Walking Wheel
Walking-wheel. A Mechanical Contrivance By Means Of Which The Dead Weight Of Men, Or Animals, Acting Upon One Side Of A Wheel By Walking Upwards, Is Made To Act As The Motive Power Of The Machine To Which It Is Applied. It Is Frequently Used In Quarrying Operations, Or In ...
Wallingford
Wallingford, Berkshire, Is Market-town, Municipal And Parlia Mentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated On The Right Hank Of The Thames, In 51° 36' N. Lat., 1° 7' W. Long., Distant 46 Mile, W. By N. From London By Road, And 50 Miles By The Great ...
Walsall
Walsall, Staffordshire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parlia Mentary Borough, And The Neat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Walsall, Is Situated In 52° 35' N. Lat., 58' W. Long., Distant 17 Miles S.s.e. From Stafford, 121 Miles N.w. From London By Road, And 128 Zuilea By The London ...
Walter Savage Landor
*landor, Walter Savage, Was Born At Tpsley Court, War Wickshire, On The 30th Of January 1775. His Father, Walter Lander, Esq., Was A Gentleman Of Ancient Family And Largo Property, Which Was Much Increased By His Marriage With His Second Wife, Elizabeth Savage, A Wealthy Warwickshire Heiress. Walter Savage Lauder ...
Warehlsino System
Warehlsino System Is A Customs' Regulation, By Which Articles Of Import May Be Lodged In Public Warehouses At A Moderate Rent, Not Being Chargeable With Duty Until They Are Taken Out For Home Consumption, And Being Exempt From Duty If Re-exported. It Affords Valuable Facilities To Trade, Is Beneficial To ...
Warming And Ventilation
Warming And Ventilation. References Having Been Made From Smoke, Srovz, And Ventilation To The Present Article, It Will Be Desirable Here To Glance Rapidly At The Principal Modes Em Ployed For Warming And Ventilating Buildings Generally. Open Fire-pla-ces.—a " Cheerful English Fire" Is Associated With So Many Ideas Of Comfort ...
Warping
Warping, A Mode Of Producing A Deposition Of The Earthy Matter Which Is Suspended In Rivers. This Causes A Stirring Of The Water, Which Prevents The Finer Particles From Being Deposited. It Is Only Necessary To Produce A Stagnation Of The Water For A Few Hours To Have A Copious ...
Warrant
Warrant. A Warrant Is A Delegation By A, Who Has Power Or Authority To Do Some Act Of That Power Or Authority To B. Thus, A Man Having, Of Course, Power To Act In And Manage His Own Concerns, May Give A Warrant Of Attorney To Another To Act Or ...
Warranty 1
Warranty. 1. The Doctrine Of Warranty Of Lands Was Formerly One Of The Most Important Parts Of Legal Learning, But 'the Effect Of Warranties Having Been Gradually Reduced Within Very Small Compass, The Subject Has Now Become Of Little Practical Use ; Still It Is Necessary For Those Who Would ...
Warren
Warren. A Free Warren Is A Franchise Which Gives A Right To Have And Keep Certain Wild Boasts And Fowls, Called Game, Within The Precincts Of A Manor, Or Any Other Place Of Known Extent, Whereby The Owner Of The Franchise Has A Property In The Game, Nod A Right ...
Warren Hastings
, Hastings, Warren, A Memorable Name In The History Of British India, Was Born In The Middle Rank Of Life In 1733, And After Receiving The Usual Education At Westminster School, Went Out Iu 1750 As A Writer In The Service Of The Emit India Company. His First Advancement Was ...
Warrington
Warrington, Lancashire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parlia Mentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Warrington, Is Situated Ou The Right Bank Of The River Mersey, In 53° 24' N. Lat, 2° 36' W. Long., Distant 53 Miles S. By E. From Lan Caster, 184 ...
Warsaw
Warsaw, The Capital Formerly Of Poland, Now Of The Province Of Warsaw In European Russia, Is Agreeably Situated On An Eminence On The Left Bank Of The Vistula, In 52° 10' N. Lat., 21° E. Long., And Had 164,115 Inhabitants In 1851. It Consists Of The City Itself, Which Is ...
