Washitau
Washitau, North-eastern Parish Of Louisi Ana, Bounded By Tensaw River, Separating It From Concordia, S E., By Ocatahoola Parish S., Natch Itoches S.nv., Clairbo•ne \v., And Lafayette, Union And Chicot Counties Of Arkansas N. Length From East To West, 90 Miles, Mean Breadth 50, And Area 5400 Square Miles. Extending ...
Washitau
Washitau, Or, According To French Ortho Graphy, Ouachitau, A River Of Arkansas And Loui Siana. The Most Remote Sources Of This River, Its Three Main Branches Of Little Missouri, Washitau Proper And Saline, Are In The Southeastern Valleys Of The Masserne Mountains In The Southwestern Part Of Arkansas. Little Missouri, ...
Waterford
Waterford, A City And Seaport Town Of Ireland, And The Capital Of The County Of The Same Name, Is Situated On The South Side Of The River Suir, And Is A Handsome Town. The Cathedral, Which Has Been Lately Erected, Is A Fine Structure With An Elegant Steeple. The Episcopal ...
Watson
Watson, Rienann (bishop Of Llandaff), A Learned Chemist And Able Theological Writer, W As Born In August 1737 At Heversham, Near Kendal, Where His Father Had Been Master Of The Free Gram Mar School For 40 Years. His Ancestors Had For Many Generations Farmed The Small Property Of Hardendale Near ...
Weights
Weights A General Account Of English Weights Has Been Given In Our Article Arithmetic, Vol. Ii. P. 345, And Of French Ones, In The Article France. Although The Weights And Measures Of Scotland Were Assimilated To Those Of England By The Act Of Union, Yet So Imperfectly Was This Assimilation ...
Wells
Wells, A City Of England In Somersetshire, Is Situated At The South Foot Of The Mendip Hills, Near The Source Of The River Axe. It Consists Of Several Parallel Streets, Intersected By Others Of A Smaller Size, Which Are Neatly Built And Well Paved. The Prin Cipal Building Is The ...
Wells_2
Wells, Wir.r.riot Charles, An Eminent Physi Cian And Natural Philosopher, Was Born At Charles Town In South Carolina In May 1757, His Parents Having Arrived There From Scotland A Few Years Be Fore. He Was Educated At The Grammar School Of Dumfries In Scotland And In 1770 He Went To ...
Werner A
Werner. A. Dotted. In This Variety, Dots Or Small Spots Are Ir Regularly Dispersed Over A Surface Which Has A Differ Ent Colour From The Spots. It Occurs Frequently In Serpentine, But Seldom In Other Minerals. B. Spotted. If The Spots Are From A Quarter Of An Inch To An ...
West Chester
West Chester, A Post-town Of Chester County, Pennsylvania, On The Dividing Ridge Be Tween The Waters Of Chester And Brandywine Creeks, Two Miles East Of The Latter Stream, And Five Miles South Of The Philadelphia And Lancaster Turn Pike; 23 Miles Nearly Clue West From Philadelphia, And By Post Road ...
West Friesland
Friesland, West, In Ancient Times Called Frisia, One Of The Seven United Provinces, Is Bounded On The North By The German Ocean , On The South By Overyssel And The Zuyderzce ; On The West By The Zuyderzee ; And On The East By Ommeland, Drenthe, And Overyssel. It Lies ...
Westmeath
Westmeath, An Inland County Of Ireland In The Province Of Leinster, Is Bounded On The West By Cavan, On The East By Meath, On The South By King's County, And On The West By Roscommon And Longford, From The Former Of Which It Is Separated By The Shannon. It Is ...
Westmoreland
Westmoreland, A Northern County Of England, Is Bounded On The E. By Yorkshire And Durham, On The N. And N.w. By Durham And Cumberland, And On The S.w. By Lancashire, A Narrow Strip Of Which Separates It From The Sea. It Is Of A Very Irregular Shape, Its Greatest Length ...
Wexford
Wexford, A Maritime County In The South East Of Ireland, Is Bounded On The East And South By The Sea, On The West By Waterford, Kilkenny, And Carlow, And On The North By Wicklow. It Is About 56 Miles Long From North To South, And 32 From East To West, ...
Whale Fishery The
Whale Fishery The Whale Fishery, Or Greenland Fishery, As It Has Been Called, Has Been Long Carried On By The Different Nations Of Europe. The Biscayans Seem To Have Been The First People Who Prosecuted The Capture Of Whales, But The First Authenticated Notice Of A Fishing For Whales Is ...
