William He1nse
He1nse, William, Was Born At Langewiesen, Near Ilmenau In Thuringia, In 1749. After Through A Course Of Legal Studies At The University Of Jena, He Took Up His Residence At Erfurt, Where, Being Encouraged To Apply Himself To Literature By Wieland, He Com Menced His Career As An Author By ...
William Henry
Henry, William, Was The Son Of Mr. Thomas Henry Of Man Chester, Who Was A Zealous Cultivator Of Chemical Science. Dr. Henry Was Born On The 12th Of December 1775. His Earliest Instructor Was The Rev, Ralph Harrison, Who On The Establishment Of An Academy Io Manchester, Afterwards Removed To ...
William Henry Harrison
Harrison, William Henry, President Of The United States; Was Born In Virginia, 9th February 1773. His Father Was Benjamin Harrison, Who Was A Member Of The First Congress Which Met At Philadelphia In 1774, Was One Of Those Who Signed The Declaration Of Independence, And Was Afterwards Governor Of Virginia, ...
William Herschel
Herschel, William, Was The Second Son Of A Musician At Hanover, And Was Born November 15, 1738. His Father Brought Him Up To His Own Profession, With Four Other Of His Acm; Giving Them At The Same Time A Good Education In Other Respects. At The Age Of Fourteen, He ...
William Hilton
Hilton, William, R.a., Was Born At Lincoln On The 3rd Of June 17s6. His Father, Who Was A Portrait Painter And A Native Of Newark, Died In 1822. Hilton Was Placed With J. R. Smith, Tho En Graver, In London, In 1800: Be Obtained About The Same Time Admis Sion ...
William Hodges
Hodges, William, Was Born In London About Tho Year )744. His Father Was A Blacksmith, And Kept A Chop In St. James's Market. Ile Attended Shipley's Drewing School When Very Young, And Became Afterwards The Pupil Of Wilson The Landscape-painter. He Painted Decorations For Theatres, Landscapes, And Architectural Views ; ...
William Hogarth
Hogarth, William, Was Born In The Parish Of St. Bartholomew The Great, London, In 1697, And Baptised In The Parish Church On Tho 28th Of November. His Father Richard Lfogarth (or Hogart, As The Name Seems Originally To Have Been Written And Pronounced) Died In 1721, Leaving Two Daughters And ...
William Hone
Hone, William, Was Born In 1779 At Bath, Where His Father Is Stated To Bare Been An Occasional Preacher Among The Dissenters. He Is Said To Have Been So Rigid In His Religious Notions That He Would Not Suffer His Son To Be Taught To Read Out Of Any Other ...
William Hunter
Hunter, William, Was Born In 1718 At Long Calderwood, Near Glasgow. Ile Was Entered At The University Of Glasgow In 1732, And Remained There For Five Years Studying For The Church; But While Hesitating Whether He Should Pursue That Profession He Mot With Cullen, Who Was At That Time Practising ...
William Huskisson
Huskisson, William, Was Born March 11, 1770, At Birch Moreton Court, Worcestershire, Where His Father Occupied An Extensive Farm. The Family Had Long Been Settled In Staffordshire, And For Several Generations Had Been In The Possession Of A Moderate Landed Estate On Which They Raided. On The Death Of His ...
William Hutton
Hutton, William, Was Born At Derby, Of Poor Parents, On The 30th Of September 1723. By Frugality, Industry, And Integrity He Raised Himself To Opulence And Eminence. It Has Been Said Of Him That "in Many Particulars Of Energy, Perseverance, And Prudence He Deserves To Be Called The English Franklin." ...
William Jackson
Jackson, William, Who Alone Is Almost Sufficient To Refute The Opinion Too Generally Entertained Even In This Oouutry, That The Eoglish Have No School Of Music, Was Born In 1730, At Exeter, Of Which Place His Father Was A Highly Respectable Tradesman. Lie There Received A Liberal Education, And Having ...
William Kent
Kent, William, An Artist Of Moderate Ability As A Painter And Sculptor, But One Of Some Ability And Considerable Influence As An Architect And Landscape Gardener, Was Born In Yorkshire In 1684. Both His Parentage And Education Were Humble, And Be Was Appren Ticed To A Coach-painter. Conceiving However That ...
William Lambarde
Lambarde, William, An Eminent Lawyer And Antiquary, The Son Of John Lambarde, An Alderman Of London, Was Born October 18, 1536. Of His Early Years We Know Nothing, Till In 1556 He Entered At Lincoln's Inn As A Student. Here He Studied Under Lawrence Newel (the Brother Of Dean Newel), ...
William Laud
Laud, William, Was The Son Of A Clothier At Reading In Berk Shire, Where He Was Born Ou The 7th Of October 1573. Laud Was Sometimes Reproached During His Prosperity With The Meanness Of His Birth, Which However Was Not More Humble Than That Of Most Of The Churchmen Of ...
William Law
Law, William, The Author Of Various Works Of Practical And Mystical Divinity, Was Born In 1630 At King's Cliff In Northampton Shire. We Should Have Known Little Of Law, Probably, Had It Not Happened That He Was For Some Time Living Lta The Family Of Mr. Gibbon, Father Of The ...
