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WARENDORP, Brun, burgomaster of Liibeck, XV. 32.

WAKENS, Madame de, friend of Rous seau, xxi. 24.

WARGENTIN, P. W., on the satellites of Jupiter, II. 757.

WARHAM, William, archbishop of Canterbury, VIII. 414.

WARING, Miss (Varina), object of Dean Swift s attentions, xxn. 765.

WARMING, of hospitals, xn. 305. APPARATUS, XL 590.

WARMINSTER, town, England, xxiv.

37- WARNEFRID, father of Paul the Deacon,

xviii. 436., Paul (Paulus Diaconus, q.v.), xviii.

436; his book of homilies, xn. 125. WARNER, William, English pastoral

poet, xviii. 347. WARNERIUS, or Irnerius, Italian jurist,

xin. 277. WARNER OBSERVATORY, at Rochester,

New York, U.S.A., xvn. 715. WARP, in weaving, xxiv. 463; ancient,

xxm. 206. WARPING, mode of irrigation, I. 406;

xin. 367. WARR, Peter de la, speaker of House of

Commons, xviii. 306. WARRANDICE, in Scots law, xxiv. 373. WARRANT, in law, xxiv. 371; for

arrest, II. 630. WARRANTY, in law, xxiv. 372; of sale,

xxi. 208.

WARREE, ungulate mammal, xviii. 449. WARREN, Mercy, American authoress,

I. 722. , Samuel, English novelist, xxiv.

373-, Dr Samuel, Wesleyan seceder,

xvi. 190.

GIRDERS, for bridges, iv. 317.

WARRINGTON, town, England, xxiv.

374-

WARRINGTONITE, mineral, xvi. 402.

WARS, drug, xin. 831.

WARSAW, government, Russian Poland, xxiv. 374.

, town, Poland, XXIV. 375; observa tory at, XVII. 714. -, Prince of (Ivan F. Paskewitch),

Russian general, XVIII. 340. WARS OF GRANADA, romance, xx. 659. WART, skin excrescence, xxiv. 377;

xviii. 378; xxn. 121. WARTA, river, Russian Poland, xix. 307. WARTBURG, fortress, Germany, vn.

790; Luther s detention at, XV. 75.

HILL, Germany, xxi. 349.

WARTHE, river, Germany, xvn. 724. WART-HOG, ungulate mammal, xxn.

774-

WARTON, Joseph, English man of letters, xxiv. 377.

, Thomas (1688-1745), professor of poetry at Oxford, XXIV. 377.

WARTON (1728-1790), Thomas, poet and

author of History of English Poetry,

xxiv. 378. WARWICK, county, England, xxiv. 378;

xxi. 737; coalfield of, vi. 50; town,

xxiv. 380., Countess-dowager of, Addison s

wife, I. 149. , Richard Nevil, earl of, XXIV. 381;

vii. 685; viii. 327, 328.

CASTLE, England, xxiv. 380.

WASA, province of Finland, IX. 217. WASEN, town, Switzerland, xxiv. n. WASH, The, bay, Lincolnshire, England,

xiv. 653. WASHBURNE, Mount, Wyoming, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 737. WASHBURN OBSERVATORY, at Madison,

Wisconsin, U.S.A., xvn. 715. WASHING, Water for, xxiv. 399. WASHING-MACHINES, in bleaching, in.

816. WASHING OF FEET, Christian rite, xv.

635.

WASHING SODA, xxn. 243. WASHINGTON, seat of government,

United States, XXIV. 382; treaty of

(1871), xxm. 782; in 1810, xxni.

757; Capitol at, II. 454; libraries, xiv.

535) 55 l j naval observatory, xvn. 7 1 5 ;

telescope in observatory, xxin. 150.

, Territory, U.S.A., XXIV. 385.

, George, first president of the United

States, xxiv. 387 ; Commander-in-chief,

xxin. 741; president, xxin. 752;

as author, I. 721. , Mount, New Hampshire, U.S.A.,

xvn. 390; xxin. 792.

