A Gentle Air; 14 M., A Light ...
Windham
Windham, Right Hon. William, English Statesman, B. 1750, In Golden Square, London, Was Son Of ,col. Windham Of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, In Which County The Family Had Been Settled Since The 12th Century. He Was Educated At Eton, And Was Afterward Sent To Glasgow University, Where He Studied Mathematics With ...
Windlass
Windlass Is That Modification Of The Wheel And Axle Which Is Employed In Raising Weights, Such As Bucketsful Of Water From A Well, Coals From A Pit, Etc. Its Simplest Form Is That Of An Axle Supported By Pivots On Two Strong Upright Pieces, And Pierced Near One End With ...
Windmill
Windmill Is A Mill For Grinding Corn, Sawing Wood, Or Performing Any Other Species Of Work For Which Fixed Machinery Can Be Employed, The Motive-power Being The Force Of The Wind Acting On A Set Of Sails In A Manner Similar To That Of A Current Of Water Impinging Obliquely ...
Window
Window (connected With Wind, As Lat. Fenestra With Ventus) Is An Opening In The Wall Of A Building For The Admission Of Light And Air. In The East, From Time Immemorial, Windows Open, Not Upon The Street, But Upon The Court, And Are Usually Provided With Lattices Or Jalousies. The ...
Windsor
Windsor, Properly Called New `windsor, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough Of Berkshire, Beautifully Situated On The Right Bank Of The Thames, 23 Tn. W.s.w. Of London. Windsor And Eton In Reality Form One Town. The Town Is Chiefly Interesting On Account Of Its Being The Scene Of The Aran Wires ...
Winslow
Winslow, Mnton, N.d., Ll.d., 1789-1864; B. Vt.; Descendant Of Kenelm Wins Low, Who Came From England In The :mayflower; Graduated At :middlebury College, 1815; Andover Theological Seminary, 1818; Married Miss Harriet Wadsworth Lathrop Of Nor Conn. ; Sailed For Jaffna. India, From Boston, June 8, 1819, As A Missionary Of ...
Winthrop
Winthrop Family,—jomc, Governor Of The Colony Of Massachusetts, Was Born In Groton, County Of Suffolk, England, Jan. 12, 1588; Was Bred To The Law, Appointed Justice Of The Peace At The Age Of 18, And On Account Of His Excellent And Pious Character, Was, In 1629, Elected By The Governor ...
Wiotown
Wiotown, A Co. Forming The S.w. Corner Of Scotland, Is Bounded On The W. By The Irish Channel, N. By Ayrslure, E. By The Stewartry Of Kirdeudbright And The Solway Firth, And S. By The Irish Sea. Its Extent From E. To W. Is Computed At From 39 To 3-1 ...
Wire Ropes
Wire-ropes Have Come Greatly Into Use Of Late Years For Winding Purposes In Mines Slid On Inclines, For The Rigging Of Ships, And For Numerous Engineering Contrivances; Ids() For The Construction Of Electric-telegraph Cables. They Are Almost Aiway "galvan Ized," That Is, Coated With Zinc. A Hemp Rope 6 Inches ...
Wire And Wiredrawing
Wire And Wiredrawing. The Facility With Which Any Metal Can Be Drawn Into Wire Depends Upon Its Ductility. Most Metals Have This Property; But Some, Like Bismuth And Antimony, Are So Brittle That They Can Only Be Drawn Out With Difficulty, And Wire Made From Such Metals Is Useless, From ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, One Of The United States Of America, Between Lat. 42° 31' To 47° N., And Long. 87° B' To 92° 54/ W.; 302 M. From N. To S., And 258 From E. To W. ; Containing 53,924 Sq. In., Or 34,511,600 Acres; Is Bounded N. By Lake Superior And ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin (ante), For The Most Part Is A Great Plain, Varied Only By The Cliffs Bor Dering The Rivers And Lakes, And Elevated From 600 Ft. To 1500 Ft. Above The Ocean. The Highest Lands Are Those Along The Sources Of The Tributaries Of Lake Superior, Which, Near The Montreal ...
Witch Craft
Witch-craft* Is Merely The Form That The Belief In The Arts Of Magic Assumed Under The Action Of Certain Notions Introduced By Christianity,— The Powers Supposed To Be Possessed By The Witches, And The Rites And Incantations By Which They Acquired Those Powers, Were Substantially The Same As Belonged To ...
Witena Gemot A S
Witena-gemot (a.-s. Witena, Genitive Pin. Of Wita, A Wise Man, From Witan, To Know, And Genet, Assembly, From Metan, To Meet). The Great National Council Of England In Anglo-saxon Times, By Which The King Was Guided In All His Main Acts Of Government. Each Kingdom Had Its Own Witena-gemot Before ...
