Webworms
Webworms, Various Species Of Cater Pillars Or Lepidopterous Larva, So Named Be Cause Of Their Habit Of Spinning Webs Of Silk Enclosing Leaves Upon Which They Feed, And Also Serving As A Shelter. As A Rule Neither The Web-spinning Nor The Social Habit Is So Highly Developed As In The ...
Wedekind
Wedekind, Prank, German Dramatist And Pamphleteer: B. Hanover, 24 July 1864; D. Munich.may 1918. He Early Became A Journal Ist, Hut Drifted For A Time Into The Employ Of Maggi:s Soups, For Whom He Conducted Their Advertising Department (1886), Traveled As A Performer In Hercog's Circus (1888) And Set Tled ...
Wedgwood Ware
Wedgwood Ware. England's Most Noted Art Potter Was Josiah Wedgwood, Born At Burslem, Staffordshire, In 1730. In 1754 He Became Whieldon's Partner, But Started His Ivy House Works In 1759, Making °cream-color' Ware. By 1773 \%'edgwood's Products Were All Being Made At The Newly-erected Magnificent Works Called Etruria. "jasper' Ware ...
Weed
Weed, Thttrlow, American Journalist And Political Leader: B. Cairoreene County, N. Y., Y 15 Nov. 1797; D. New York, 22 Nov. 1832. He Entered A Printing Office At 14, But Left His Trade For A Time To Serve In The Army During The \vat. Of 1812; In 1815-19 He Worked ...
Weed_2
Weed, Walter Harvey, American Geolo Gist: B. Saint Louis, Mo., 1 May 1862. He Was Graduated As Mining Engineer From Columbia University, School Of Mines (1883) And Ap Pointed Assistant Geologist, United States Geo Logical Survey In That Year. In 1883-89 He Was Engaged In Yellowstone Park Investigating Hot Springs ...
Weeds
Weeds Are Plants Growing Where Are Not Desired. There Are No Plants Whiri Are Weeds, Per Se, Since In Nature Each Plant Has Its Place, And Since In Cultivated Areas Any Plant, Useless Or Useful, May Become A Weed Thus Grass Would Be Considered A Weed In A Bed Of ...
Week
Week, A Period Of Seven Days, One Of The Common Divisions Of Time. The Week Is An Arbitrary Division Of Time And The Question I When Why And By Whom It Was First Adopted Necessarily Arises In Connection With Its Actual Prevalence. One Explanation Is That The Num Ber Seven ...
Weeks
Weeks Wan:, Mason Locke, American Protestant Episcopal Clergyman: B. Maryland, About 1760; D. Beaufort, S. C., 23 May !v.'s. He Began The Study Of Medicine, But Gave It Up And Went To London. Where He Was Educated For The Clerical Profession, But Found No Bishop In Eng Land To Admit ...
Weendigo
Weendigo, Wind-ig6 (meaning 'canni Bal') Mythical Tribe Of Indians Believed In By The Algonquin And Other Eastern Races. The Chippewa And The Ottawa Thought They In Habited An Island In Hudson Bay; While Certain Other Tribes Placed Than Indefinitely In The Far North Country. Indian Stories Tell Of A Terrible ...
Weevil
Weevil, A General Name Applied Not Only To Various Genera Of Adult Beetles But Also To Dant Larva. They Form A Group Khyacho Move, Or Snout-beetles, So Called From The Char Acteristic Production Of The Head In The Form Of A Prominent Snout, Bearing The Elbowed Antenna At The Sides ...
Weighing Machines
Weighing Machines, Mechanical De %ices For Ascertaining The Weight Of Objects. It Is To Be Understood, However, That The Ele Ment Thus Determined Is A Relative Value, And Is Entirely Independent Of The Magnitude Of The Force Of Gravity Or The Tendency Of A Body To Fall. It Is Measured ...
Weights And Measures
Weights And Measures. Weights And Measures Are Fundamental Necessities Of Commerce, Industry And Science. Measurement Is Required In The Estd-r.ition Of Lands And Waterways, In Their Lovati,ii And Transfer. In The Work Of Construction Of Buildings, Bridges, Railroads And Other Engineering Works, In The Manufacture Of Foods, In The Preparation ...
Weihaiwei
Weihaiwei, Wa'hrwa', China, A Duty Free Seaport And British Naval And Coaling Station, In The Province Of Shantung, Near The Eastern Extremity Of The Shantung Peninsula, 40 Miles East Of Chefu. It Lies On The South Shore Of The Entrance To The Gulf Of Pechili, Op Posite Port Arthur On ...
