Victoria_2
Victoria, A British Colony In Aus Tralia; Bounded N. By New South Wales, S. E. By The Pacific, S. By Bass Strait And Southern Ocean, And W. By South Australia; Area 87,884 Square Miles; Pop. About 1,500,000. It Has About 600 Geographical Miles Of Sea-coast, With Considerable Bays And Indentations, ...
Victoria_3
Victoria, A City And Capital Of The Province Of British Columbia, Canada; At The S. E. Extremity Of Vancouver Is Land, On The Strait Of Fuca, And On The Esquimalt And Nanaimo Railroad; 750 Miles N. Of San Francisco. It Is Built On Slightly Undulating Ground, And Has A Mild ...
Vienna
Vienna (german, Wien), The Capital And Largest City Of The Republic Of Aus Tria; In Lower Austria, On The Danube Canal, A Branch Of The Danube. The Small River Wien Flows Through Part Of The City To Join The Canal. Vienna Con Sists Of The Inner City And Eight Dis ...
Village Community
Village Community, The Means By Which Many Scholars Contend That Great Part Of Europe Must Have Been Brought Into Cultivation. A Clan Of Set Tlers Took A Tract Of Land, Built Their Huts Thereon, And Laid Out Common Fields, Which They Cultivated In Common As One Family. The Land Was ...
Vine
Vine, The Vitis Of The Botanist, Is A Genus Of Which There Are A Number Of Species; They Are Found Over A Wide Range Of The Northern Hemisphere, The Major Ity In Temperate Asia, As Well As In North America, And A Feware Found In Europe. The Genus Belongs To ...
Vinegar
Vinegar, A Solution Of Acetic Acid, Usually Containing From 2 To 5 Per Cent. Of Acid, And Minute Proportions Of Vari Ous Ethers And Other Substances Accord Ing To The Sources Whence It Is Derived. It Is A Product Of The Oxidation Of Alco Holic Solutions, And May Consequently Be ...
Vinland
Vinland, The Name Given To The Chief Settlement Of The Early Norsemen In North America. It Is Undoubtedly Represented In Modern Times By Part Of Massachusetts And Rhode Island. The First That Saw It Was Bjarne Herjulfson, Who Was Driven Thither By A Storm In The Summer Of A. D. ...
Violet
Violet, In Botany, The Typical Genus Of Violace.w. Low Herbs, More Rarely Shrubs, With Radical Or Alternate Leaves Or Flowers; On One, Rarely On Two-flowered Peduncles; Calyx Of Five Sepals, Extended At The Base; Petals Five, Unequal, The Un Der One Spurred At The Base; Anthers Connate, Two Of Them ...
Violin
Violin (diminutive From Viol), The Smallest But Most Important Of The Stringed Musical Instruments Played With The Bow. Like Other Bow Instruments Now In Use, It Consists Of A Wooden Sonorous Chest, Formed Of Two Slightly Arched Surfaces, Known As The Back And Belly, United By Sides Or Ribs, And ...
Viper
Viper, A Genus Of Venomous Snakes, Representative Of The Family Viperidc. This Family Includes Many Important Forms—e. G., The Common Adder (vipers Or Pelias Bents); The Asp (v. Aspis), Ex Tending As Far N. As Sweden; The Afri Can Horned Viper (v. Cerastes) And Puff Adder (clotho Or Echidna Arietans) ...
Virginia
Virginia, A State In The South At Lantic Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, And The Atlantic Ocean; One Of The Original 13 States; Counties, 1u0; Area 42,627 Square Miles; Pop. (1890) 1,655, 980; (1900) 1,854,184; (1910) 2,061,612; (1920) 2,309,187. Capital, ...
Virus
Virus (latin, "a Poisonous Fluid"), A Term Used In Medicine To Designate The Materies Morbi Of Zymotic Diseases. It More Specially Designates Those Peculiar Poisonous Matters Which Can Reproduce Themselves Under Favoring Conditions To An Endless Degree. The Poison Of The Cobra Is A Specific Virus Which, When In Troduced ...
