Wooleil
Wooleil Inouenttneestssen.] 1v Oolwici , Kant, A Market-town And The Seat Of The Chief Government Arsenal, In The Parish Of Woolwich, Ie Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Thamee, In 51' 29' N. Lat., V 4' E. Long., Distant 8 Miles E. From London By Road, About 9i ...
Woollen And Worsted Manufactures
Woollen And Worsted Manufactures. The Manu Factures In Wool And Bi Worsted Are So Closely Connected, In Reference Both To Their Past History And To The Industrial Arrangements Involved In Them, That It Will Be Convenient To Treat Of Them Under One Heading. Wools Are Divided Into Two Great Classes--dothinestoots ...
Worcester
Worcester, The Capital Of Worcestershire, An Episcopal City, A Market-town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated Chiefly On The Left Bank Of The River Severn, In 52° 12' N. Lat., 2° 12' W. Long., Distant 111 Miles W.s.w. From London By Road, And ...
Worcestershire
Worcestershire, An Inland County Of England, Is Bounded N. By Staffordshire And Shropshire, E. By Warwickshire, S. By Glou Cestershire, And W. By Ilerefordehire. The County Lies Between 51° 56' And 52' 31' N. Lat., And 1° 46' And 2° 33' W. Long. The Greatest Length Of The County Is ...
Workhouse
Workhouse. Relief To The Indigent Is Of Two Kinds, In-door Relief And Out-door Relief. In-door Relief Is Relief In The Workhouse. At First Workhouses Appear Frequently To Have Combined The Character Of A Bridewell In The Reign Of Edward Vi. The Poor Of London Were Classed Into Three Great Divisions, ...
Workington
Workington, Cumberland, A Market-town And Sea-port, In The Parish Of Workington, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Derwent, About A Mile From Its Entrance Into The Sea In St. George's Channel, In 54° 39' N. Lat., 3° 33' W. Long., Distant 32 Miles S.w. From Carlisle, 306 ...
Worksop
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Worksop, Is Pleasantly Situated On The Banks Of The River Ryton, In 53° 17' N. Lat., 1° 7' W. Long., Distant 26 Miles N. By E. From Nottingham, And 146 Miles N.n.w. From London By ...
Worms
Worms, An Ancient City, In The Province Of Rheinhessen, In The Grand-duchy Of Hesse-darmstadt, Is Situated In 49° 37' N. Let., 8° 22' E. Long., Near The Left Bank Of The Rhine, In A Beautiful Country, 23 Miles S. From Mayence By Railway, And Has A Population Of About 9000 ...
Worthing
'worthing, Sussex, A Market-town And Watering-place, In The Parish Of Broadwater, Is Aitnated On The Shore Of The English Channel, In 50' 43' N. Lat, V 22' W. Long., Distant 12 Miles W. From Brighton, And 61 Miles S.s.w. From London By Road And By The London, Brighton, And South-coast ...
Woulfes Apparatus
Woulfes Apparatus. Under Various Forms, And With Several Modifications, This Apparatus Is Much Employed In Chemical Operations. The Arrangement, First Described By Its Inventor In The Philosophical Transactions,' Is Inconvenient In Form ; We Shall Therefore Give A Description Of One Of Several Improvements To Which It Has Been Subjected. ...
Wounds
Wounds, In Surgery, Are Solutions Of The Continuity Of The Soft Parts Of The Body Effected By Some External Agent. And Attended With A Greater Or Less Amount Of Bleeding. Wounds Vary In Their Character According To The Kind Of Instrument By Which They Have Been Pro Duced, As Well ...
Wrangler
Wrangler. In Old Times The Word Wrangle Was Used In The Universities In The Sense Of " To Dispute Publicly," That Is, To Defend Or Oppose A Thesis. The Verb Has Gradually 'ilequired A Meaning Of Re Proach (being Nettle To Imply Uncivil And Indecorous Opposition), Which It Had As ...
Wrexham
Wrexham, Denbighshire, North Wales, A Market-town, Parlia Mentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Wrexham, Is Situated On The Gwenfrwy Brook, A Feeder Of The Clywc Dog, Which Is Itself An Affluent Of The River Dee, In 2' N. Let., 2' 59' W. Long., ...
Writ
Writ, A Law Term, Which In Its Proper Signification Means A Writing Under The King's Seal, Whereby He Confers Some Right Or Privilege, Or Commands Some Act To Be Done. Writs Are Either Patent (open, Com Monly Called Letters Patent, Lame Pa Testes), Which Are Not Sealed Up, But Have ...