Weimar
Weimar, Vi'mir, Germany, The Capital Of The Grand Duchy Of Saxe-weimar, On The Ilm, 13 Miles East Of Erfurt. It Stands In A Beau Tiful Valley Surrounded By Hills, On Ground Partly Elevated And Partly Flat. It Is Irregularly Built Except In The Suburban Portions. Its Nota Ble Public Edifices ...
Weismann
Weismann, Yis'min, August, German Biologist: B. Frankfurt-on-the-main, 17 Jan. 1834: D. 6 Nov. 1914. After Studying Medicine In Gottingen University He Was Clinical Assist Ant At Rostock In 1856-57 And In The Course Of The Three Years 1858-60 Visited Vienna, Italy And Paris, Devoting Himself Especially To Studies In The ...
Weismannism
Weismannism, The Essential Teaching Of August Weismann (q.v.), Sometimes Referred To As 'nco-darwinism.' Interest And Contro Versy Have Gathered Mainly Round His Answer To The Question, 'how Is It That A Single Cell Of The Body Can Contain Within Itself All The Hered Itary Tendencies Of The Whole Organism?' In ...
Weld
Weld, Theodore Dwight American Phi Lanthropist And Educator: B. Hampton, Conn_ 23 Nov. 1803; D. Hyde Park, Mass., 3 Feb. 189s. He Was The Son Of Ludovicus And Eliza ((lark) Weld, And Of Lineal Descent From Jon Athan Edwards. He Entered Phillips-andover Academy. Hut Left School Because Of Impaired Sight. ...
Welding
Welding, Gas (oxy-acetylene). De Velopment Of Oxy-acetylene Processes, Gas Welding Consists Of Melting The Edges Of Two Of Metal So That They Run Together And Solid When Cold. A Good Weld Requires A Very Intense Flame, Such As Is Ob Tained From Acetylene And Oxygen. By The Oxy Acetylene Process ...
Welles
Welles. Wilt. Gideon, American States Man. B Glastonbury, Conn., 1 July 1802, D. Hart Ford. Conn, Ii Feb. 1878. He Studied At Nor Ersity. Vermont, But Did Not Complete The Course There, And For A Time Turned His Attention To The Study Of Law. In 1826, How Net, He Entered ...
Wellesley College
Wellesley College. A College For Women Located At Wellesley, Mass. It Was Founded By Henry F. Durant To Give 'to Young Women Opportunities For Education Equisalent To Those Usually Provided In Colleges For Young Men.' The Charter Was Obtained In 1870, And The College First Opened To Students In 1875. ...
Wellhausen
Wellhausen, Julius, Ger Man Orientalist And Biblical Scholar: B. Hameln, Hanover, 17 May 1844. He Studied U Theology In The University Of Gottingen, In 1872 Was Appointed Professor Of Theology In Greifswald University, But Resigned In 1882 Be Cause He Could No Longer Hold The Accepted Views Of Scriptural Inspiration. ...
Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand, (1) The Capital City Of New Zealand And Also The Pro Vincial District Of Wellington, Situated On Lamb Ton Harbor, On The Southwest Of Port Nichol Son, An Inlet Of Cook Strait, About 1,200 Miles Southeast Of Sydney In Australia. Its Fine Harbor Is The Safest And ...
Wellington
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke Of, British Soldier And Statesman: B. 1769; D. Walmer Castle, England, 14 Sept. 1852. He Was The Fourth Son Of The 1st Earl Of Morning Ton. His Mother Was The Eldest Daughter Of The 1st Viscount Dungannan. He Was Edu Cated At Eton, Privately At Brussels, ...
Wells
Wells, David Ames, American Political Economist: B. Springfield, Mass., 17 June 1828; D. Norwich, Conn., 5 Nov. 1898. He Was Grad Uated From Williams College In 1847. And From The Lawrence Scientific School In 1851, But Be Fore Entering The Latter Institution Had Been Assistant Editor Of The Springfield Republican, ...
Wells And
Wells And Wells Are Excasations For Water Or Other Substances Such As Petroleum, Gas Or Salt; Well-sinking Is, Therefore, The Operation By Which Deep Holes Of Comparatively Small Diameter Are Sunk Into The Earth. Similar Holes Are Drilled In Search Of Coal, Iron Ore And Other Minerals, And, Al Though ...
Wells_2
Wells, Herbert George, English Author: B. Bromley, Kent, 21 Sept. 1866. He Was Edu Cated At The Royal College Of Science (south Kensington, London), Published A 'text-book On Biology' (1892-3), And Followed This By A Series Of Works Of Fiction In Which Science And Mechanics Are Employed For The Accomplishment ...
