Wincrelmann
Wincrelmann, Vinic'el-man, Johann Joachim, German Archzolgist And Art Histo Rian: B. Stendal, Prussia, 9 Dec. 1717; D. Trieste, Austria, 8 June 1768. The Son Of A Poor Cob Bler He Acquired His Early Schooling As Charity Pupil In His Native Town. He Was Graduated From A Gymnasium At Berlin, And ...
Wind
Wind, A Current Of Air Established At Cer Tain Times And Places Within The Body Of The Atmosphere At Large, And Flowing During Pe Riods Longer Or Shorter In Certain General Direc Tions; Such Currents Being Occasioned Chiefly By Differences Of Temperature At Different Times Or Localities, And By Variations ...
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park. This Park, Created By Act Of Congress On 9 Jan. 1903, Is 12 Miles Northwest Of Hot Springs In Fan River County, S. Dak. It Is On The Southeast Slope Of The Black Hills And Has An Area Of Nearly 15.000 Acres. The Cave Has Extensive ...
Windmill
Windmill, A Machine For Furnishing Power For Grinding Grain, Pumping Water, Or Doing Other Useful Work, Operated By The Wind. History Does Not Record The Date Of Invention Of The Windmill; But It Is Known That It Was Used In Europe As Early As The 12th Century Ad A Common ...
Window
Window, An Opens Ce Reserved, As In A Wall, For The Admission Daylight Into The In Terior. (see Also Doswell W I N Dow ) . The Window Generally Is In A Vertical Wall. The Opening May Be Filled With Glazed Sash Or Case Ment Arranged To Open And Shut, ...
Windthorst
Windthorst, Ludwig, Leader Of The Catholic Or Centre Party In The German Reichs Tag From 1874 To His Death: B. At Kaldenhof, Near Osnabruck In Hanover, 17 Nov. 1812; D. Berlin, 14 March 1891. He Received His Early Education At The Caroline Gymnasium In Osna Bruck And Studied Law At ...
Windward
Windward (wind'ward) Islands, A Group Of The \\ Est Indies Forming The Southern Part Of The Lesser Antilles, Including Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada And The Grena Dines. They Are Of Volcanic Origin. The Large Islands Are Mountainous; The Lower Levels Being: Generally Fertile And Producing Sugar, Cocoa And Spices; ...
Wine And
Wine And It May Have Been Design, But It Was Probably An Acci Dent, That First Led Man To Crush Or To Press Grapes In Order To Obtain A Palatable And Stimu Lating Beverage. As Long As The Juice Is Con Fined Within The Grape, It Becomes Sweeter And Sweeter ...
Winnebago
Winnebago (algonquian Name: 'turbid Water People), An Important Tribe Of The Siouan Stock Of North American Indians, Who Are Closly Related To The Cbiwere Division (the Iowa, Oto And Missouri) And To The Mandan Their Own Name Is Hochongara. •people Of The Early Or Primitive Speech.' They Were First Mentioned ...
Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Canada, City And Capital Of The Province Of Manitoba, Situated At The Con Fluence Of The Assiniboine And Red Rivers, And On The Canadian Pacific, The Great Northern And The Canadian National Railways, 1,425 Miles West Of Montreal And About Equidistant From The Gulf Of Mexico, The Pacific And ...
Winona
Winona, Minn., City And Countv-seat Of Winona County, On The Missis Sippi Kiver, And On The Chicagoilwaukee And B Saint Paul, The Chicago, Burlington And Quincy. The Green Bay And Western, The Chi Cago Great Western, And The Chicago And Northwestern Railroads, About 105 Miles South East Of Saint Paul. ...
Winslow
Winslow, Wirtz16, Edward. American Colonial Governor: B. Droitwitch, ‘vorcester Shire, England, 19 Oct 1595; D. At Sea, Between Santo Domingo And Jamaica, 8 May 1655. While Making A Tour Of The Continent He Be Came A Member Of John Robinson's Leyden Congregation. He Was One Of The Passengers In The ...
Winslow_2
Winslow. John Ancram. American Naval Officer: B. Wilmington, N. C., 19 Nov 1811i D. Boston, Mass., 29 Sept 1873. He Was Appointed Midshipman In The Navy In Div, Was Promoted Lieutenant In 1839, And Served In The Mexican War, Participating In The Expeditions Against Tabasco, Tampico And Tuspon. He Was ...
Winsted
Winsted, Conn., City, One Of The County Seats Of Litchfield County, On The Mad And Still Rivers, And On The Central New England And The New York, New Haven And Hartford Railroads, About 26 Miles Northwest Of Hart Ford. It Is In An Agricultural Region, And Is The Commercial And ...