Writ De Ventre Inspiciendo
Ventre Inspiciendo, Writ De. "when A Widow Is Sus Pected To Feign Herself With Child In Order To Produce A Suppositious Heir To The Estate, The Heir Presumptive May Have A Writ De Rentre Inspiciendo, To Examine Whether She Be With Child Or Not ; And, If She Be, To ...
Writ Of Trial
Writ Of Trial. All Trials Of Causes In The Superior Courts Took Place Formerly Either At Bar Before The Whole Court, Or At Nisi Pries Before One Of The Judges Of The Court, Or A Judge Or Serjeant Named In The Comrnissiou Of Assize; But Now, By The 3 & ...
Writer To The Signet
Writer To The Signet, Abbreviated W.s., Ie The Designation Of The Members Of That Class Of Attorneys Or Procurators Who Enjoy, In Common With The Solicitors Of Supreme Courts, And With One Or Two Smaller Bodies, The Privilege Of Conducting Cases Before The Court Of Session, The Court Of Justiciary, ...
Wurtembero
Wurtembero, A Kingdom In The South-west Of Germany, Lies Between 47' 35' And 49' 35' N. Lat., 8' 15' And 10° 30' E. Long. It Is Bounded N.e. And E. By Bavaria, N.w. And W. By Baden, And S. By Switzerland And The Lake Of Constanz. Its Greatest Length From ...
Wurzburg
Wurzburg, A City In Bavaria, Capital Of The Circle Of Lower Franconia, Is Situated In 49° 45' N. Lat., 56' E. Long., In A Beautiful Valley On The Mayn (over Which There Is A Bridge 200 Yards Long, Adorned With Twelve Colossal Statues Of Saints), And On The Railway From ...
Xanthian Marbles
Xanthian Marbles, The Designation Given To A Collection Of Architectural And Sepulchral Remains, From Their Having Been Chiefly Found In The City Of Xanthus In Lycia, A Province Of Asia Minor. [leas, In Geog. Dip., C01. 638.] They Were For The Most Part Obtaiued By Sir Charles Fellows, During Researches ...
Xlaoadamus
Xlaoadamus, Called Also Heliogabamus, Was The Grandson Of Massa, Sister To The Empress Julia, The Wife Of Septimius Severus. Mao& Had Two Daughters, &minis, Or Seminmira, The Mother Of Varius Arhus Bassisnus, Afterwards Called Elagabalus, Who Was Reported To Be The Illegitimate Son Of Caracalla And Mammma, Mother Of Alexander ...
Yang Tse Kiang
Yang-tse-kiang, One Of The Largest Rivers In The World, Drains The North-eastern Districts Of Tibet And The Central Provinces Of China Proper. Its Source Is In The Interior Of Aaia, About 1850 Miles From Its Mouth In • Straight Line; But The Whole Course Of The River Probably Exceeds 3000 ...
Year
Year. Much Connected With This Article Is To Be Found In Kalen. Dale, Periods Of Revolution, Moox, Sun, Chronology, Time, &e, We Here Confine Ourselves To Matters Of Useful Reference Connected With The Length And Subdivisions Of The Year, Omitting Discussion Of Points Of History, Which Do Not Directly Bear ...
Yellow Ochre
Yellow Ochre. [cowmen :0 Matters.] Yew, Economical Uses Of. Nearly Every Part Of The Yew Tree Is Applied To Some Useful Purpose. Considered As Timber, The Wood Is Hard, Compact, Of A Fine And Close Grain, Flexible, Elastic, Easy To Split, And Little Affected By Atmospheric Changes. It Varies In ...
Yeovil
Yeovil, Somersetshire, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Stone, Is Situated Near The Left Brink Of The River Yeo, In 50° 56' N. Lat., 2° 37' W. Long., Distant 36 Miles S.s.w. From Bath, And 123 Miles S.w. By W. From London. The ...
Yield
Yield. The Manufactures Of The North And East Ridings Are Of Comparatieely Email Importance, And Even The Mineral Prodnetione Of The County, Consisting Of Freestone, Limestone, Coal, Iron, Copper, And Lead, Are Most Extensively Found In The West Riding. At Wickersley, 4 Milee B From Rotherham, Several Thousands Of Grindstones, ...
Yonne
Yonne, A Department Of Central France, Is Bounded N.e. By The Department Of Aube, E. By Cdte-d'or, S. By The Department Of Nievre, W. By That Of Loiret, And N.w. By Seiuc-et•marue. It Lies Between 47° 20' And 48° 24' N. Lat., 2° 55' And 4° 20' E. Long. Its ...
York
York, The Capital Of Yorkshire, An Archiepiscopal City, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated On The Banks Of The River Ouse, Or Ure, Which Flows Through The Midst Of It, In 53° 37' N. Lat., 1* 4' W. Long., Distant 199 Miles ...