Witetemberg
Wite'temberg, Tim Lirsonom Of, Lies In 15' To 10° 30' E.• Long., And 47° 35' To 49° 35'n. Lat., Is Bounded On The W., S.w., And N.w. By The Grand Duchy Of Baden; E., S.e., And N.e. By Bavaria; And S., For A Few Leagues, By The Lake Of Constance ...
Witness
Witness, A Person Summoned, Or Capable Of Being Summoned, By A Court Of Law, Or Some Officer Authorized To Take Evidence Relating To A Judicial Or Other Proceeding. All Persons Are Liable To Be Witnesses, Either Voluntarily Or Involuntarily, And It Is A Duty Which Every Citizen Owes To His ...
Witness_2
Witness (ante) Is Incompetent To Testify If Too Young To Understand The Obligation Of The Oath, Or, For Other Reasons, Insensible To Such Obligation; If Insane Or Intoxicated, Or Convicted Of Infamous Crimes, If Party To The Record Or Directly Interested In The Result Of The Suit, Or If In ...
Wittekind
Wittekind, A Westphalian Chieftain, The Most Celebrated Leader Of The Saxons Against Charles The Great, Made His First Appearance As Leader In The Expeditions Which The Saxons Undertook In 774 Against The Fortress Of Eresberg, In Westphalia, And The Frankish Province Of Hesse, While Charles Was Subduing The Lombards. When ...
Wittenberg
Wittenberg, A T. Of Prussian Saxony, Stands On Tpe Elbe, 55 M. S.w. Of Berlin. It Is No Longer A Fortified Place, Though Till 1873 It Was A Fortress Of The Third Rank. It Is Interesting As Having Been The Capital Of The Electorate Of Upper Saxony, As The Cradle ...
Wolcot
Wolcot, Dr. John, Better Known Under The Pseudonym Of Peter Pindar, Was Born At Dodbrooke, In Devonshire, In 1738. He Was Educated At The Charge Of His Uncle, A Respectable Surgeon And Apothecary Of Fowey, In Cornwall. After Studying Medicine At The London Hospitals, He Accompanied Sir William Trelawny To ...
Wolcott
Wolcott, Ronan, 1679-1767; B. Windsor, Conn.; Commissary Of The Connecticut Troops In The Expedition Against Canada In 1711. He Served Also In The Succeeding French Wars, And Rose To Be Maj.gen. He Was Governor Of Connecticut, 1761-65, After Serving Several Terms In The Legislature, In The Council, And On The ...
Wolf
Wolf, Johanic Christian Von, A Celebrated Philosopher And Mathematician, Was B. In 1679, At Breslau. His Father, A Rather Poor But Well-informed Artisan, Made It His .chiefohject To Give A Good Education To His Son, Who At An Early Age Showed Excellent Abilities. Wolf Received The Elements Of His Education ...
Wolf Fish
Wolf-fish, Ananglichas, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Blenniida (see Blenny), Having No Ventral Fins, The Pectorals Very Large, A Single Dorsal Hn Extending From Behind The Head Almost To The Tail-fin, Along Anal Fin, The Tail-fin Rounded; The Head Round, Smooth, And Blunt; The Teeth Large And Strong, ...
Wolfe
Wolfe. The Rev. Charles, The Son Of A County Gentleman Of Kildare, Was 15. Dec. 14, 1791, At Dublin. The Family Having Come To England On The Death Of His Father, Which Took Place While He Was Yet Quite Young,..the Boy Received His Chief Edu Cation At Winchester, Where He ...
Wolffian Bodies
Wolff'ian Bodies, Important Organs In The Vertebrate Embryo, In Which They Serve Only A Temporary Purpose, Except In The Lowest Class (the Fishes), Where They Remain Permanently. In The Development Of The Chick, These Bodies May Be Seen As Early As The Fourth Day, Lying Along Either Side Of The ...
Wolverhampton
Wolverhamp'ton, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough Of Staffordshire, Is The Most 'populous Town Of Its County, And A Center Of Iron Manufactures And Tin-plate Goods, 10 M. U.w. Of Birmingham. Of Its Numerous Churches, That Of St. Peter's, Built In The 14th C., And Recently Restored, Is A Stately Edifice, ...
Wombat
Wombat, Phascolomys, A Genus Of Marsupial Quadrupeds, Constituting A Distinct Family, Phaseolomydce, And Of Which Only One Species Is Known, Phascolomys Wombat, A Native Of Australia, Abounding Chiefly In Mountainous Districts Of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, And Van Diemen's Land, And In The Islands Of Bass's Strait. In ...