Winter
Winter, Wiliam. American Author And Dramatic Critic: B. Gloucester, Mass., 15 July 1836; D. 30 June 1917. He Was Graduated From The Harvard Law School In 1857 Was Admitted To The Suffolk County Bar, But Never Practised, Preferring To Devote His Time To Literature. He Published In 1854 A Book ...
Winter_2
Winter, One Of The Four Seasons, The Coldest Of The Year. Astronomically Considered, Winter Begins In Northern Latitudes When The Sun Enters The Sign Of Capricorn, Or At The Solstice About 21 December, And Ends At The Equinox In March; But In Its Ordinary Sense At Is Taken To Include ...
Wintergreen
Wintergreen, A Name Applied To Sev Eral Ericaccous Plants Which Retain Their Foliage Uver Winter. In Eastern North America, The Aromatic Little Gonitheria Grocunsbens (see Gammon/0 Is Generally The Plant Referred To By This Name. It Is A Low Shrub, Barely Six Inches High, Found In Rocky Woods, With Creep ...
Winters Tale
Winter's Tale, The. 'the Winter's By William Shakespeare, W:,s Probably Composed, And Certainly Performed, In 1611; Is First Known To Have Been Published In The First Folio Of 1623; And By All Evidence Belongs, With 'cymbeline' And 'the Tempest,' To Shakespeare's Latest Work. In Closely Packed And Elliptical Language, And ...
Winthrop
Winthrop, John, American Colonial Governor: H. Edwardston. Near Groton, Suffolk, England (0. S.) 12 S88; U. On, Mass. (0. S.) 26 March It .134' Mina, Tt Trinity College, Cambridge, ,brtd.t1 Law And, According To The Les V Of F I Mather, Was Commissioned At So A Joseli.e O. The Peace. ...
Winthrop_2
Winthrop. John, American Colonial Governor, Son Of Gov. John Winthrop, Of The Massachusetts Bay Colony: B. Groton Manor, Suffolk, England, 12 Feb. 1606; D. Boston, Mass, 5 April 1676. He Was Educated At Bury Saint Edmund's Grammar School, At Trinity College, Dublin, And At The Inner Tem Ple, London, Where ...
Winthrop_3
Winthrop, Robert Charles, American Political Leader: B. Boston, Mass.. 12 May 1809; D There, 16 Nov. 1894. He Was Graduated From Harvard In 1828, Studied Law With Daniel Web Ster, And Was Admitted To The Her In 1831_ He Soon Became Active In Political Life, Allying Him Self With The ...
Wire
Wire, Manufacture Of. At The Present Time All Wire Is Made By The Drawing Process, And While Permitting The Production Of A Much Thinner Wire Than Could Be Obtained From The Rolls, It Also Gives A Wire Of Greater Tensile Strength, So Much So That The Smaller The Size To ...
Wire Entanglements
Wire Entanglements. By General Consent The Barbed Wire Entanglement Has He Roine The Standard Military Obstacle. It Was Highly Developed On Thc 11 Estern Front During The European War 1914-18, The Principal De Being Along The Line Of Simplifying The Construction And In The Use Of Artillery Fire To Open ...
Wire Glass
Wire Glass, A Modern Invention Used In Building Construction, Being A Combination Of Wire And Glass. Wire Glass Is Either Ribbed, Rough Rolled, Polished Plate Or °maze,' Having Wire Netting Imbedded In Its Centre During The Process Of Manufacture. The Tem Perature At Which The Wire Is Imbedded In The ...
Wire Rope
Wire Rope, A Variety Of Ropes Of Iron Or Steel Wire Extensively Employed In Raising And Lowering Apparatus In Coal Mines, As Standing Rigging For Ships, As Substitutes For Chains In Suspension Bridges, And For Telegraph Cables. Endless Wire Ropes Or Cables Arc Also Used On Traction Railways, And In ...
Wire And Wire Drawing
Wire And Wire Drawing. Wire Is Defined As Metal Elongated Into A Long Thread Like Form Of Thicknesses Varying From One And One-quarter Inches To Less Than 1/1000 Of An Inch. Each Size Uniform Throughout The Piece; These Threads Having Usually The Cylindrical Form. But They May Be Square, Flat, ...
Wirt
Wirt, Wen, William, American Jurist And Statesman: B. Bladensburg, Md., 8 Nov. 1772; D. Washington, D. C., 18 Feb. 1834. He Received A Grammar School Education, Became A Private Tutor, Studied Law, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1792 And Began Practice At Culpeper Court House, Va. In 1799 He ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, Wis-kin-sin, A North-central State Of The United States, Popularly Called The •badger State,* Between Lat. 42° 30' And 47° 50' And 92° 54' West. It Is Bounded On The North By Lake Superior And The Upper Penin Sula Of Michigan, On The East By Lake Michi Gan, On The ...