Vishnu
Vishnu, In Brahmanism, The Second Person Of The Modern Hindu Trimurti. When He First Appears In Vedic Times, He Is Simply The God Of The Shining Fir Mament, The Younger Brother Of Indra, And Inferior To Him In Dignity. By The Time That The Epic Poems, The Ramayana And The ...
Vision
Vision, The Act Of Seeing, That Faculty Of The Mind By Means Of Which, Through Its Appropriate Material Organ, The Eye, We Perceive The Visible Appearances Of The External World. Vision Is Mainly Concerned With The Color, Form, Distance, And Tridimensional Extension Of Objects. It Is Caused By Impact Of ...
Vistula
Vistula, The Largest River That Flows Into The Baltic; Rises In The Former Aus Trian Silesia On The N. Slopes Of The Bieskiden, And Is Formed By The Union Of The Black, The White, And The Little Vistulas (biala, Molinka And Czorna). It Flows N. To The Village Of Vistula, ...
Vitamines
Vitamines, Nitrogenous Bodies Which Occur In Certain Foodstuffs. They Were First Discovered In 1912 By Gow Land Hopkins In Milk, And Although Their Exact Chemical Nature Is Still, To A Large Extent, A Hidden Mystery, Their Enormous Importance In The Process Of Nutrition Is Well Recognized. Three Distinct Types Of ...
Vivisection
Vivisection, A Term Denoting, In Its Strict Signification, The Dissection Of Living Animals, But Popularly Employed To Denote The Practice Of Performing Op Erations With The Knife On Living Animals, With The View (1) Of Increasing Physio Logical Knowledge; (2) Of Converting Speculative Into Positive Conclusion; And (3) Of Acquiring ...
Vladimir I
Vladimir I., A Czar Of Russia, Com Monly Called Vladimir The Great, Or Saint Vladimir; Son Of The Grand-duke Sviatoplav By A Woman Of Low Condition, And Great-grandson Of Rurik. His Father Assigned To Him The Government Of Nov Gorod, Dividing The Rest Of The Empire Between His Two Legitimate ...
Vocational Education
Vocational Education, The In Clusion In The Public Schools Of Courses Which Have As Their Object The Practical Training Of The Pupils In The Technical Details Of Trades Or Professions, As Dis Tinguished From The Purely Academic Courses Of Those Schools In Which Latin Formed One Of The Chief Studies. ...
Voice
Voice, An Audible Sound Produced By The Larynx, And Effected By Its Passage Outward Through The Mouth And Other Cavities. When So Modified In Particular Ways It Becomes Speech Or Song. The Main Difference Between These Two Latter Are That Speech Is More Limited In Com Pass Or Pitch, That ...
Volapuk
Volapuk, An Artificial Language In Vented In 1879 By Johann Martin Schleyer, A German Priest. Schleyer's Years Of Linguistic Study As A Prepara Tion For His Task, Were Spent In Examin Ing The Structure—the Mechanism Of The Important Languages Of The World. When He Had Closed His Researches In This ...
Volcanoes
Volcanoes, Orifices In The Earth's Strata From Which Molten Rock, Hot Va Pors, And Fragmental Material Are Ejected, And Around Which The Solidified Productions Of Eruptions Accumulate. We Know By Observation Only The Sur Face Phenomena Of Volcanoes. What Takes Place In The Profounder Depths, Where Volcanic Forces Are Generated, ...
Volga
Volga, The Largest River Of Europe; Rises In The Central Russian Province Of Tver, Near The Dwina, About 200 Miles From The Gulf Of Finland; Flows S. E. Through Several Small Lakes, Receiving The Selicharovka From Lake Seliger, Then S. E. Past Rsjev To Subzov, Where It Turns N. E., ...
Voltaire
Voltaire, The Assumed Name Of Francois Marie Arouet, A French Poet, Historian And Philosopher; Born In Chatenay, Near Paris, In 1694. He Was Educated By The Jesuits At The College Of Louis Le Grand, And Already Showed So Clearly The Characteristics Which Marked Him Through Life, That One Of His ...
Volunteers
Volunteers, Citizens Who Of Their Own Accord Offer The State Their Services In A Military Capacity Without The Stipu Lation Of A Substantial Reward, And With Out Being Attached To The Regular Army. The Oldest Volunteer Force In Great Britain Is The Honorable Artillery Com Pany Of The City Of ...
