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WATERPROOF CLOTH, xn. 842.

WATER- RAIL, bird, xx. 223.

WATER-RAT, rodent mammal, xxiv. 277.

WATERS, Mineral, xvi. 431.

WATER-SHREW, insectivorous mammal, XXL 844.

WATERSPOUT, xvi. 130.

WATER-SUPPLY, xxiv. 402; in rela tion to health, xii. 568.

WATER-THRUSH, bird, xix. 149.

WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS, in ships, xxi. 8 1 6.

WATERTON, Charles, English naturalist, xxiv. 410.

, Edmund, his collection of rings,

xx. 561.

WATERTOWN, town, New York, U.S.A., xxiv. 410., town, Wisconsin, U.S.A., xxiv. 411.

WATERVLIET, Shaker settlement, U.S.A., xxi. 737.

WATER VOLCANO (Volcano cle Agua), Central America, I. 420; XI. 239.

WATER-WAY, of ship, xxi. 819.

WATER-WHEELS, xii. 438, 522; Pon- celot s improvements in, XIX. 452.

WATER- WORKS, xxiv. 406; at Chicago, v. 613; Glasgow, x. 642; London, xiv. 825; New York, xvn. 465; ancient Olympia, XVIL 769; Paris, xvill. 279. See also Aqueduct.

WATFORD, town, England, xxiv. 411.

WATHIK BILLAH, caliph, xvi. 585.

WATLING ISLAND, one of the Bahamas, Atlantic, in. 237.

WATLING STREET, Eoman road, Eng land, xiv. 39; XVIL 568.

WATSON, Elkanah, his forecasts as to population in U.S.A., xxni. 818.

, George, Scottish painter, x. 782.

, Richard, bishop of Llandaff, con troversialist, xxiv. 411.

, Robert Grant, on the races of

Persia, xvin. 627.

, Thomas, English pastoral poet,

xvin. 346.

, Sir William, his electrical experi

ments, VIII. 5.

WATT, James, inventor of steam-engine, xxiv. 412; xxii. 475; his diagram of heat and work, xxni. 284 ; on parallel motion, XV. 697; his partner ship with Boulton, iv. 172.

, Robert, Scottish bibliographer, HI.

660.

WATTEAU, Antoine, French painter, xxiv. 414.

WATTEVILLE, Montchretien de, French economist, Xix. 357.

WATTS, Isaac, English divine and hymn-writer, XXIV. 415; hymns by, XII. 593.

WAT TYLER, leader of English peasants revolt, vni. 319; XX. 541.

WAUWYL, lake-dwelling, Switzerland, xiv. 223.

WAVE, WAVES, in physics, xxiv. 415;

of light, Xiv. 603; of sound, I. 102;

tidal, xxni. 372; action of, X. 284;

generation, height, and force of, XL

456; motion of, xn. 457; xv. 686;

effects of surface-tension on, v. 69;

velocity of, xn. 436. WAVE-LENGTHS, of spectrum lines,

xxn. 378. WAVELLITE, mineral, xvi. 405; xvin.

818. WAVE-MAKING RESISTANCE, Law of,

xxi. 8 10.

WAVENEY, river, England, xxn. 621. WAVERLEY ABBEY, Surrey, England,

xxn. 694. WAVERLEY NOVELS, Scott s, vni. 434;

xxi. 549. WAVERTREE, town, England, xxiv.

421.

WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT, xxiv. 421. WAX, fatty solid, xxiv. 459; xvn. 739,

743; in plants, xn. 17; vegetable, of

Japan, xin. 591; white, of China, v.

638 ; use of, in encaxistic painting,

viil. 186; beeswax, in. 486; bleaching

of beeswax, in. 823., Sealing, xxi. 586.

WAXBILL, bird, xxiv. 463. WAX CANDLES, iv. 803. WAX FIGURES, xxiv. 460. WAX- INSECTS, China, v. 634. WAXMUNDSKA, mountain, Carpathians,

x. 25. WAXWING, bird, xxiv. 460; migrations

of, in. 770.

WAY, Right of, in law, xix. 705. WAYMOUTH, George, Arctic explorer,

xix. 317. WAYSTRACT, Richard, Lollard preacher,

xiv. 811.

WAZAN, town, Morocco, xvi. 834. WAZIR (Vizier), Moslem officer, XXIV.

268; xvi. 591. WEALD, district, Sussex, England, xxn.

723- WEALDENBERG (Saffron Walden),

ancient town, England, xxi. 146. WEALDEN ROCK, in geology, x. 357,

359- WEALTH, in economics, xxiv. 461; xix.

347, 384- OF NATIONS, Adam Smith s

treatise, xix. 366; xxn. 170. WEAPONS, of war, II. 553; early use of, vni. 617; modern military, xxiv.

344-

WEAR, river, England, xxn. 657. WEARING SHIP, xxi. 599. WEASEL, carnivorous mammal, xxiv.

462; xv. 440; xix. 331. WEATHER, xvi. 157; its influence on

mortality rates, in. 36. WEATHER-BOOK, Fitzroy s, ix. 272. WEATHER MAPS, xvi. 158. WEAVER, river, England, v. 589.

WEAVKR-BlRD, XXIV. 462.

WEAVING, xxiv. 463 ; ancient, xxni. 206.. WEB, in weaving, xxiv. 463.

, Spider s, II. 295.

WEBB, F. W., his compound locomotive

engine, xxn. 521., Matthew, English champion

swimmer, xxn. 771. WEBER, Aloysia, German vocalist, xvn.

10., Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von,

German composer, xxiv. 467., Constance, wife of Mozart, xvn.

10., Ernst Heinrich, on. the circulation

of the blood, xxiv. 97; his law of

psycho-physics, xxiv. 470; his theory

of reed-pipes, I. 115. -, Franz Anton von, German musi

cian, xxiv. 467., Wilhehn, his contributions to the

science of electricity, vni. 10, 71; hi.s

theory of the magnetic molecule, xv.

276. WEBER S LAW, of psycho-physics, xxiv.

469. WEBSTER, Daniel, American statesman,

XXIV. 471; as orator, l. 722.

, John, English dramatist, xxiv.

473; vn. 432., Noah, American lexicographer,

XXIV. 474; I. 722.

, Thomas, English painter, XXIV.

474- WECKHERLIN, Georg Rudolf, German

writer, x. 530. WEDDAS (Veddahs), people of Ceylon,

XXIV. 120.

WEDDERBURN, Alexander (Earl of

Rosslyn), lord chancellor of England,

xxiv. 475., John, Scottish hymn- writer, xn.

591; xxi. 542., Robert, Scottish hymn-writer, xxi.

542. WEDDLE S METHOD, of calculating

logarithms, xiv. 779. WEDGWOOD, John, English potter, xix.

632.

, Josiah, English potter, xxiv. 476;

xix. 632.

, Mr, on photography, xvin. 821. WEDNESBURY, town, England, xxiv.

476. WEE DAVIE, Norman Macleod s tale,

xv. 163. WEEK, of seven days, IV. 664; days of

the, II. 740; astrological, xxi. 125. WEEKA, New Zealand bird, xvn. 723. WEEKLY MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS,

xvin. 536.

WEEKLY REGISTER, Cobbett s news paper, vi. 84; xvn. 419. WEEMS, or Picts Houses, n. 339. WEERT, Jan de, Dutch writer, xn. 90. WEEVER, fish, xxiv. 477. WEEVIL, beetle, xxiv. 477; vi. 133; as

vine pest, XXIV. 238.