Wise
Wise, Henry Alexander, American Law Yer And Political Leader: B. Drummondtown, Accomac County, Va, 3 Dec. 1806; D. Rich Mond, Va., 12 Sept. 1876, He Was Graduated From Washington College, Pa. In 1825, Was Admitted To The Bar In 1828 And Began The Prac Tice Of Law At Nashville, Tenn. ...
Wise_2
Wise, Isaac Mayer, American Rabbi And Educator: B. Steingrub, Bohemia, 29 March 1819; D. Cincinnati, Ohio, 26 March 1900. He Studied At Prague And Vienna, Became Rabbi At Racinitz, And, Desirous Of A Broader Field, Emigrated To New York In 1846. He Was Elected Rabbi Of A Synagogue At Albany, ...
Wiseman
Wiseman, Wiz'insn, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, English Roman Catholic Prelate: B. Se%ille Spain, 3 Aug. 1802; D. London, 15 Feb. 1865. He Was Of Irish Parentage, Was Brought To Waterford, Ireland, At His Father's Death In 1805 And Was Educated At The Roman Catholic T Ollege, Ushaw, Near Durham, And The ...
Wistaria
Wistaria, A Genus Of Leguminous Climb Ers, Named In Honor Of Caspar Wistar, An American Anatomist (1761-1818), Which Con Tains Several Species, Natives Of China, Japan And North America. They Are High-climbing, Hardy Shrubs, And Have Odd Pinnate Leaves, With Entire Leaflets And Large, Terminal, Pendu Lous Racemes Of Papilionaceous ...
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, Supernatural Power Which Persons Were Formerly Supposed To Obtain By Entering Into A Compact With The Devil. The Compact Was Sometimes Express, Whether Oral Or Written, When The Witch Abjured God And Christ, And Dedicated Herself Wholly To The Enil One; Or Only Implied, When She Actually En Gaged ...
Wither
Wither, With'er, Or Withers, George, English Poet And Pamphleteer: B. Bentworth, Near Alton, Hampshire, 11 June 1588; D. Lon Don, 2 May 1667. He Studied At Magdalen Col Lege, Oxford (1604-06), But Did Not Obtain A Degree, And A Few Years Later He Went To Lon Don To Study Law. ...
Wofford College
Wofford College, Located At Spar Tanburg, S. C. It Was Founded In 1851 Under The Control Of The South Carolina Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In Accordance With The Will Of Benjamin Wofford, A Minister Of That Church, Who Left A Legacy Of $100,000 To The Conference For ...
Wohlgemuth
Wohlgemuth, Michael, German Painter: B. Nuremberg, 1434; D. There, 1519. He Was An Eminent Member Of The Fran Conia School Of German Painting Whose Most Complete Representative Is Albert Duren The Latter Was Indeed His Pupil In The Large Studio Or Workshop Where Many Branches Of Art Were Carried On ...
Wolf
Wolf. Friedrich August, German Classi Cal Scholar : B. Has-nrode, Near Nordhausen, Prussia. 13 Feb. 1759; D. Marseilles. France. P Aug 1824. He Was Educated At The Gym •asiurn Of Nordhausen And The University Of Gottingen, And In 1782 Was Appointed Rector Of The Iltirgerschule At Osterode In The Harz. ...
Wolf
Wolf, A Typical Wild Species Of The Dog Family (conde). So Closely Related Are Wolves To The Domestic And Other True Dogs (q.v.) That Zoologists Have Been Unable To Find Any Satis Factory Structural Differences. As The Distinc Tions Are Purely Specific And Largely Founded Upon The Habits And Character ...
Wolf_2
Wolf, Hugo. Austrian Composer: H. Windischgraz, Styria. 13 March 1860; D. Vienna, 22 Feb. 1%3. He Received His Early Instruction On The Piano And Violin From His Father, Who Was In The Leather Trade, But Was Deeply Inter Ested In Music. He Studied At The Vienna Con Servatory In 1875-77, ...
Wolfe
Wolfe, James, English General: B Erharn, Kent, 2 Jan. 1727; D. Quebec, Canada, 13 Sept. 1759. He Was He At Westerharn And. Greenwich, And In 1741 Received An En Sign's Commission In A Foot Regiment. In 1743 He Took Part In The Famous Battle Of Dettingen; In 1744 Obtained His ...
Wolff
Wolff, Christian, German Philosopher And Mathematician: B. Breslau, 24 Jan. 1679; D. Halle, 9 April 1754. He Studied At Jena Theology, Mathematics And Phliosophy, Paying Particular Attention To The Writings Of Descartes And Tchirnhausen, And Writing An Elncidatory Commentary On The 'medicina Mentis' Of The Latter, Which Circumstance Was The ...