Vulgate
Vulgate, The Edition Of The Latin Bible Which, Having Been Sanctioned By The Usage Of Many Ages In The Roman Church, Was Pronounced "authentic" By The Council Of Trent. The Name Was Originally Given To The "common Edition" Of The Septuagint Used By The Greek Fa Thers, And Thence Transferred ...
Vulture
Vulture, Any Member Of The Family Vulturidx Included Among The Birds Of Prey In The Sub-order Falcones. By Some Naturalists The Family Is Sub-divided Into The Old-world Vultures (vulturinx) And The New-world Vultures (sarcarhamphi Nw), While By Others The Latter, Which Are Distinguished By A Perforated Nostril And The Absence ...
Wager
Wager, In Law, A Promise To Give Money Or Money's Worth On The Happen Ing Of An Uncertain Event. Every Con Tract Of Insurance Is In The Nature Of A Wager, But Such Contracts Are Permitted, Because They Serve Useful Purposes. Sporting Wagers Were Enforceable At Common Law Unless They ...
Wages
Wages, The Payment For Work Done Or Services Performed; The Price Paid For Labor; The Return Made Or Compensation Paid To Those Employed To Perform Any Kind Of Labor Or Service By Their Em Ployers; Hire, Pay, Recompense, Need. The Rate Of Wages Is Determined By The Ratio Which The ...
Waldenses
Waldenses, A Famous Christian Community Which Originally Grew Out Of An Antisacerdotal Movement Originated By Peter Waldo, Of Lyons, France, In The Second Half Of The 12th Century. A Rich Merchant, Pious And Unlearned, He Caused The New Testament And A Collec Tion Of Extracts From The Fathers To Be ...
Wales
Wales, A Principality In The S. W. Of The Island Of Great Britain, Which Since Edward I. Gives The Title Of Prince Of Wales To The Heir-apparent Of The British Crown; Area, 7,466 Square Miles; Pop. About 2,100,000. It Is Divided Into 12 Counties. As A Whole It Is Very ...
Walrus
Walrus, In Zoology, The Trichechus Rosmarus, Called Also The Morse, Sea Horse, And Sea Cow. The Walrus Is Now Confined To The Regions Within The Arctic Circle, Though Its Extinct Ances Tors Had A Much Wider Geographical Range. It Is A Large Carnivorous Marine Mammal, Ordinarily From 10 To 12 ...
Wanipiiivi
Wanipiiivi, The American Indian Name For Beads Made Of Shells, Formerly Used As Money, Or As A Medium Of Com Merce. They Were Also United To Form A Broad Belt, Which Was Worn As An Ornament, And Was Called Wampum Paque, Or Wampeaque. The Manufacture Of Wampum Is Carried On ...
Wapiti
Wapiti, The Name Given By The North American Indians To Cervus Canadensis, A Native Of North America, Ranging From The Carolinas To Lat. 56-57° N. It Is Closely Allied To But Considerably Larger Than The Stag, Standing About 54 Inches At The Shoulder; Yellowish Brown On The Upper Parts; Sides ...
War Camp Community Serv
War Camp Community Serv Ice, An Organization Founded In May, 1917, By The Playground And Recreation Association Of America, To Assist Com Munities Located Near The Camps In Which American Soldiers Were Being Trained, To Make Provision For Recreation Facilities Of The Men In Their Free Time. The Service Extended ...
War Finance Corporation
War Finance Corporation, An Organization Established In 1918 For The Purpose Of Supporting Banking And In Dustrial Credit During The War. The Plan Was Advocated Before The Senate Finance Committee In February Of That Year By Secretary Of The Treasury Mc Adoo, And After It Had Been Considered In Congress ...
War Industries Board
War Industries Board, A Body The Object Of Which Was To Concentrate Control Over The Industries Of The United States So As To Meet The Requirements Of The War In An Efficient Manner. The Board Was Dissolved At The End Of 1918, It Being Held That Its Duties Had Ceased ...