Yorkshire
Yorkshire, A Nal-aims County In The Northern Part Of England, And By Far The Largest Of The English Counties, Is Bounded N.e. And E. By The North Sea ; S. By The 'estuary Of The Humber, And The Counties Of Lincoln, Nottingham, And Derby ; S.w. By A ;midi Part ...
Youghal
Youghal, County Of Cork, And Province Of Munster, Ireland ; A Sea-port, Borough, Market, And Post-town, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, About 31 Miles E. From Cork, In 51° 57' N. Lat., 7° 52' W. Long.; Population 7410 In 1851, Besides 1801 In The Union Workahire. The Borough ...
Zanguebar
Zanguebar, A Name Given By The Portuguese And After Them By Other European Nations, To A Country Of Eastern Africa, Probably From Zanzibar, The Largest Of The Islands Belonging To It. It Extends From The Mozimba (11' 50' S. Lat.), Which Separates It From Mozambique On The South, To Ras ...
Zaragoza
Zaragoza. (in English Generally Written Saragossa), A City Of Spain, Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom And Former Province Of Aragon And Of The Modern Province Of Zaragoza, Is Situated In 41° 47' N. Lat., 0' 53' W. Long., 180 Miles N.e. From Madrid. It Is The See Of An Archbishop ...
Zeal And
'zeal And, A Province Of The Kingdom Of The Netherlands, Situated Between 51° 14' And 51° 45' N. Lat., 3° 13' And 4° 7' E. Long., Is Formed Of The Ancient Province Of That Name, Of Dutch Flanders, And Of A Group Of Islands Formed By The Several Arms Of ...
Zemindar
Zemindar, A Persian Word Which Signifies Literally A Landholder. The Word Was Introduced Into Hindustan By The Mohammedans, But It Is Probable That The Office To Which It Is Applied Was Previously In Existence As A Part Of The System Of Village Organisation Which Extends Throughout The Whole Of Hindustan. ...
Zenith Sector
Zenith Sector. This Instrument Is, As Its Name Implies, A Portion Of A Divided Circle, Which Is Employed In Measuring The Zenith Distances Of Stars. Picard, In His Celebrated Operation For Determining The Figure Of The Earth, First Applied A Short Arc To A Long Telescope, Thus Obtaining At The ...
Zeus
Zeus, The Supreme Deity Of The Greek Olympus, The God Of Heaven And Of Earth, To Whom The Jupiter Of The Romans Nearly Corresponds Both In Power And Attributes, Was Probably Originally An Elemental Divinity, Who Was Worshipped As The God Of Rain, Snow, Lightning, &c. Apart From Other Considerations ...
Zinc
Zinc, Medical Properties Of—in The Purely Metallic State, Zinc Pro Duces No Effect On The Human System, But Its Combination With Oxygen, Forming Oxide Or Flowers Of Zinc, Is Sufficient To Invest It With Consider Able Power Over Various Organs, Both Those With Which It Comes Into Direct Contact And ...
Zinc Manufacture
Zinc Manufacture. The Mode Of Obtaining Zinc From The Sulphuret And Other Ores Is Explained In The Article Zinc. As Brought To Market, Commonly Under The Name Of Speller, It Is A Bluish-white Metal, Having Considerable Hardness And Toughness. The Chief English Supply Is From Flintshire And The Isle Of ...
Zingiber Officinale Ginger
Zingiber Officina'le (ginger), Medical. Properties Of. The Native Country Of This Plant Seems Unknown, Though Goebel Asserts That It Is Guinea. It Is However Extensively Cultivated In China, Java, And The East And West Indies. From The Cultivated Plant Alone Is The Ginger Of Commerce Procured. Of This There Are ...
Zirconium
Zirconium (zr). A Rare Metal Found In The Minerals Zircon And Hyacinth, Which Contain The Oxide Of The Metal United With Silicic Acid. To Obtain The Metal, The Double Fluoride Of Potassium And Zirconium Is To Be Strongly Heated With Potassium; From The Cold Residue Diluted Hydrochloric Acid Dissolves Out ...
Zodiac
Zo'diac (in Greek, D Zepascisa S Abnaos, "the Zodiac Circle") Is A Name Given To A Zone Of The Visible Heavens, Extending In Breadth To • Certain Equal Distances On Both Sides Of A Great Circle Of The Celestial Sphere, In The Plane Of The Earth's Orbit Produced. This Circle, ...
Zodiacal Light
Zodiacal Light, A Luminous Appearance Seen At Certain Times After Sunrise And Before Sunset, From Which It Is Inferred That There Is A Slight Degree Of Nebulosity About The Sun, If Indeed It Do Not Arise From The Denser Parts Of That Medium Which [comm.] Is Mere Than Conjectured To ...