Whitby
Whitby, A Seaport Town Of England In The North Riding Of Yorkshire, Is Situated On Opposite Declivities On Both Banks Of The River Esk, Which Forms The Harbour, And Divides The Town Into Two Equal Parts Connected By A Draw-bridge Which Allows Ships Of 500 Tons To Pass. The Streets ...
Whitehaven
Whitehaven, A Seaport Town Of England In Cumberland, Is Situated At The Mouth Of The Poe Beck On The Irish Sea. The Town, Which Is Built On A Regular Plan, Is Extremely Handsome, Not Only For Its Spacious Streets Crossing At Right Angles, But From The Houses Being Roofed With ...
Whithorn
Whithorn, A Royal Burgh In Wigtonshire, Is Situated Eleven Miles South Of The Burgh Of Wigton, Between The Luce And Wigton Bays, About Two Miles West Of The Latter. It Consists Of One Street, Extending South And North, Its Length Being Nearly Half A Mile. It Was Constituted A Royal ...
Wicklow
Wicklow, A Maritime County Of Ireland. It Is Bounded By The Sea On The East, By Dublin County On The North, By Kildare, Dublin And Carlow On The West, And By 1vexford On The South. It Is About 40 English Miles Long And 33 Broad, And Contains 781 Square Miles, ...
Wigton
Wigton, A Town Of Scotland, And The Capital Of The County Of The Same Name, Is Situated On An Abrupt Eminence About 200 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, On The Western Banks Of Wigton Bay, Within A Quarter Of A Mile From The Mouth Of The River Bladenoch. ...
Wild Boar
Boar, Wild, The Sus Scryit Of Sytematic Natu Ralists. The Description And Habits Of This Animal Will Be Found Under The Article Man1n/alia. In The Present Article We Shall Merely Give A Short Ac Count Of The Method Of Killing And Hunting The Boar. The Wild Boar Abounds In Various ...
Wilkes Barre
Wilkes-barre, Valley Of, Usually Called The Valley Of Wyoming, Is Amongst The Natural Scenes In The United States That Richly Deserve A Visit. The Susquehanna River May Be Said To Rush Into And Break Through The Appalachian System Of Mountains. Passing The First Great Chain At To Wanda, The Large ...
Willi Am Car Sta
Car Sta R Es, Willi Am, An Eminent Scotch Clergy Man And Statesman, Was Born On The I Ith Of February T 649. From His Father, Who Was Minister Of Cathcart, In The Neighbourhood Of Wasgow, He Received The Hest Echication Which The Country Could Afford. Ile Was Placed Under ...
William Aikman
Aikman, William, An Eminent Scottish Portrait Painter, Was Born On The 24th October, 1682. I Hs Lather, William Aikman Of Cairney, Esq. Advocate, Intended Him For The Scottish Bar; But The Genius Of The Son Dis Covering No Charms In That Laborious Profession, Impel Led Him To More Congenial Studies. ...
William Amontons
Amontons, William, A Celebrated Experimental Philosopher, Was Born On The ;1st Of August, 1663. His Lather Was A Lawyer In Normandy, Who, From Motives That Have Not Been Recorded, Removed With Iris Family To Paris. In Early Life, While Amontons Was Yet At School, He Was Deprived Of His Hearing; ...
William Collins
Collins, William, An Ingenious English Poet, Was Born In 1720 At Chichester, Where His Father Carried On Business As A Hatter. He Was Educated On The Founda Tion Of Winchester, But Missed The Advantage Annexed To That Institution, Of Going Off To A Fellowship In New Col Lege, Oxford, As ...
William Francis Raynal
Raynal, William Francis, A Celebrated French Historian, Was Born At St. Genies, In The Rovergue, In The Year 1713. At An Early Age He Entered The Society Of The Jesuits, And Was Ordained Priest ; But He Quitted That Body In The Year 1748, And Began The Career Of A ...
William Hogarth
Hogarth, William, The Celebrated Painter, Was The Grandson Of A Yeoman, Who Possessed A Small Tenement In The Vale Of Bampton, Near Kendal In Westmoreland. He Had Three Sons. The Eldest Succeeded His Father In His Lit Tle Freehold ; The Second Settled At Troutbeck, Near Kendal, And Was Remarkable ...
William Hunter
Hunter, William, 1\i. I). Celebrated As A Physician And Author, And As The Collector Of The Huntei Ian Museum Now In Glasgow, Was Born On The 23d Of May, 1718, At Long Calderwood, His Father's Estate, In The Parish Of Kilbride. At The Age Of 15 He Was Sent To ...