William Lilly
Lilly, William, Was Born May 1, 1602, At Diaeworth, A Village Of Leicestershire. When Eleven Years Old He Was Sent To A Grammar School At Ashby-de-la-zouch. His Parents Being Poor, He Removed To London In 1620, Where He Became Servant To A Mantua-maker. This Situation Be Exchanged In 1624 For ...
William Linton
*linton, William, Was Born At Liverpool Towards The Close Of The Last Century. Much Of His Childhood Is Said To Have Been Spent With Some Relatives At The Foot Of Windermere, And There His Fondness For Scenery Appears To Have Been Nurtured. With A View To Divert His Thoughts From ...
William Md Iieberden
Iieberden, William. M.d., Was Born In London In 1710. In 1724 Ho Was Sent To St.. John's College, Cambridge, Of Which, Six Years Afterwards, He Was Elected A Fellow. Lie Studied Medicine In Cam Bridge And London, And After Taking His Degree Practised As A Physician, And Delivered An Annual ...
William Powell Frith
* Frith, William Powell, Ra., A Native Of Yorkshire, Was Born Iu 1819. Having Shown A Decided Predilection For Art, He Was About 1835 Placed In Sass's School, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, And Thence Proceeded To The Schools Of The Royal Academy. After A Trial With An Unimportant Picture At The British ...
William Tierney Clark
Clark, William Tierney, A Civil Engineer, Was Born Nt Sion House, Somerectehire, August 23, 1783. He Was Apprenticed When Very Young To A Millwright In Bristol, And Followed The Trade For Several Years In That City And At Colebrookdale. In 1808 He Removed To London, And Entered The Service Of ...
Wilna
Wilna, An Extensive Government Of West Russia, Formed Out Of Samogitia And Lithuania, Situated Between 53° 35' And 56° 24' N. Lat., And 26' 40' E. Long., Is Bounded N. By Courland, N.e. By Vitepak, E. By Minsk, S. By Grodno, S.w. By Poland, W. By Prussia, And N.w. By ...
Wilton
Wilton, Wiltshire, A Market-town, A Municipal And Plirliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Wilton, Is Situated Near The River Wily, In 51° 4' N. Let., 1° 51' W. Long., Distant 3 Miles W. By N. From Salisbury, And 84 Miles W.s.w. From London. ...
Wiltshire
Wiltshire, An Inland County Of England Bounded N.w. And N. By Gloncesterahire, N.e. By Berkshire, S.e. By Hampshire, S.w. By Dorsetshire, And W. By Somersetahire. The County Is Of Very Com Pact Form, Approximating To A Quadrangle. Wiltshire Is Situated Between 50° 55' And 51° 43° N. Lat., 1° 29' ...
Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, A Very Anoient Markotetown, And, Oonjointly With Cranborne, The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Pariah Of Wimborne Muister, Is Situated In 50° 45' N. 1° 57' W. Long., Distant 21 Miles E.n.e. From Dorchester, And 100 Miles S.w. By W. From London By Road. The ...
Winch And Axle
Winch And Axle Is A Machine Constituting A Small Windlass, And Consisting Of A Cylinder Of Wood Which Is Capable Of Turning On Its Axis Between Two Upright Posts Of The Same Material, Or Between The Ends Of A Cast-iron Frame : A Lever At One Or At Each Extremity ...
Winchester
Winchester, The County Town Of Hampshire, An Ancient Epis Copal City, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated In 51° 4' N. Lat., 1° 19' W. Long., Distant 62 Miles S.w. From London By Road, And 67 Miles By The Loudon And South-western ...
Wind
Wind Is A Motion Of The Atmosphere Independent Of That Which It Has In Consequence Of The Diurnal And Annual Movements Of The Earth. The Latter Motion Being Performed In A Part Of Space Which May Be Considered As Devoid Of Any Resisting Medium, The Particles Of Air Suffer No ...
Windage
Windage Is The Quantity By Which The Bore Of A Gun, Mortar, Or Howitzer Exceeds That Of The Shot Or Shell Which Is To Be Discharged From It. The Deviations Of Shot And Shells From A Truly Spherical Figure, And The Inequalities In The Bore Of The Ordnance, Were Formerly ...
Windmill
Windmill Is A Building Containing Machinery For Grinding Corn, Pumping Water, Sawing Wood, Or For Any Purpose Depending On Wheel Work, To Which Motion Is Communicated By Tho Impulse Of The Wind. Windumilla Are Of Two Kinds : In One, The Wind Is Made To Act Upon Vanes Or Sails, ...
Window
Window. Though Almost Unknown In Ancient Architecture, At Least In The Religious And Other Monumental Structures Of The Egypt Ians, Greeks, And Roman., Which Were Not Of A Nature To Require Them, Windows Are Exceedingly Important Features In The Gothic And Other Styles, And That Not Only For One, But ...