Wolff_2
Wolff, Wolf (ger. Calf), Joseph. Anglo German Missionary: B. Weilersbach. Near Bam Berg, Germany, 1795; D. Isle Brewers, Somer Set, 2 May 1862. He Was The Son Of A Rabbi, But Became A Christian, Taught Hebrew For A Time At Frankfort And Haue, Studied At Munich, Weimar And Vienna, And ...
Wolfram Von Eschenbach
Wolfram Von Eschenbach. Charval German Epic Poet B Escbenhach, Near Angled, Middle Franconia, Bavaria. About 1170; Rt. Perhaps At The Same Place. Ablsut 1219 (?). He Was Of Noble Bavarian Famffr And Served Various Powerful Overlords, Such As The Counts Of Wertheim, The Landgrai Her Mann Von Thuringen (at Whose ...
Wolseley
Wolseley, Sia Garnet Joseph, 1st Visual:nt, British Soldier: B. Near Dublin, 4 June 1833; D. 1913. Ile Entered The Army In 18.,2 As An Ensign, Served In The Burmese War Of 1852-53, Went Through The Crimean Cam Paign And Was Severely Wounded Before Sebas Topol. For His Services Here Be ...
Wolsey
Wolsey, Thomas, English States Man And Cardinal: B. Ipswich, Suffolk, March 1471 (according To Others About 1475); D. Leicester, 29 Nov. 1530. He Was The Son Of A Butcher And Was Sent To Magdalen College. Oxford, Of Which He Became A Bachelor At 15 And Was Elected Fellow. Being Appointed ...
Woman Suffrage
Woman Suffrage. All Political Revo Lutions Have Had For Their Primary Object The Desire Of The Revolutionists For A Voice In Their Own Government. Men For Obvious Reasons Have Taken The Largest Part In Them, But Women Have Assisted In All And Yet When A Voice In The Government Has ...
Womans Benefit Association Of
Woman's Benefit Association Of The Maccabee8, The. A Fraternal Benefit Society Composed Entirely Of Women And Officered And Managed By Women. It Exists Solely For The Benefit Of Its Members And Not For Profit, Having A Lodge System With Ritualistic Work And A Representative Govern Ment, And Grants Life And ...
Womb
Womb, The, And Its Diseases. The Womb Or Uterus Is One Of The Generacisc Organs Of The Female. In Its Cavity The Im Pregnated Ovum Is Received, Retained And Sup Ported During The Development Of The Hems. And From This Cavity The Child Is Expelled At The Time Of Parturition. ...
Women
Women, Legal Rights Of. During The Earliest Times Of Which We Have Records, The Legal Rights Of Women Were Narrowly Circum Scribed. By The Mosaic Law The Rights Of The Wife Were Quite Subordinate To Those Of The Husband, And Daughters Could Inherit Only Where There Were No Sous. Under ...
Women In Industry
Women In Industry. Through All The Variations And Complexities Of Modern In Dustry There Runs The Simple Motive Of Primi Tive Human Activity, Viz., The Need Of Food, Clothing, Housing And Ethical Expression. In Such Activity Women Have Always Had A Part, Though That Part Has Varied With Countries And ...
Womens Clubs
Women's Clubs, Associations Of Women Organized For Purposes Of Study, Recreation, Or For The Promotion Of Certain Philanthropic Or Political Ends. Organization Among Women In The United States Has Grown To Enormous Pro Portions. It Is Impossible To Compute With Any Degree Of Accuracy The Membership Of Women's Cluni, Outside ...
Wood Boring Beetles
Wood-boring Beetles, Beetles Which Lay Their Eggs In Or Upon Wood, Into Which The Larva Begin To Bore Immediately After Hatching And From Which They Derive Their Sole Sustenance. Living Upon This Innutritious Sub Stance Their Growth Is Generally Slow, And By The End Of The Several Years Spent In ...
Wood Carving
Wood Carving, Sculpture In Wood. Either In Low Relief Or In The Round. On The Whole The Grain And Structure Of Wood Make It More Suitable For Carving In Relief Than For Large Statues; Some Woods Without Much Dis Tinct Grain Can Be Carved Almost As Marble Or Stone; In ...
Wood Engraving
Wood Engraving. The Art Of Wood Engraving Is Also Known As Xylography, A Dis Tinctly Modern Term Derived From The Greek Words .rylos —wood, And Grapko — To Write, To Inscribe. It Is The Art Of Producing In Rend A Reverse Or Negative Of A Picture On Wood Which When ...