Womens Rights
'women's Rights (ante) In The United States Sensibly Advanced Within The Last 20 Years In Important Particulars. The Right Of Suffrage Is Not Generally Conceded As Yet, Nor Is It Likely Soon To Be, But Important Experiments Have Been Made In That Direction. Thus The Territory Of Wyoming In 1869 ...
Womens Rights
Women's Rights. In 1851 An Article In The Westminster Review Attracted Attention To The Novel Subject Of The Enfranchisement Of Women. Since That Time The Agitation For Women's Rights Has In This Country, And To A Still Greater Extent In America, Attained The Dimensions Of A Political Movement. The Subject ...
Wood Charcoal
Wood-charcoal Is The Most Important, Although Not The Purest, Kind Of Charcoal. Wood Consists Of Carbon, Hydrogen, And Oxygen, The Last Two Being In The Proportion To Form Water. When Heated In The Open Air, It Burns Completely Away, With The Excep Tion Of A Small White Ash; But If ...
Wood Oil
Wood-oil, The Name Commonly Given By Europeans In India To A Balsamic Fluid, Not Really An Oil, Obtained From The Trunks Of Trees Chiefly Of The Order Dipteracces The Wood Oils Of Indian Commerce Are Generally Named From The Countries Or Places Frrm Which They Are Brought, And It Is ...
Wood And Woody Fiber
Wood And Woody Fiber. The Hard And Compact Or Tough And Fibrous Parts Of Plants Are Composed Chiefly Of A Peculiar Kind Of Vascular Tissue (q. V.), Which, When Compact Is Wood. It Exists Chiefly In The Stems, Frequently In The Roots, And Also In The Inner Bark Of Exogenous ...
Woodcocs
Wood'cocs, The Popular Name Of Certain Birds Commonly Regarded As Of The Same Genus With The Snipes (q.v.), But Of More Bulky Form Than The True Snipes, And Having •shorter And Stronger Legs. The Costston Woodcock (scolopax Rusticola), Well Known As A Game-bird In Britain, And Highly Esteemed As A ...
Woodpecker
Woodpecker, Picas, A Linnffian Genus Of Birds, Now Divided Into A Number Of Gen Era, And Belonging To The Family Pickles, Of The Order Scansores. The Toes Are In Pairs, Two Before And Two Behind, With Sharp Strong Claws; The Bill Is Rather Long. Straight, And Wedge-shaped, With A Hai'd ...
Wool
Wool Is A Variety Of Hair (q.v.). The Term Hair Is Applied, In Ordinary Language, To A Smooth, Straight-surfaced Filament Like Human Or Horse Hair, Without Serrations Of Any Kind On Its Surface. Wool, On The Other Hand, Is Always More Or Less Waved; Besides Which, Externally Each Woolly Filament ...
Woolen And Worsted Manufactures
Woolen And Worsted Manufactures. The Spinning And Weaving Of Wool Was Practiced From An Early Period In Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, End Some Other Coun Tries. It Is Very Probable That The First Lesson Which Our Ancestors Received In This Art Were Got From The Romans After The Conquest; But ...
Worcester
Worces'ter, A City, Capital, And Assize-t. Of The County Of The Same Name, And A County Of Itself, Stands Almost In The Center Of The Severn Valley, And Is Situated Prin Cipally On The Eastern Bank Of The River, About 26 M. S.w. From Birmingham. 'worcester Is Of Great Antiquity; ...
Worcestershire
Worcestershire, One Of The West-midland Counties Of England. The Con• Terminous Counties Are Those Of Warwick And Stafford On The N., Warwick And Oxford On The E., Gloucester On The S., And Hereford And Salop On The West. Area 472,453 Acres; Whereof About 400,000 Are Cultivated. Its Greatest Length Is ...
Work
Work. To Do Work Is To Overcome Resistance. If We Try To Lift A Ton-weight. How Ever We May Fatigue Ourselves, We Cannot Move It, And Therefore We Do No Work., But We Can Lift With Ease A Hundred-weight, And Then We Do More Work In Proportion As We Raise ...
Work House
Work 'house. The Name Given To Municipal Institutions, In England, In Which Pau Pers Are Supported And Maintained. The Earliest Mention Of Them Is To Be Found In Shit. 13 And 14 Car. Ii. C. 12, Authorizing Workhouses To Be Erected In The Cities Of Lon Don And Westminster, To ...
Worm Fever
Worm Fever Is A Popular Name For The Affection More Scientifically Known As Infantile Remittent Fever. Although It Is A Disease Which Presents Great Differences In Its Course And Symptoms, According To The Circumstances Which Have Given Rise To It, Its Characteristic Symptoms Will Be Found To Point (as Sir ...