Wemyss
Wemyss, Weems, Francis Teris, 10th Earl Of Wemyss And Baron Elcho, English Noble: B. 4 Aug. 1818; D. 30 June 1914. He Was Educated At Edinburgh Academy, Gradu Ated At Christchurch, Oxford, And Became (1841-46) Member Of Parliament For East Gloucestershire, Then (1847-83) Member For Haddingtonshire, And (1852-55) He Was ...
Wend Language
Wend Language. The Language Of The Wends Is Similar To The Other Branches Of The Northwestern Stem Of The Slavic Languages, The Polish And The Bohemian. It Is Divided In To The Dialect Of Lower Lusatia, Which Is But Little Developed, And That Of Upper Lusatia. The Latter Is Subdivided ...
Wentworth
Wentworth, William Charles, Aus Tralian Statesman : B. Norfolk Island, New South Wales, 26 Oct. 1793; D. Near Wimbourne, Dorset, England, 20 March 1872. He Was The Son Of A Government Surgeon At Norfolk Island, Then A Penal Colony, And Was Educated In Eng Land, Making One Return Visit To ...
Wergild
Wergild, Wer'gitd, Or Weregild, Sv'er'eld, Derived From The Anglo-saxon Wer, A Man, And Geld, Satisfaction, And Meaning The Price In Money Paid Either Kinsmen Or To The State, Or Both, As Satisfaction In A Case Of Homi Cide Or Other Crime Against The Person. The Wergild Extended To Offenses Of ...
Werwolf
Werwolf, Wer'wolf, Or Werewolf, Sette-willf, A Human Being Transformed Into A Wolf, According To A Belief Which Has Prevailed In All Ages And Ignorant And Superstitious Com Munities. Herodotus, With Great Naiveté, Tells Us That When He Was In Scythia He Heard Of A People Which Once A Year Changed ...
Wesley
Wesley, John, English Clergyman, Founder Of Methodism: B. Epworth, Lincoln Shire, 17 June 1703; D. London. 2 March 1791. He Was A Younger Son Of The Rev. Samuel Wesley (q.v.). And Was Educated At Charter House, And At Christ Church, Oxford. He Took His Degree In 1724, Was Ordained Deacon ...
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University, Located At Middletown, Conn.. Was Established In 1831 Under The Auspices Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Being The First Educational Institution Of Collegiate Grade Established By That Church In The United States. The Institution, How Ever. Has No Organic Relation With That Church Sod Its Charter Provides That ...
West
West, Benjamin, American Painter: H. Springfield, Chester County, Pa., 10 Oct. 1738; D. London, 11 March 1820. After Some Instruc Tion From William Williams, A Philadelphia Painter. And Having Painted 'the Death Of Socrates' For A Gunsmith, He Established Him Self As A Portrait Painter At Philadelphia At Five Guineas ...
West Florida
West Florida, That Part Of The English Possessions In Florida In 1763 West Of The Apalachicola River, Bounded On The West By Lake Pontchartrain, The Mississippi And Lake Maurepas And On The North By The 31st Paralkl Of Latitude. In 1763 It Was Made Into A Sepa Rate Administration District. ...
West India Islands Or
West India Islands Or West Indies. The Archipelago That Includes The Great And Lesser Antilles And The Bahamas Has A Total Land Area Of Bout 92,000 Square Miles— More Than Twice The Size Of Pennsylvania; The Islands Are, However, Dispersed Far And Wide Over A Region Continental In Size, Which ...
West Virginia
West Virginia, Prior To Its Separation From The Mother State, Known As The Trans Allegheny Region Of Virginia, Was Admitted To The Union 20 June 1863 As The 35th State. In Area It Is The 40th Among The States, Covering 24,170 Square Miles Of Which 148 Square Miles Is Water ...
West Virginia Campaign Op
West Virginia Campaign Op 1861. At The Outbreak Of The Rebellion, West Virginia Had Few Slaves, No Sympathy With The Secession Movement And Adhered To The Union. Her Citizens Denounced The Action Of The State Convention In Adopting An Ordinance Of Seces Sion And At Town And County Meetings Passed ...
West Virginia University
West Virginia University, A Co Educational State Institution Located At Mor Gantown, 100 Miles South Of Pittsburgh. The University Grounds, With A Picturesque Outlook Upon The Adjacent Monongahela River, Have An Attractive Natural Site Equaled By Few Institu Tions Of Learning. The Campus Contains About So Acres. The University Originated ...