War Trade Board
War Trade Board, A Body Es Tablished By Executive Order Oct. 12, 1917, Under The Trading With The Enemy Act. It Was A Development Of The Ex Ports Administration Board And Of The Division Of Export Licenses Of The De Partment Of Commerce, Which Had Dealt With Exports Only. The ...
Warrant
Warrant, To Give A Guaranty To; To Authorize; To Give Power Or Authority To, As To Do Or Forbear Anything, By Which The Person Authorized Is Secured Or Held Harmless From Any Loss, Damage, Or Detriment By Such Act; As, These Thoughts Cannot Warrant You From Suspicion In Others. To ...
Warsaw
Warsaw, A City Of Poland; Formerly The Capital Of The Polish Kingdom; Under Russian Rule The Capital Of The Govern Ment Of Warsaw; And Since November, 1918, The Capital Of The Polish Republic And The Seat Of Its Government; Situ Ated On The Vistula, Being Connected With Its Fortified Suburb, ...
Warwick
Warwick ("the Fortified Place"), The County-town Of Warwickshire, Eng Land, 107% Miles N. W. Of London; Chiefly Situated On The S. Shore Of The Avon. On The Opposite Bank, Crowning A Solid Rock, Stands Warwick Castle, Rear Ing Its Towers, Csar's (147 Feet) And Guy's (128 Feet), Above The Cedars ...
Washington
Washington, A State In The West Ern Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Puget Sound, And The Pacific Ocean; Admitted To The Union, Nov. 11, 1889; Capital, Olympia; Number Of Counties, 38; Area, 69,127 Square Miles; Pop. (1890) 349,390; (1900) 518, 103; (1910) 1,141,990; ...
Washington Monument
Washington Monument, A Mag Nificent Monument Erected By The Amer Ican People In Honor Of George Wash Ington. It Stands In The Mall, A Public Park On The Banks Of The Potomac And Tiber Creek, Washington, D. C. The Corner Stone Was Laid By President Polk, July 4, 1848, And ...
Wasp
Wasp, Any Species Of The Genus Vespa Or Of The Family Vespidx, Par Ticularly The Common Wasp, V. Vulgaris. It Lives In A Hole In The Ground, Gen Erally About Six Inches Beneath The Sur Face, Approached By A Crooked Entrance Of About An Inch In Diameter. This Pas Sage ...
Watch
Watch, Any Contrivance By Which The Progress Of Time Is Perceived And Measured; As A Timekeeper Actuated By A Spring, And Capable Of Being Carried On The Person. The Essential Difference Between A Clock And A Watch Has Been Defined To Be That The Latter Will Run In Any Position, ...
Water
Water, A Clear, Colorless, Transpar Ent Liquid, Destitute Of Taste And Smell, And Possessing A Neutral Reaction. It Is One Of The Most Important And Most Widely Distributed Substances In Nature, Occurring Universally In One Or Other Of Its Three Physical States=liquid, Or Gaseous. As A Liquid It Constitutes The ...
Water Color Painting
Water-color Painting, The Most Delicate Of The Graphic Arts, Is In An Especial Sense An English Art. It Was In England First That It Attained To The Dignity Of A Recognized Artistic Pursuit, And Came To Be—what It Now Is—admit Tedly The Rival Of Oil Painting In Bril Liancy And ...
Water Power
Water Power, A General Phrase Applied To The Various Means By Which The Energy Of Moving Water May Be Utilized. To Make Such A Source Of Energy Effectual, It Is Necessary And Sufficient To Have Water Falling From A Higher To A Lower Level; In Other Words The Water Must ...
Watersprout
Watersprout, A Remarkable Phe Nomenon Occurring For The Most Part At Sea, But Occasionally On Land, Though Generally In This Latter Case In The Neigh Borhood Of Water. A Waterspout At Sea Is Usually Formed In The Following Manner: A Dense Cloud Projects From Its Center A Body Of Vapor, ...
Wave
Wave, One Of A Series Of Undulating Inequalities On A Surface; An Undulation; A Swelling Outline. The Undulating Streak Or Line Of Luster On Cloth, Watered And Calendered. Anything Which Advances And Recedes, Rises And Falls, Comes And Goes, Or Increases And Diminishes With Some Degree Of Regular Recurrence, Like ...
Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau, The Govern Ment Office Maintained By All Civilized Nations For The Systematic Observing And Predicting Of The Weather From Day To Day. Many Of These Were Established Before Weather Predictions Were Consid Ered Practicable Or Even Possible, And In Such Offices The Original Object Of The In Stitution ...
Week
Week, The Space Of Seven Days; The Space From One Sunday, Monday, Etc., To Another; The Most Obvious And Con Venient Division Of The Natural Or Lunar Month. The Division Of Time Into Weeks Did Not Exist Among The Aborigines Of America When The New World Was Dis Covered, Nor ...
Weights And Measures
Weights And Measures. Of The Earliest Standards Of Length The Prin Cipal Were The Palm Or Handbreadth, The Foot, And The Cubit (from Elbow To Tip Of Mid-finger). There Were Two Leading Cubits: The Natural Cubit In Egypt, Chal Dea, Phoenicia, And Greece=6 Palms=2 Foot=18.24 Inches; And The Royal Cubit ...
Weimar
Weimar (vi'mar), A Small But Inter Esting Town Of Germany; Capital Of The Former Grand-duchy Of Saxe-weimar-ei Senach, And Former Residence Of The Grand-duke ; 31 Miles E. Of Gotha And 155 S. W. Of Berlin. It Stands In A Pleasant Valley On The Left Bank Of The Ilm; The ...
Welfare Work
Welfare Work. During The World War Great Impetus Was Given To Welfare Work In The United States As Well As In Other Countries. The Term, While Of Wide Application, Has In Prac Tice Been Applied In The Main To The Efforts Made By Employers To Improve The Working And Living ...
West Virginia
West Virginia, A State In The South Atlantic Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Pennsyl Vania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, And Ohio; Admitted To The Union, June 19, 1863; Capital, Charleston; Number Of Counties, 55; Area, 24,170 Square Miles. Pop. (1890) 762,794; (1900) 958,800; (1910) 1,221,119; (1920) 1,463,701. Topography.—the ...
Western Australia
Western Australia, One Of The States Of The Commonwealth Of Aus Tralia; Includes All That Portion Of The Continent Situated W. Of Ion. 129° E. The Territory Measures 1,480 Miles From Cape Londonderry In The N. To Peak Head In The S., And About 1,000 Miles From E. To W. ...
Wheat
Wheat. The Most Valuable And, Next To Maize Or Indian Corn, The Most Produc Tive Of All The Cereal Grasses. The Genus Triticum Of Which The Species Are Popu Larly Known Either As Wheat Or Wheat Grass, Are Distinguished By A Spike With Many-flowered Spikelets Without Stalks, And Seated One ...
Whist
Whist, A Game Of Cards, So Called From The Silence Necessary To Play It At Tentively And Correctly. It Was Formerly Also Called Whisk. It Is Played By 4 Per Sons, 2 Of Whom Are Partners Against The Other 2. The Full Pack Of 52 Cards Is Used, 13 Being ...
Whitman Walt
Whitman. Walt, An American Poet, Born At West Hills, Long Island, May 31, 1819. His Education Was Ob Tained Under Difficulties And Was Not Ex Tensive. From Twelve Years Of Age He Worked For His Living, Chiefly In Printing Shops, And Soon Began To Try His Hand At Writing. He ...
Wichita
Wichita, A City Of Kansas, The County-seat Of Sedgwick Co., On The Ar Kansas River And On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe, The Missouri Pacific, The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific, And Other Railroads. It Is The Center Of An Important Agricultural Region And The Milling Of Flour Is ...
Wickliffe Wyclif
Wyclif, Wickliffe, Or Wiclif (the Name Is Spelled In Several Ways), John, An English Reformer; Born In The Village Of Ispreswel (later Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, Between 1315 And 1320, The Year 1324 Assigned By Lewis And Accepted By Several Subsequent Biographers Being Too Late To Tally With Other Facts In ...
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden, A Town Of Prussia, Province Of Hesse-nassau; Until 1866 Capital Of The Independent Duchy Of Nas Sau; On The S. W. Spurs Of The Taunus Mountains, 377 Feet Above The Sea; 6 Miles N. Of Mainz. It Is Well Built, And Contains A Large Number Of Splendid Ho Tels. ...