Warts
Warts, The Name Of Small Tumours Or Excrescences Which Occur On The Cuticle. Like All Other Epidermoid Tumours, They Are Unorgan Ised In Their Origin And Course. They Are Generally Of A Conical Form, Embrace Only A Small Extent Of Surface, Are Hard, Insensible, And In Colour Are Usually Darker ...
Warwick
Warwick, The County Town Of Warwickshire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated Chiefly On Tho Right Bank Of The River Avon, In 52° 17' N. Lat., 1° 33' W. Long., Distant 90 Miles From London By Road, And 105 Miles By ...
Washing 3iaciiines
Washing-3iaciiines Were Originally Employed In Connection With Textile Manufactures; But The Americans Have Effected Much Towards Rendering Them Also Applicable To Domestic Use. In The Bobbin-net District Around Nottingham, Washing-machines Arc Employed In Great Variety ; For The Delicacy Of The Fabric Renders Much More Care Necessary Than In The ...
Washington
Washington, A Territory Of The United States Of North America, Lies Between 45' 25' And 49' N. Lat., 110' 30' And 124' W. Long. It Is Bounded F. By The Rocky Mountains, Which Separate It From The Territory Of Nebraska ; N. By The Parallel Of 49' N. Lat., Which ...
Washington
Washington, A City In The District Of Columbia,and The Capital Of The United States, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Potomac, And On The Right Bank Of The Anacostia, Or Eastern Branch. The Capitol, Which Occupies The Central Site Of The City, Is In 38° 53' 20' N. ...
Wastage
Wastage, Berkshire, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Wantage, Is Situated In 51° 35' N. Lat., 1° 26' W. Lone., Distant 10 Miles S.w. From Abingdon, And 60 Miles W. By N. From London By Road. The Popuiatiou Of The Town In 1851 ...
Waste
Waste, Says Coke (co. Litt., 53), " Vastum Dicitur A Vastando, Of Wasting And Depopulating ;" But He Gives No Further Definition. The Notion Of Waste Seems To Be When A Tenant For Years, By The Courtesy, By Dower, Or For Life, So Deals With Land, Or Such Things As ...
Watch And Ward
Watch And Ward Is The Ancient Provision For The Maintenance Of The Public Peace And Of Property. In Towns : Watching Relates To The Night, Ward To The Day. The Duty Of Keeping Watch And Ward No Doubt Prevailed In Anglo Saxon Times, Although It Is Usually Stated To Have ...
Water
Water., No Its Physical Relations. In The Preceding Article The Chemical History Of Water Is Briefly Reviewed, And Such Of Its Pro Perties Are Described As Depend, Primarily, On The Nature And Activity Of The Molecules Of Which It Is Constituted. We Now Proceed To Treat Of Some Of Those ...
Water Glass Painting
Water-glass Painting, A Method Of Painting In Which The Vehicle, Or Binder Of The Colours, Is A Soluble Alkaline Silicate. This Process, Which Has Been In Use For Some Years In Germany For Mural Painting, And In Which Kaulbach, Among Others, Has Painted All His Later Wall-pictures, Appears To Have ...
Water Ho
Water (ho). (chemistry.) Water, As It Occurs In Nature, Has Already Been Treated Of In The Natural History Division Of This Cyclopnelia ; Its Physical Properties In The Three States Of Gas [steam; Vapour, Opalescent]; Liquid [watf.r, Following Article] ; And Solid [ice]; Have Also Been Separately Described In The ...
Water Pi
Water-pi L'es. In Addition To What Has Been Said On The Subject Of The Flow Of Water In Pipes Under Pipe And Water Supply, It May Be Desimble Here To Mention A Few Practical Matters Connected With Their Manufacture And Use. The Wooden Pipes Formerly Employed Were Made From Elm ...
Water Power
Water-power And Water-pressure Engines. The Weight And The Impetus Of A Stream Of Water Are Frequently Employed In Mechanics As A Source Of Motive Power For The Machinery Used In Industrial Operations, In The Form Of The Various Kinds Of Water-wheels; And Of Late Years The Law By Which Water ...
Water Supply
Water Supply. The Improvements Which Have Lately Been Effected In The Practical Details Of Civilised Life, Have Given Rise To So Great A Demand For A Copious Domestic Supply Of Water, That The Branch Of Hydraulic Engineering Connected With That Portion Of Modern Social Organisation Has Assumed A Degree Of ...