Windsails
Windsails Are The Vanes, Generally Four In Number, Which, Being Turned By The Action Of Tho Wind, Give Motion To The Machinery Of A Mill. The Wind Being Supposed To Blow In A Direction Parallel To The Axis About Which The Sails Are To Revolve, It Is Evident That The ...
Wine
Wine. The Chemistry Of Wine Presents Many Points Of Interest, Md May Be Treated Of Independently Of Its History, Manufacture, Com Merce, And Uses. In The Juice Of The Grape, Fermentation Is Excited By The Access Of Air, Alcohol And Carbonic Acid Being Formed By The Decomposition Of The Sugar ...
Wine Manufacture
Wine Manufacture. Wine La The Result Of The Fermentation Of Certain Saccharine Fluids. Either Existing Naturally In The Juices Of Plants, Or Artificially Blended Together. The Natural Juices Susceptible Of Fermentation Are Found Either In The Roots Of Plants, Such As The Parsnip • And Beet-mot: Extracted From The Stem, ...
Wine And Spirit Trade
Wine And Spirit Trade. It Will Be Convenient To Treat This Subject Under Two Sub-headings. Wine Trade. The Wine Trade Of England Has Been Governed Fur A Century And A Half Almost Wholly By N Particular Treaty With Portugal, Called The Methuen Treaty ; Chiefly By Creating An Artificial Taste ...
Winters Bark
Winter's Bark, The Bark Of Drilmis Winteri (linn.); Called Also Wintera Ammudias (murray And Wind.), The True Winter's Bark, Or Magellanic Cinnamon, To Distinguish It From The Bark Of Candla A/ba, Or False Winter's Bark. As One Of The Names Imports, This Is Obtained From A Tree Growing In South ...
Wire Drawing
Wire-drawing. Wire Is Metal Elongated Into The Form Of A Slender Cylindrical Rod, Often So Fine As To Be Comparable To A Thread, By The Operation Of Wire-drawing. This Process Consists In Passing A Piece Of Ductile Metal Through A Series Of Hole's, Successively Diminishing In Diameter, In A Hardened ...
Wisbeacii
Wisbeacii, Cambridgeshire, A Municipal Borough And Sea-port, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated Iu The Feu District, Chiefly On The Right Bank Of The River Nene, In 40' N. Lat., 9' E. Long., Distant 43 Miles N. From Cambridge, 93 Miles N. By E. From London By ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, One Of The Most Northern Of The United States Of North America, Extends Between 30' And N. Lat., And W. Long. It Is Bounded E. By Lake Michigan And The Large Inlet At Its South-western Extremity Kuown As Green Bay, Which Divides It From The State Of Michigan; N.e. ...
Witchcraft
Witchcraft. There Is Probably No Age Or Country In Which There Has Not Existed A Belief Iu The Possibility Of Mortal Beings Acquiring The Use Of Supernatural Powers For The Purpose Of Accom Plishing Some Object Of Their Desire, Good Or Evil. In This, As In Other Species Of Superstition, ...
Witness
Witness, From The Saxon Witon, " To Know." [evinence.] Woad (latta Tinctorws) Is A Plant Which Was Once Cultivated In Britain To A Considerable Extent For The Blue Dye Extracted From It. It Has Been Greatly Superseded By Indigo, Which Gives A Stronger And Finer Blue; But On Some Soils ...
Woburn
Woburn, Bedfordshire, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor Law Union, In The Parish Of Woburn, Is Situated In 51' 59' N. Let. 0' 37' W. Long., Distant 18 Miles S.s.w. From Bedford, 41 Miles N.w. By N. From Loudon By Road, And 50 Miles By The London And ...
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, A Market And Manufacturing Town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor Law Union, Is Situated In 52° 35' N. Lat., 2° 7' W. Long., Distant 10 Miles S. From Stafford, 123 Miles N.w. From London By Road, And 127 Miles By The London And ...
Woodbridge
Woodbridge, Suffolk, A Market-town And Port, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Woodbridge, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Deben, Where It Expands Into An ,estuary, In 52° 6' N. Lat., 1° 19' E. Long., Distant 8 Miles E.n.e. From Ipswich, And ...
Woods
Woods. There Are In England Many Old Natural Woods Remaining, Besides The Royal Forests, Although The Great Demand For Timber During The Last War Has Greatly Thinned Them Of Their Finest Trees. When Woods Were Abundant And Covered A Great Portion Of The Land Little Attention Was Paid To The ...
Woods And Forests
Woods And Forests. A Considerable Portion Of The Royal Revenue Consisted Formerly Of The Rents And Of The Crown Lands, Which Comprised Numerous Bodships And Honours, Together With Forests End Chimes : From The Forests The Prinepal Source Of Profit Lay In The Fines Or Smereisments Levied For Offences Against ...
Wool And The Wool
Wool And The Wool Trade. The Term Wool Is Now Applied Almost Exclusively To The Fleece Of The Sheep. The Distinction Between Wool And Hair Is More Easily Understood Than Described. When The Wool Brought To Bear In The Comparison Is That Of Sheep, The Distinction Is Tolerably Well Marked ...