Water
. Water, A Universally Diffused Liquid, The True Nature Of Which Was Not Discovered Till' Toward The Close Of The 18th Century. In 1781 Cavendish Carried Out A Series Of Experiments By Detonating Mixtures Of Common Air And Hydrogen Or Dephlogisticated Air, As It Was Termed. He Showed That By ...
Water Rights
Water Rights. See Rivers ; Riparian Rights. A Bug Of The Fam Ily Nepide, Whose Species Inhabit Ponds And Take Their Popular Name From The Scorpion Like Form Of The Fore-legs, With Which They Seize Their Prey. The Remaining Two Pairs Are Slender And Locomotory. And The Abdomen Terminates In ...
Water Softening
Water Softening, Specifically The Process Of Eliminating From Water The Calcium (lime) And Magnesium Compounds Which Com Bine With Soap, Forming Insoluble Curds And Prevent The Formation Of Lather, Thus Making The Water 'hard.' In General The Term Em Braces All Forms Of Removal From Water Of Any Substance, Lime, ...
Water Supply
Water Supply: For Municipal, Do Ascetic At Iding Its Sources. And Dis Tribution. Does Not Frail Of Iwypsy Sur Siaysgattuu, Ilsigation Or Power Development, But Is Confined Princi Pally To The Consideraticm Of The Sources, Collec Tion. Conservation, Purification And Distribution Of Water For Municipal, Domestic And Potable Perecoes. This ...
Water Wheel
Water Wheel, A Machine By Which The Energy In Falling Water Is Utilized To Per Form Mechanical Work. Through Its Tend Ency To Seek The Lowest Level — The Point Near Est To The Centre Of The Earth As A Motive Power By Its Weight. When The Water Is Con ...
Waterbury
Waterbury, A City Of Connecticut, In New Haven County, The Fourth In Population In The State, And One Of The Most Important Manu Facturing Centres In New England. It Is Situated On Both Sides Of The Naugatuck River, 21 Miles Above Its Junction With The Housatonic, 22 Miles Northwest Of ...
Waterloo
Waterloo, Battle Of, The Culminating Engagement Of The Shortest And Most De Cisive Of All Of The Napoleonic Campaigns, Was Fought 18 June 1815, Near The Village Of Water Loo, In Belgium, Situated About 12 Miles South Of Brussels. From April 1814, When Napoleon Signed The First Abdication And Re ...
Waterproofing
Waterproofing, The Art Of Rendering Various Substances Impervious To The Penetrating Action Of Water. The Purposes To Which Water Proofing Is Now Applied Are Very Numerous And The Methods Range From The Early Use Of Lead For Sheathing Building Foundations, Of Tar For Tarpaulin, Oil For Oil-skin, Rubber For Clothing, ...
Waters
Waters, Underground. A Certain Amount Of The Water That Falls On The Earth's Surface Passes Underground, The Percentage Varying With The Porosity Of The Surface Ma Terials. This Absorption Of Water Is Due To The Fact That All Rocks Are Somewhat Porous And Considerably Fissured. Sand And Gravel Deposits Are ...
Watervliet
Watervliet, Lei-ter-vile, N. Y., City In Albany County, On The Hudson River And On The Delaware And Hudson Railroad, • Troy And Six Miles North Of Albany. Railways Connect The City With Albany. Tiny. Schenectady And Cohoes. A Steel Bridge Over Whch Pass Electric Cars For Bothrs And Freight Spans ...
Waterways Of The United
Waterways Of The United States, The. The Atlas Of The World Shows That Three-fourths Of Its Surface Is Covered With Water. The Waters Of The Earth Comprise Oceans, Seas, Straits, Gulfs, Bays, Lakes And Rivers. In The Main These Are Navigable, But Where Not Navigable, Mock Has Been Done To ...
Waterworks
Waterworks, Systems Of Machinery And Engineering Structures, Employed To Supply Water To Individual Manufacturing, Mining And Milling Plants. And To Municipalities, For Domes Tic And Industrial Uses And For Irrigation. Such Systems Existed During Very Early Periods Of History, And The Waterworks Of Ancient Greece, Carthage And Rome May Be ...
Watson
Watson, Six William, English Poet: B. Burley-in-wharfedale, Yorkshire, 2 Aug. 1859. He Was Privately Educated And In 1880 Published His Stet Volume Of Verse, 'the Prince's Quest And Or Poems,' Which Showed The Influence Of Keats And William Morris And Found Favor With Rosette In 1884 He Issued His 'epigrams ...
Watsrway11 Of Tim
Watsrway11 Of Tim Uni?zd States. United States And Canadian Canals Are Open To The Vessels Of Either Country. The Great Lakes With Their Spacious Bays And In-flowing Tributaries Are Partly Within The' Jurisdiction Of The United States And Partly Within The Dominion Of Canada. Such Parts Of Them As Are ...