Water And Watercourses
Water And Watercourses. The Right Of Conducting Water Through One Piece Of Land For The Use Of Another Is An Incor Poreal Hereditament Of The Class Of Easements, And Was Known In The Roman Law By The Name Of The Beretta., Agate Ductus. The Right Of Taking Water Out Of ...
Waterfalls
Waterfalls. In The Article Valleys We Have Arranged A General View Of The Main Features Of The Earth's Surface, And A Series Of Inferences Touching The Forces Whereby The Diversified Forms Of Hills And Valleys Have Been Occasioned. But These Forms, Though On A Large Scale They Appear Permanent, Because ...
Waterford
Waterford, The Capital Of The County Of Waterford, Ireland, A County Of A City, A Market- And Poet-town, A Sea-port, A Parliamentary Borough, An Episcopal City, And The Seat Of A L'oor-law Union, Is Situated On The River Suir, In 52' 16' N. Lat., 7* 8' W. Long., Distant 9 ...
Waterford
Waterford, A Maritime County In The Province Of Munster, Ireland, Is Bounded N. By The Counties Of Tipperary And Kilkenny, E. By The County Of Wexford, S. By The Atlantic Ocean, And W. By The County Of Cork. It Lies Between 51° 56' And 52° 20' N. Lat., 6° 58' ...
Watering
Watering, In Horticulture, The Process Of Applying Water Arti Ficially To Plants. Water In A Greater Or Leas Quantity Is Necessary To The Existence Of The Whole Vegetable Kingdom : Not Only Do The Ele Ments Of Water Enter Into The Composition Of The Tissues Of Plants, But By Its ...
Waterproofing
Waterproofing. Textile Fabrics, Whatever Be Their Character, Are Pervious To Water From Two Causes : Namely, The Existence Of Minute Spaces Between The Individual Fibres Of The Yarn, Whether Of Silk, Cotton, Wool, Or Flax; And The Rectangular Meshes Consequent On The Process Of Weaving. To Close Up These Minute ...
Watershed
Watershed. It Has Been Observed, In The Article Rivers, That The Margin Of A River-basin Generally Lies Contiguous To The Basin Of Another River, And Therefore Constituting The Boundary-line Of Two Basins, The Waters Descend On Both Sides Into Their Respective Basins ; And Hence The Whole Line Of These ...
Waterspout
Waterspout, A Meteorological Phenomenon Of The Same Class Probably As The Whirlwinds Which Raise Pillars Of Sand In The Deserts Of Africa: Such Whirlwinds, In Fact, Become Waterspouts When They Reach The Sea; And When Waterspouts Reach The Shore They In Some Cases Become Or Produce Whirlwinds. But There Is ...
Waves
Waves And Tides Possessing In Many Respects The Same Charac Ter, It Baa Been Thought Proper To State In One Article The Phenomena And The Theories Of Both. From The Earliest Times The Periodical Risings And Fallings Of The Tvatets On Ceasts Or In Rivers Have Been Noticed ; And ...
Wax Modelling
Wax-modelling. Wax Has Beeu In All Ages An Important Agent In The Art Of Statuary ; And In The Formative Art Generally, Whether As A Fine Art, Or For The Purposes Of Science. In Statuary It Is Used In Making The Models For The Metal Cast, But More Formerly Than ...
Wealth
Wealth Is The Means Of Obtaining The Products Of Labour. An Individual Is Rich Or Poor According To The Quantity Of The Necessaries And Luxuries Of Life Which He Can Purchase ; And A Nation Is Rich Or Poor, In The Aggregate, According To Its Means Of Enjoying Such Advan ...
Weaning
Weaning, The Act Of Separating A Child From The Partaking Of Its Mother's Milk As Food. A Few Hours After The Birth Of A Child, The Breast Of The Mother Secretes Milk For Its Nourishment. The Milk That Is Secreted At First Differs In Some Of Its Properties From The ...
Weather
Weather Is A Term Used To Denote The State Of The Earth And Of The Atmosphere With Respect To Heat Or Coldness, Dryness Or Humidity, Wind, Rain, Ke. In Some Countries The Variations Of The Atmospherical Phenomena Occur In An Order Which Is Nearly Constant; And In Those Regions, Pre ...