William Jessop
Jessop, William. This Able Engineer And Excellent Man Was Born January 12, O. S. 1745, At Plymouth Dock, Where He Was Educated. After Making Some Progress In The Classics, He Acquired A Perfect Knowledge Of The French Language, And A Considerable Share Of Mathematical Sci Ence. Lie Cat Y Discovered ...
William Penn
Penn, William% The Proprietor And Legislator Of Penn Sylvania, Was Born At London, In The Year 1644. He Was The Only Son Of William Penn, Of The Penn's Of Penns Lodge In The County Of Wilts, Vice Admiral Of England In The Time Of Cromwell, And Afterwards Knighted By King ...
William Pitt
Pitt, William, Second Son Of The Last Mentioned Earl Of Chatham, Was Born On The 28th Of May, 1759. The Early Promise Of His Childhood Was Not Unmarked By His Father, And No Means Were Left Unemployed To Realize It. Influenced Partly By The Delicate Health Of The Boy, And ...
William Robertson
Robertson, William, D. D. A Celebrated Histo Rian, Was The Son Of The Rev. Mr. Robertson, And Was Born At The Manse Of Borthwick, In Mid-lothian, In The Year 1721. He Received The Elements Of A Classical Edu Cation At The School Of Dalkeith, Under Mr. Leslie ; And In ...
William Si1akspeare
Si1akspeare, William, The Celebrated Father Of The English Drama, Was Born At Stratford-upon Avon, On The 23d April 1564. About Ten Weeks After His Birth The Plague Broke Out In The Town, But Fortu Nately Did Not Reach The House Where He Lay. Lie Was The Son Of John Shakspeare, ...
William Tilghman
Tilghman, William, Was Born On The 12th Of August 1756, Upon The Estate Of His Father, In Talbot County, On The Eastern Shore Of Maryland, About A Mile From The Town Of Easton. His Paternal Great Grandfather, Richard Tilgh Man, Emigrated To That Province From Kent County, In England, About ...
Willian1 Beveridge
Beveridge, Willian1, Was Born At Barrow In Leicestershire, A.d. 1638, And Was Educated At St John's College, Cambridge, Where He Distinguish. Ed Himself, By His Uncommon Attainments In The Learn Ed Languages, By His Early Piety And Seriousness Of Mind, And By His Exemplary Sobriety And Integrity Of Life. He ...
Williani Bellenden
Bellenden, Williani, A Scotish Author Of High Accomplishments, Was One Of The Masters Of The English Court Of Requests. According To Dempster, He Had Been A Professor Of Humanity In The University, And An Advocate In The Parliament Of Paris. (hi.st. 1..cclesiast. Gent. Scolor. P. 119.) The Time Of His ...
Willini Congreve
Congreve, Willi...ni, A Celebrated English Dra Matist, Was Descended From A Family In Staffordshire, Which Traced Its Lineage Beyond The Norman Conquest. His Father Was An Officer In The Army, Who Was Long Sta Tioned In Ireland ; And In That Kingdom Young Congreve Received So Much Of His Early ...
Wilmington
Wilmington, A Post-town Of New Castle County, Delaware, Is Situate On A Point Just Above The Junction Of Brandywine And Christiana Creeks, About 28 Miles S.1v. From Philadelphia, And By Post Road 108 N.e. From Washington City. Lat. 44' 15" N., Long. 32'45" \v. The Site Of The Town Is ...
Wiltshire
Wiltshire, An Inland County Of England. It Is Bounded On The North By The County Of Glouces Ter, On The East By Berkshire And Hampshire, On The South By Dorsetshire, And On The West By Somersetshire And Gloucestershire. It Is About 54 Miles Long And 34 Broad, And Contains 1379 ...
Winchester
Winchester, A City Of England In Hamp Shire, And The See Of A Bishop, Is Situated On The East Declivity Of A Hill Which Slopes Gradually To The Valley Of The River Itching. It Consists Chiefly Of One Main Street, Running From E. To W. And In Tersected With A ...
Windsor
Windsor, A Borough Of England In Berkshire, Is Situated On The Side And At The Base Of A Hill On The South Side Of The Thames, Which Is Crossed By A Bridge Connecting It With Eton. The Town Is Irregular, And Consists Of A Principal Street And Several Of A ...
Wine
Wine Is Obtained From The Fermented Juice Of The Grape; But The Term Is Also Applied To Signify An Agreeable Spirituous Liquor Produced By Fermenta Tion From Various Fruits And Vegetables, Exclusive Of Grapes, Such As Currants, Gooseberries, Cherries, Mulberries, Apples, Pears, And Many Others. In This Article We Shall ...