Watt
Watt, Wee James, Scottish Engineer! B. Greenock, Renfrewshire, 19 Jan. 1736; D. Heathfield, Near Birmingham, Staffordshire, 25 Aug. 1819. Having Determined To Adopt The Trade Of Mathematical Instrument Aspires, He Spent A Year In Loadon Learning The Art, In Which He Attained Great Dexterity And After His Return Endeavored To ...
Watteau
Watteau, Jean Antoine, French Painter: B. Valenciennes, 10 Oct. 1684; D. Nogent-sur-marne, 18 July 1721. His Parents, Whose Situation In Life Was Humble, With Diffi Culty Contrived To Give Him The Instructions Of A Very Inferior Master In The Country. In 1702 He Went To Paris, In Company With A ...
Watterson
Watterson, Wafer-eon, Hew,. Ameri Can Journalist: B. Washington, D. C., 16 Feb. 1840. He Was Privately Educated And Began Work As Editorial Writer For The Ashington Star. In 1861 He Joined The Con Federate Army As A Private, And Later Was Aide De-camp To Generals Forrest And Po& In 1862 ...
Watts
Watts, Wots, George Frederick, English Painter: B. London, 23 Feb. 1817; D. There, 1 July 1904. He Studied In The Royal Academy And In 1837 Exhibited There Two Portraits Of Young Ladies And A Subject-picture Entitled (the Wounded Heron,' And Afterward Contributed To Various Art Exhibitions, Notably The Royal Academy, ...
Watts_2
Watts, Isaac, English Congregational Divine: B. Southampton, 17 July 1674; D. Stoke, Newington, London, 25 Nov. 1748. He Was Educated For The Ministry At An Academy In Stoke-newington. In 1696.-1702 He Was A Pri Vate Tutor, In 1699-1702 Was Assistant To Isaac Chauncy, Minister Of The Congregational Chapel In Mark ...
Watts_3
Watts, Thomas Hill, American Politi Cian: B. Butler County, Ala., 3 Jan. 1819; D. Montgomery, Ala., 16 Sept. 1892. He Was Grad Uated From The University Of Virginia.in 1840, Established A Law Practice In Greenville, Ala., Was Elected To The State Legislature In 1842, 1844-45, And To The State Senate ...
Waves And
Waves And Wave Is The Name Commonly Given To A Disturbance Of The Surface Of A Body In The Form Of A Ridge And Trough, Propagated By Forces Tending To Restore The Surface To Its Figure Of Equilibrium, The Particles Not Advancing With The Wave. A More Complete And Scientific ...
Waves Of Assault
Waves Of Assault. In Modern War Fare The Intense Effort Demanded Of Assault Ing Troops, And The Successive Attacks Which They Must Make Necessitate A Deep Formation. The Several Echelons Thus Constituted Have Been Glint The Name Of Moves. But This Term Does Not Signify A Uniform Formation. The Fore ...
Wavicy
Wavicy, The Common Name In The Hudson Bay Region For The Smaller Wild Geese, (spe Cially The Snow-goose. See Gust-. Wax, Fatty Solid Animal Substance, Of Which The Typical Sort Is Called Beeswax. Various Similar Substance. Of And Animal Origin Bear The Name. Beeswax Is Secreted By Bees In Constructing ...
Way Of The World
Way Of The World, The. William Congreve Was Already The Leading Playwright And One Of The Most Elegant Gentlemen Of London When In 1700 In His 30th Year, He Brought Out At Lincoln's Inn Fields 'the Way Of The World' With His Friend Mrs. Bracegirdle In The Principle Role Of ...
Wayne
Wayne, Win, Anthony, American Soldier: B. Easton, Pa., 1 Jan. 1745; D. Presque Isle (erie), Pa., 15 Dec. 17%. At 18 He Became A Land-surveyor. He Was An Intimate Friend Of Franklin, And Early Took An Active Interest In Public Affairs. Having Married And Settled To Farming (1767), He Was ...
Waynesboro
Waynesboro (va.), Battle Of. On 27 Feb. 1865 General Sheridan Started From Win Chester, Va., On His Final Campaign Up The Shen Andoah Valley, Under Instructions From General Grant To Destroy The Virginia Central Railroad, The James River Canal, Capture Lynchburg, If Practicable And Join General Sherman, Where Ever He ...
Waynesburg College
Waynesburg College, Located At Waynesburg, Pa. It Was Chartered In 1850 And First Opened To Students In 1851. It Was Estab Lished By And Is Under The Control Of The Penn Sylvania Synod Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, And The Trustees Are Elected By This Synod. In 1902 The Board ...
Waziristan
Waziristan, Wii-ze-rl-stiins The Coun Try Of The Waziris, Northwestern India, A Moun Tainous Region Situated West Of The Suliman Range, North Of British Baluchistan, And East Of Afghanistan. It Is Now Partly Included In Brit Ish India, And Has At Various Times Been The Scene Of Military Operations Owing To ...