Wiirttemberg Or Wurtem Berg
Wiirttemberg Or Wurtem Berg (viir-tem-berg), A State Of The Former German Empire, Between Bavaria, Baden, Hohenzollern, And The Lake Of Constance Which Separates It From Switz Erland; Area, 7,533 Square Miles; Pop. About 2,600,000. Except A Few Tracts In The S. The Surface Is Hilly And Even Moun Tainous. In ...
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Wagner, (wilhelm) Richard, A German Operatic Composer; Born In Leipsic, May 22, 1813. In 1836 He Was Conductor At Magdeburg, And After Spending Some Time In Konigsberg, Dres Den, And Riga Successively, He Went To Paris In 1841. Here He Composed Or Completed His "rienzi" And "der Flue Gende Hollander" ...
Will
Will, In Law, The Declaration, In Proper Form, Of What A Man Wills To Be Performed After His Death; Usually Spoken Of As The "last Will And Testa Ment." The Statutes Of Most Of The American States Have Either Placed Nuncupative Wills Under Special Restrictions, Or Else Reduced Them Within ...
William I
William I., The Conquerer, King Of England, The Natural Son Of Robert, Duke Of Normandy; Born In Falaise, In 1027. He Was Brought Up At The Court Of The King Of France, And Succeeded To The Duchy At The Age Of Eight. But Dur Ing His Minority There Were Frequent ...
William I_2
William I., Emperor Of Germany, And King Of Prussia, Son Of Frederick William Iii., By Princess Louise Of Mecklenburg-strelitz, And Brother Of Frederick William Iv.; Born In Berlin, March 22, 1797, Received A Military Education, And Took Part In The Cam Paigns Of 1813 And 1815 Against France. In 1840 ...
William I_3
William I., Surnamed The Lion, King Of Scotland; Born In 1143, A Grandson Of David I., And Brother Of Malcolm Iv., Whom He Succeeded In 1165. Whence He Derived His Designa Tion Is One Of The Mysteries Of History. His Predecessors Had Long Contested With The Kings Of England The ...
William Ii
William Ii., Emperor Of Germany And King Of Prussia; Eldest Son Of Fred Erick Iii. And Victoria, Princess Royal Of England; Born Jan. 27, 1859; Educated At Cassel And Bonn, Married Augusta Victoria Of Schleswig-holstein-aug-us. Tenburg In 1881, And Succeeded His Father, June 15, 1888. After His Accession He Took ...
William Tyndale
Tyndale, William, Memorable In The History Of The English Bible; Born In Gloucestershire, England, About 1484; Was Educated First At Oxford—at Mag Dalen Hall, Says Unvarying Tradition— And Graduated B. A. In 1512. In The Spring Of 1524 He Went To Ham Burg, Probably Made His Way Thence To Wittenberg, ...
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William, An Eng Lish Poet; Born In Cumber Land, April 7, 1770. He Was The Son Of An Attorney And In 1787 Was Sent To St. John's College, Cambridge. He Left The University After Taking His Degree, But Without Having Otherwise Distin Guished Himself, And Lived Aimlessly In London ...
Wilmington
Wilmington, A City Of Delaware, The County-seat Of Newcastle Co. It Is On The Junction Of The Delaware, Chris Tiana, And Brandywine Rivers, And Is On The Pennsylvania, The Baltimore And Ohio, And The Philadelphia And Reading Railroads. There Are Also Five Suburban Trolley Lines, Which Lead In All Directions ...
Wilson Thomas Woodrow
Wilson (thomas) Woodrow, 28th President Of The United States, Was Born Of Scotch-irish Ancestry At Staun Ton, Va., Dec. 28, 1856. His Father Was The Rev. Joseph A South Ern Presbyterian Minister, Who Gave Much Of His Time To Teaching; His Mother Was Jenet (jessie) Woodrow. Educated In Youth At ...