Worms
Worms, An Ancient And Interesting But Decayed T. Of Hesse-darmstadt, In A Highly Fruitful District On The Left Bank Of The Rhine, 20 In. S.e. Of The Town Of Darmstadt, And Communicating With Mainz And Mannheim By Railway. Pop. '75, 16,597. Among Its Churches, The Chief Is The Cathedral, A ...
Wounds
Wounds May Be Defined To Be Divisions Of Soft Parts Produced By External Mechani Cal Force. They Have Been Classified By Surgical Writers In Various Ways, But The Most Useful Arrangement Is That Which Is Adopted By Mr. Paget, In His Admirable Memoir On " Wounds,' In Holmes's System Of ...
Wow Wwii
Wow: Wwii, A Market-t. And Parish Of Kent, The Seat Of The Chief Government -arsenal Of Great Britain, Stands On The S. Bank Of The Thames, About Nine M. E. Of Lon Don. It Stretches Along The Bank Of The River For Two M., And Reaches Back From The River ...
Wren
Wren, Sir Crrrastoptren, A Renowned English Architect, Was Born At East Knoyle, In Wiltshire, On Oct. 20, 1632. His Father, Dr. C. Wren, Was Dean Of Windsor, And His Uncle, Dr. M. Wren, Was Bishop Successively Of Hereford, Norwich, And Ely. At An Early Age, Young Wren Was Placed At ...
Wren_2
Wren, Troglodytes, A Genus Of Birds Of The Creeper Family Certhiadce, Having A Slender, Slightly Curved, And Pointed Bill, The Edge Of The Mandibles Entire; The Wings Very Short And Rounded; The Tail Short, And Carried Erect; The Legs Slender, And Rather Long. Their Plumage Is Generally Dull. They Are ...
Writing
Writing Is The Art Of Fixing Thoughts In A Palpable And Lasting Shape, So As To Make Them Known To Others. There Are Two Principles Employed In This Process, Either Separately Or Jointly—viz. Ideographism And Phonetism. An Ideograph Is Either S. Picture Of The Object The Idea Of Which Is ...
Wrynecs
Wry'necs, Punx, A Genus Of Birds Of The Woodpecker Family (picidce), Having A Short, Straight, Conical Beak; A Long Extensile Tongue, With A Horny Point; Wings Of Mod Erate Size; A Rather Short And Rounded Tail; The Feet With Two Toes In Front. And Two Behind. One Species, The Common ...
Wyatt
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, Was Born In 1503, At Allington Castle In Kent. His Father, Sir Henry Wyatt, Of A Family Originally Of Yorkshire, Stood High In Favor With Henry Vii. ; And Not Less So With Henry Viii., Who Succeeded Him. In 1515 The Young Wyatt Was Entered At St. ...
Wyoming
Wyoming (ante) Was Organized As A Territory In 1868 From Areas Previously In Dakota, Idaho, And Utah, But Derived More Remotely From The Original Territories Of Nebraska, Utah, And Oregon, A Portion Having At One Time Belonged Also To Washington Territory. The Main Chain Of The Rocky Mountains Extends Across ...
Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley, A Beautiful Fertile Valley On The Susquehanna River, In Penn Sylvania, 21. M. Long By 3 Wide, Surrounded By Mountains 1000 Ft. High, Its Name Supposed To Be A Corruption Of The Indian Haughicautcome—large Plains. It Was Pur Chased About 1765 By A Connecticut Company From The Delaware ...
Xantiiiis
Xantiiiis, The Name Of The Capital Of The Ancient Lycia, Anciently Called Arina, City Of The Tramilte, Or Solymi, The Primitive Inhabitants. It Lies At The S.w. Corner Of Asia Minor, And Near The Village Of Kourtik. %frain The Earliest Historic Times To That Of 'crcesus, The Lycians Appear To ...
Xavier
Xavier, Sr. Francis, A Celebrated Missionary Of The Roman Catholic Church, Was Born Of A Noble Family At Xavier, In Navarre, April 7, 1506. Having Received His Early Education At Home, He Was Sent, When In His 18th Year, To The College Of Sainte Barbe, At Paris, Where He Formed ...
Xencipeanes
Xencipeanes, Founder Of The Eleatic School Of Philosophy, Was B. At Colophon, In Asia Minor, About 580 N.e., Or, According To Others, About 40 Years Earlier. He Spent The Greater Part Of A Life Which Was Prolonged Beyond His 90th Year, In Banishment. He Passed Many Years In Sicily, And ...