Wealth
Wealth. Wealth May Be Defined Either As A State Of Being Or As A Category Of Goods. A State Of Wealth Is Practically Identical With A State Of Well-being. It Is A Condition Under Which Men Possess Most Of The Things They Need. It Is The Opposite Of A State ...
Wealth Of Nations
Wealth Of Nations. Writers On Economics Distinguish Capital From Wealth By Including In Capital Only Those Commodities Which Are Susceptible To Reproduction Or Are Employed As Agents In Reproduction, As Land, Timber, Fisheries, Rivers, Roads, Canals, Ships, Carriages, Money, Telegraphs, Etc. . The Distinc Tion Might Be Useful If It ...
Weasel
Weasel (putorius Noveboracensis), A Fur Bearing Mammal (q.v.), Typical Of The Family Mustelide. The Body Is Elongated And Slender, The Head Long, The Legs Short, The Muzzle Rounded And The Tail Short And Slender. The Feet Have Each Five Toes And Are Digitigrade And Unwebbed. There Are 34 Teeth And ...
Weather
Weather, The Condition Of The Atmos Phere, At Any Time M Respect To Heat, Moisture, Wind, Rain, Cloud And Electricity; A Change Of Weather Implies A Change In One Or More Of These Elements. For The Possibility And Mode Of Making Real Predictions Of The Weather, See Smelt; For The ...
Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau. The Invention Of The Electric Telegraph Made It Possible To Apply The Developing Science Of Meteorology To The Art Of Weather Forecasting. While American Scientists Were Pioneers In The Development Of The Knowledge Of The Atmosphere, The United States Was Not The First Government To Organize A Weather ...
Weaver Bird
Weaver-bird, A Bird Of The Family Plocedie Remarkable For Their Nests. The Fam Ily Is A Large One And Is Confined To The Warmer Parts Of The Old World, Africa Being Particu Larly Rich In Species. Weaver-birds Closely Re Semble Large Finches, With Somewhat Elongated Bodies, Moderate Wings, Which Have ...
Weavers
Weavers, The. The Misery Of The Sile Sian Weavers Of The Second Quarter Of The 19th Century Inspired Heine To One Of His Most Mov Ing Ballads And Is A Matter Of Common Histori Cal Knowledge. Gerhart Hattpunana Derived His Intimate Feeling For It Chiefly From The Bps Of His ...
Weaving
Weaving, A Process In Which A Series Of Longitudinal Strands Of Fibre Of One Kind Or Another Are United Into A Web Or Fabric By In Terlacing With Cross Threads. The Two Sets Of Threads Employed Traverse The Web At Right Angles To Ach Other. The First Set Extends From ...
Webb
Webb, James Watson, American Journal Ist And Author: B. Claverack. N. Y., 8 Fed. 181t2; D. New York, 7 June 18114. He Entered The United States Army As Second Lieutenant And Be Came Adjutant In 1825; Served In The West Un Der General Scott. And Resigned From The Army In ...
Weber
Weber, Karl Maria (friedrich Ernst), Baron Vox, German Composer: B. Eutin Grand Duchy Of Oldenburg, 18 Dec 1786; D. London, 5 June 1826. He Was A Pupil Of J. P. Heuschkel Of Hildburghausen, Attaining Great Skill As A Pianoforte Virtuoso And Much Proficiency In The Technique Of Composition; And Continued ...
Webers Law
Webers Law. In The 30's Of The Last Century E. H. Weber (q.v.) Made The Dis Covery That A Subject Who Could Barely Distin Guish Between Lifted Weights Of 29 And Of 30 Ounces Could Also Batch: Distinguish Between Weights Of 29 And 30 Drachms. Similar Results Were Obtained In ...
Webster
Webster, John, English Dramatist: B. About 1580; D. About 1625. He Appears To Have Followed The Occupation Of His Father, A Tailor, And In 1604 Was A Freeman Of The Merchant Taylors' Company. In 1602 He Began To Write Plays In Collaboration With Other Playwrights, But Attained To His Full ...
Webster
Webster, Daniel, American Statesman: B. Salisbury (now Franklin), N. H., 18 Jan. 1782; D. Marshfield, Mass., 24 Oct. 1852. He Was The Son Of • New Hampshirejudge And Farmer And Brother To A Large Family Of Boys And Girls, All Of Wham Worked And Sacrificed In Favor Of Daniel Whose ...
Webster_2
Webster, Noah, American Lexicographer: B. Hartford, Conn., 16 Oct. 1758; D. New Haven, Conn.. 28 May 1843. In 1774 He Entered Yale College Hat His Studies Were Interrupted By The Outbreak Of The Revolutionary War, In Be Served Under His Father As A Volunteer. He Was Graduated In 1778 And ...