West Virginia And Maryland
West Virginia And Maryland Boundary Dispute. The Principal Dis Pute Was An Old One In Regard To The Meaning Of The •first Source Of The Potomac' Which In Lord Baltimore's Charter Was Mentioned As A Point From Which To Determine The Boundary Of Western Maryland. This Was Marked In 1746 ...
West Virginia And Virginia
West Virginia And Virginia Mit Question, The. The Virginia Debt Question Arose With The Formation Of West Vir P.m. And Has Been A Prominent Factor Or Issue La State Politics At Various Times. At The Time Of Its Separation From Virginia, The New State In Its Constitution Agreed To Assume ...
West The As A
West (the) As A Factor In American Politics. The Great West Rather Than The Atlantic Coast Is The True Point Of View In American History—in Which The Controlling Influence Of The Frontier Is The Strongest Factor. The West Has Been Amer Iea's Great ; - The Problem Of Ex Poisiem ...
Westcott
Westcott, Westic6t, Brooke Foga, Eng Lish Bishor And Theologian: B. Birmingham, January 1825; D. Bishop Auckland, 27july 1901. He Was Graduated From Trinity Cole, Cambridge, In 1848, Was Elected A Fellow Of His College In 1849 And In 1851 Was Ordained In The English Church. He Was Assistant Master At ...
Western Maryland College
Western Maryland College, Located At Westminster, Md. It Was Founded Under The Auspices Of The Methodist Protestant Church, And Was First Opened To Students In 1867. It Was The First College In The South To Offer Equal Educational Privileges To Both Sexes; Hut It Is Not Strictly Co-educational, As There ...
Western Reserve University
Western Reserve University, Located At Cleveland, Ohio, Includes The College For Women, The Graduate School, The Medical School, The Law School, The Dental School. The Library School, The School Of Pharmacy. The School Of Education (summer Sessions) And The School Of Applied Social Sciences. As A Working, Though Not A ...
Westinghouse
Westinghouse, George, American Inventor: B. Central Bridge, N. Y., 6 Oct. 1846; D. New York, 12 March 1914. He Entered The Machine Shop Of His Father, A Manufacturer Of Agricultural Implements, When Very Young And Early Evinced An Inventive Genius,. Designing At 15 A Rotary Engine. He Served In The ...
Westminster
Westminster, London, England, A Metropolitan And Parliamentary Borough, For Merly The Ancient City And Liberty Of Westmin Ster, Which Still Retains Its Civic Title And Certain Privileges. Area, 2,502 Acres. It Is Bounded On The South And East By The River Thames; East By The City Of London, From Which ...
Westminster Assembly Of Di
Westminster Assembly Of Di Vines, A Zelebrated Assembly Held In The Middle Of The 17th Century For The Settlement Creed And Form Of Worship Throughout Great Britain, At A Time When Pres Had Gained A Strong Position In D As Well As In Scotland. On The 23d Of . Ov. ...
Westphalia
Westphalia, West-fill-a, Or West Falen, Vst"fi'll•rt, Germany, A Name Origi Nally Given (n To A Large Region Of Germany; (2) To A Duchy: (3) To An Ancient Imperial Circle; (4) To A Kingdom; (5) To A Province Of Prussia. These Various Divisions Will He De Scribed In The Above 1. ...
Westphalia_2
Westphalia, Peace Of. The Treatycon Eluded In 1648 At Minister And Os-nabrfick, West Phalia (q.v ), Which Ended The Thirty Years' War And Established A New Political System In Europe. After Preliminaries Had Been Settled At Hamburg Toward The End Of 1641 The Actual Negotiations Werebegun In At Osnabrfick, Between ...
Whale
Whale. Any Large Cetacean Is Called A Whale, While Any Representative Of The Order Is Usually Called A Porpoise Or Dolphin. This Division Of The Group Is Unscientific. How Ever, And Breaks Down When The Moderate Sized Forms Are In Question, The Layman Being Always In Doubt Whether These Are ...
Whale Oil
Whale Oil. Oil Obtained From A Whale's Blubber By Trying Out. (see Wu/sty.). It Is Light Yellow To Dark Brown. The Variety Known As Sperm Oil Comes From The Head Of The Sperm Whale. The Use Of Whale Oil Appears To Be Of Ancient Origin. It Was Doubtless First Obtained ...
Whalley
Whalley, Hw611, Edward, English Resekidet It England. About 1616; D. Hadley. Mass., About 1675 He Was In Trade, Probably That Of Woolen-draper, At The Outbreak Of The Civil War, When He Enlisted For Parliament. In 1643 He Became Major In Cromwell's Regiment Of Horse And In 1644 After Having Fought ...