ISLANDS, Marquesas group, Pacific,

xv. 564. WASHITA, river, Louisiana, U.S.A., xv.

20.

WASH-PUMPS, ore-dressers, xvi. 59. WASPS, group of insects, xxiv. 391 ; xn.

577; xin. 148; honey of, xn. 136., The, Aristophanes s comedy, 1 1.

508. WASTE, in law, xxiv. 393.

LANDS, Improvement of, I. 402. OF WATER, in cities, xxiv. 410. WEIR, iv. 785; xxiv.

WASUNGEN, town, Germany, xxi. 348. WA-SWAHILI, tribes, East Africa, xvn.

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WATAUGA, river, Tennessee, U.S.A., Settlements on, xxin. 178.

WATCH, timepiece, xxiv. 394.

WATCHMAKING, in Geneva, x. 148; in Switzerland, XXII. 779; at Waltham, U.S.A., xxiv. 339.

WATELLEN, mountain, Sahara, Africa, xxi. 149.

WATER, xxiv. 398; boiling point of, at different heights, ill. 387; for brewing, iv. 273; composition of, v. 483; de composition of, by galvanism, xvil. 487; density of, at different tempera

tures, XI. 585; XII. 460; density of, in Pacific Ocean, xviii. 120; distilla tion of, vn. 263; filtration, IX. 166; hardness of, how remedied, v. 88; its action on lead, xiv. 378; mechanics of, XII. 435; its action on metals, xvi. 69; as a mineral, xvi. 385; movements of, in the Baltic Sea, III. 296; refractive power of, xiv. 591; resistance of, ex periments on, xxi. 810; its action on rocks, X. 262, 267, 269; as medium of sound, I. 107; velocity of sound in, I. 104; ordeal by, xvn. 820; of rivers, rights in, xx. 565 ; of the sea, XXI. 61 1 ; xxiv. 398; Gay-Lussac on the com position of, x. 122; Thales s cosmic theory of, XXI 1 1. 219.

BEETLES, vi. 126, 130.

WATER-BOK, antelope, n. 101.

WATERBURY, town, Connecticut, U.S.A., xxiv. 400.

WATER-CHAMBERS, in ships, xxi. 814.

WATER CHESTNUT, tree, xvn. 664.

WATER-CLOSETS, xxi. 716.

WATER COLOURS, xix. 86; painting in, xviii. 139.

WATER CRESS, plant, xn. 289; xvn.

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WATER-CROW, bird, xvin. 75. WATER-CURE, or Hydropathy, xn. 542. WATER ENGINES, xn. 519. WATERFORD, county, Ireland, xxiv.

400., town, Ireland, xxiv. 401; news

papers, xvn. 423. WATER GAUGE, xn. 476. WATER-GLASS, xxn. 53. WATER-HEN, bird, xvi. 808. WATER HOG, rodent mammal, v. 80. WATER IN THE HEAD, disease, xn. 431. WATERLAND, Daniel, his controversy

with Middleton, xvi. 282. WATERLANDERS, Dutch sect, xvi. 12. WATER-LILY, plant, xxiv. 402. WATERLOO, village, Belgium, xxiv.

402; battle of (1815), in. 444; viii.

364; ix. 618; xvn. 224; xxiv. 497., town, Iowa, U.S.A., xxiv. 402.

- LECTURES, Col. Chesney s, v. 591. WATERLOO-WITH-SEAFORTH, town,

England, xxiv. 402. WATER-MARKS, in paper, xvni. 218. WATER-MEADOWS, Irrigation of, xin.

364, 367-

WATERMEN, Thames, xxi. 30. WATER METERS, xn. 505; xxiv. 410. WATER-MOLE, monotreme mammal,

xix. 213.

WATER MOTORS, xn. 519. WATER-NEWT, Great, amphibian, xxni.

577-

WATER-OUSEL, bird, xvin. 75. WATER PIPES, Flow of water through,

XII. 484; trap for, xxi. 714. WATER POET (John Taylor), xxni. 95. WATER-POWER, in mechanics, xv. 773;

xn. 519.

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