Wire Drawing
Wire-drawing Is The Art Of Drawing Out Any Of The Ductile Metals Into Long And Regular Threads Of An Uniform Diameter, And Of Any Size And Shape. The Process By Which This Is Effected Is Extremely Simple, The Apparatus Employed Consisting Only Of A Draw Plate And A Draw Bench. ...
Wirtemberg Or Wurtemberg
Wirtemberg Or Wurtemberg, A Small Kingdom Of Europe In Germany, Is Bounded By Baden On The West And North, By Bavaria On The East And South, And A Part Of Its Southern Frontier By The Lake Of Constance. It Contains About 7573 Square Miles, Or 4,846,720 English Statute Acres. It ...
Witchcraft
Witchcraft May Be Defined The Pretended Or Supposed Possession Of Supernatural Power, In Consequence Of An Alleged Compact Made With The Devil; The Object Of Which Was Either To Procure Advantages To The Persons Thus Endowed, Or Their Friends, Or To Do Evil To Their Enemies. This Com Pact Was ...
Wooden Bridges
Wooden Bridges. The Superstructures Of Wooden Bridges Have Been Constructed In A Variety Of Ways, But Their Abutments Have Usually Been Made Of Stone. In All, Therefore, Which Regards The Foundations And Masonry Of The Abut Ments, The Process Is Precisely Similar To What Has Been Described For Stone Bridges, ...
Woolwich
Woolwich, A Town Of England, In Kent, Is Situated On The South Bank Of The Thames, And Consists Of Several Irregular Streets, The Houses Of Which Are Well Built. The Church Dedicated To Mary Magdalene Is A Spacious Brick Building, With A Plain Square Tower. Woolwich Is Chiefly Celebrated For ...
Worcester
Worcester, A Borough Of England And The Capital Of Worcestershire, Is Situated In A Fine Vale On The Banks Of The Severn, Over Which There Is A Handsome Stone Bridge Of Five Arches, Built In 1780. The Principal Streets Are The Firegate Street, The High Street, The Broad Street, And ...
Worcester_2
Worcester, Great Central County Of Massa Chusetts, Bounded By Chelshire County Of New Hampshire N.w., Hillsborough County Of New Hampshire N., Middlesex County Of Massachusetts N.e. And E., Norfolk County Of Massachusetts S.e., And Providence County Of Rhode Island, And Windham Of Connecticut N. This Large County Crosses The State ...
Workington
Workington, A Seaport Town Of England In The County Of Cumberland, Is Situated Near The South Bank Of The Dement, About A Mile From Its Embouchure. The New Streets Are Neat And Elegant, And Contain Some Handsome Houses, But The Ancient Ones Are Narrow And Irregular. A Neat Square Of ...
Wren
Wren, Sir Christopher, A Celebrated Mathe Matician, Natural Philosopher And Architect, Was Born At East Knoyle, In Wiltshire, On The 20th Oc Tober 1632. His Father, Dr. C. Wren, Was Rector Of Knoyle, And Dean Of Windsor. At The Age Of Thirteen, Young Wren Is Said To Have Invented Some ...
Wrexham
Wrexham, A Market Town Of Denbigshire In North Wales, Is Situated On A Small Stream Running Into The Dee, And Consists Of Several Streets Radiat Ing Like A Star. The Streets Are Spacious, And The Buildings In General Good. At The Upper End Of The High Street Is A Handsome ...
Writ Of Assise
Assise, Writ Of, Is A Writ Which Lies For The Re Covery Of Things Immoveable; And It Has The Name Of Assise, Because In These Writs The Sheriff Is Ordered To Summon A Jury, Or Assise ; Which Is Not Expressed In Any Other Original Writ. The Writ Of Assise ...
Writ Of Attaint
Attaint, Writ Of, Is A Writ Which Lies To En Quire, Whether A Jury Of Twelve Men Have Given A False Verdict, In Any Court Of Record; In Order That The Judgment Following Upon That Verdict May Be Rever Sed. It Is So Called, Because The Party Who Obtains It, ...
Wycliffe
Wycliffe, Joni, The Father Of The Reforma Tion, Not Only In England, But In All Europe, Was Born About The Year 1324. His Surname Was De Rived From The Village Or Parish Of Wycliffe, The Place Of His Birth, Six Miles From Richmond, York Shire, Of Which His Family Were ...
Xenophon
Xenophon, A Celebrated Ancient Historian, Philosopher And General, Was Born In Attica, And In Consequence Of His Engaging Appearance And Man Ners, He Was Admitted Among The Disciples Of So Crates. In The Peloponnesian War, To Which He Accompanied Socrates, He Exhibited The First Proofs Of His Valour, But His ...