Wharves And Wharf Con
Wharves And Wharf Con Struction. The Modern Methods Of Wharf Construction Vary But Little (except As To Minor &tails) From The Methods Of The Ancients. The Process Of Constructing Timber Piers Or Wharves As Practised In All Of The Ports Of The Atlantic And Pacific Seaboards Is As Follows: Piles ...
What Cheer
What Cheer, Iowa, City In Keokuk County. On Coal Creek And On The Chicago And North Western And The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroads, About 70 Miles Southeast If Des Moines. Ft Is In An Agri Cultural And Coal Mining Region, And Has Several Industries Connected With Farm And ...
Wheat
Wheat. Wheat Belongs To The Hordea Tribe Of The Graminca Or Grass Family. There Are Four Principal Kinds Of Sub-races : Common Wheat (triticson Sotition Re/gore), Egyptian And English Wheat (triticent Satitotan Turgi Duns), Flint Wheat (triticarn Soilt11118 Durum), To Which The Durum And Macaroni Varieties Be Long, And A ...
Wheat Insect Pests
Wheat Insect Pests. Insects In Jurious To Growing Wheat-crops. These Number From 50 To 100 Different Kinds In The United States Many Of Which Have Been Imported From The Rt Ld World; And They Represent A Wide Va Riety Of Forms And Classes. The Most Impor Tant, Probably, Are Flies, ...
Wheaton
Wheaton. Hens?, American Jurist: B. Providence, R. I., V Nov. 1785; D. Dorchester, Mass., 11 Mardi 1848 He Was Graduated From Rhode Island College (now Brown University) In 1802, And Studied Law At Poitiers, France: He Then Took Up The Practice Of Law In Provi Dence And Later Served As ...
Wheaton College
Wheaton College, Located At Nor Ton, Mass., Was One Of The Pioneer Schools For The Education Of Women. It Was Founded As Norton Female Seminary By Judge Wheaton In 1834 And Organized By Mary Lyon. The School Was Opened For Students In 1835 And In Co Orated By An Act ...
Wheel Gearing
Wheel-gearing, A General Term Ap Plicable To All Forms Of Mechanical Devices By Which Motion Is Transmitted By Means Of Toothed Or Cog Wheels. The Different Parts Of The Part To Which That Motion Is Transmitted By The Driver Is Termed The °follower.' A Train Of Mechanism Consists Of A ...
Wheeler
Wheeler, Joseph, American Soldier And Statesman: B. Augusta, Ga., 10 Sept. 1836; D. Brooklyn, N. Y., 25 Jan. 1906. He Was Graduated From The United States Military Academy In 1859; Served In Several Scouting Expeditions Against Indians In Kansas And New Mexico; In February 1861, Resigned His Com Mission, And ...
Wheeling
Wheeling, Hweling, W. Va., City, County Seat Of Ohio County, On The East Bank Of The Ohio Riser, In The Northern Pan-handle And To The Same Latitude As Philadelphia. 60 Miles Southwest Of Pittsburgh. It Is On The Balti More And Ohio Railroad, And Its Branch Lines; The Pennsylvania System; ...
Wheeling And Lake Erie
Wheeling And Lake Erie Rail Way, The. Corporate Name Of A Transporta Tion Company Organized 14 Dec. 1916 In Ohio As Successor To The Wheeling And Lake Erie Railroad Company, Whose Property Was Sold Under Foreclosure On 30 Oct. 1916, And Pur Chased On Behalf Of The Bondholders In Accord ...
Wheelwright
Wheelwright, John, American Pur Itan Clergyman: B. Lincolnshire, England, About 1592; D. Salisbury, N. H 15 Nov. 1679. He Was A Graduate Of Cambridge And Vicar Of Bilsby, Near Lincolnshire; But In 1636, Being Driven From His Church By Arch Bishop Laud, He Emigrated To Boston, Mass, Where The Same ...
When Lilacs Last In
When Lilacs Last In The Door Yard Bloomed. Swinburne Called This Elegy On Abraham Lincoln By Walt Whitman 'the Most Sonorous Anthem Es Er Chanted In The Church Of The World.° Such Praise May Be Too High For The Poem, But It Can Hardly Be Denied A Place Among The ...
Whewell
Whewell, Hall. Williamen& Scholar: B. Lancaster, 24 May 1794; D. Bridge, 6 March 1866. He Was Graduated From Trinity College, Cambridge, In 1816, And In Due Course Became Fellow And Tutor Of His College. He Labored With Herschel, Babbage And Peacock To Raise The Standard Of Mathematics In The Uni ...