Wind
Wind, Air In Motion; The Distributer Of Heat And Moisture Over The Earth's Surface; Thus Constituting A Principal Factor Of What Is Called The Weather. Any Cause Which Disturbs The Equilib Rium Of Pressure Of The Atmosphere Will Give Rise To Aerial Currents. The Most Potent Causes Are Variations In ...
Windmill
Windmill, A Mill Which Receives Its Motion By The Wind Acting On Sails, And I Which Is Used For Grinding Grain, Rais Ing Or Pumping Water, And Other Pur Poses. When Wind Is Employed As The First Mover Of Machinery, It May Be Ap Plied In Two Ways : (1) ...
Wine
Wine, A Spirituous Liquor Produced By Fermentation From Vegetable Substances Containing Saccharine Matter. There Are A Great Many Vegetable Substances From Which, By This Process, Wine May Be Pro Duced, Such As Apples, Pears, Currants, Elderberries, And Others; But Unless Otherwise Expressed, The Term Is Always Used To Indicate The ...
Winnipeg
Winnipeg, A City And Capital Of The Province Of Manitoba, Canada ; At The Confluence Of The Assiniboine And Red Rivers, And On The Canadian Pacific And Other Railroads; 40 Miles S. Of Lake Winnipeg, And 1,424 Miles By Rail W. Of Montreal. The City Covers An Area Of About ...
Wireless Telegraphy And Telephony
Wireless Telegraphy And Telephony. A System Of Wireless Telegraphy Has Been Developed Through Three Different Methods, Which May Be Classified As Conduction, Induction, And Wave Methods. By The Method Of Conduc Tion, Currents Are Sent Through The Earth From One Electrode To Another, At The Sending Station. By The Induction ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, A State In The North Central Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Lakes Michigan And Superior, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, And Minnesota; Admitted To The Union, May 20, 1848; Capital, Madison; Number Of Counties, 71; Area, 56,066 Square Miles; Pop. (1890) 1,686,880; (1900) 2,069,042; (1910) 2,333,860; (1920) 2,632,067. ...
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, The Practices Of Witches; A Supernatural Power Which Persons Were Formerly Supposed To Ob Taro By Entering Into A Compact With The Devil. The Compact Was Sometimes Ex Press, Whether Oral Or Written, When The Witch Abjured God And Christ, And Ded Icated Herself Wholly To The Evil One ...
Woman Suffrage
Woman Suffrage, The Right Of Women To Cast Their Votes In Political Elections On The Same Plane With Men. The Exclusion Of Women From This Right, Or Privilege, Is Probably A Survival From Barbaric Ages, When Men Only Were Qualified To Gather Around The Council Fires And Discuss Plans For ...
Womans Christian Temper Ance
Woman's Christian Temper Ance Union, The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Was Organ Ized In Cleveland, 0., In 1s74, And Is The Sober Second Thought Of The Great Woman's Crusade. It Is Now Regularly Organized In The 48 States Of The Union, And In Every Territory. There Are About 10,000 ...
Wool
Wool, The Fleecy Covering Or Pile Of The Sheep, And Some Other Animals, As The Alpaca, The Vicuna, And Some Species Of Goats. Wool Is Generally Divided Into Three Classes, Long, Short, And Coarse Or Carpet Wool; And These Are Divided Into Subordinate Classes According To Fineness. It Differs From ...
Worcester
Worcester, A City Of Massachu Setts, One Of The Two County-seats Of Worcester Co. It Is On The Boston And Albany, The New York, New Haven And Hartford, And The Boston And Maine Rail Roads. A Street Railway System Connects It With Neighboring Towns And Commu Nities. The City Is ...
Worcester_2
Worcester, A City Of Worcester. Shire, England—and Itself Also A County— On The Severn; 22 Miles S. W. Of Birming Ham. It Is A Handsome Town, Mostly Of Red Brick. The Chief Building Is The Cathe Dral Of St. Mary, Built Of Red Sandstone In The Form Of A Double ...
Workingmens Compensation
Workingmen's Compensation, A System Of Compensation For Accidents In The Course Of Employment Doing Away With The Delays, Costs, And Obstacles Which Brought Hardship To The Injured Workers. Under The Employers' Liability Laws A Workingman Who Had Suffered An Accident Was Required To Bring Suit At Law And Break Down ...