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WEEVIL, Corn, as wheat pest, xxiv. 536.

WEFT, in weaving, xxiv. 463; ancient, xxin. 206.

WEGIERSKI, Thomas Kajetan, Polish satirist, xix. 303.

WEGSCHEIDER, Julius August Ludwig, German theologian, xx. 290.

WEGUELIN, T. M., on the Bank of Eng land, in. 331.

WEHRLITE, mineral, xvi. 381.

WEIDA, town, Germany, xxi. 349.

WEIDENHAUSEN, suburb of Marburg, Prussia, xv. 530.

WEIGEL, Valentin, German mystic, xvii. 134.

WEIGHING MACHINES, in. 261; xv. 771; xvi. 490; agricultural, I. 327.

WEIGHT, Comparative, of bodies, Tables of, XII. 541; of materials for bridge- building, IV. 288.

WEIGHT-MODULUS, vn. 807.

WEIGHTS, Abbreviations of designations of, I. 29.

AND MEASURES, xxiv. 478. WEIMAR, town, Germany, xxiv. 491;

xxi. 349; Goethe s residence in, X.

727. WEIR, in hydraulics, XII. 474; waste,

iv. 785; xxiv. 408; on rivers, xx. 573. WEISENTHAL, Charles F., inventor of

sewing machine, xxi. 718. WEISHAUPT, Adam, German mystic,

xii. 706.

WEISS, Bernard Siegfried, German ana tomist, I. 455. , Christian Samuel, on crystals, vi.

674.

WEISSENBERG (White Mountain), Bo hemia, Battle of (1620), in. 861 ; xxiv.

328.

, spa, Switzerland, xvi. 433. WEISSENFELS, town, Prussia, xxiv. 491. WEISSENSTEIN, mountain, Switzerland,

xxii. 250.

WEISSGILTIGERZ, mineral, xvi. 395. WEISSITE, mineral, xvi. 418. WEISS- KUNIG, poetical autobiography,

planned by emperor Maximilian I.,

xv. 644. WEKA, or Weeka, New Zealand bird,

xvii. 723.

WELDON RANGE-FINDER, xxm. 126. WELD-SEED OIL, xvii. 744. WELHAVEN, Johann Sebastian Cam-

mermejer, Norwegian poet and critic,

xvii. 591.

WELIZ, town, Eussia, xxiv. 137. WELLAND, river, England, xiv. 654;

xvii. 555; xxi. 114.

CANAL, Canada, xxi. 179. WELLESLEY, Richard Wesley, marquis

of, English politician, xxiv. 491 ; governor-general of India, XII. 804.

, Henry, his Aiithologia Polyglotta,

II. 105.

- PROVINCE, Straits Settlements, xxii. 586.

WELLINGBOROUGH, town, England, xxiv. 492; xvii. 556.

WELLINGTON, town, Shropshire, Eng land, xxiv. 493.

, town, Somerset, England, xxiv.

493-

, town, New Zealand, xxiv. 493.

, Lake, Victoria, Australia, xxiv.

216.

, Arthur Wellesley, duke of, Eng lish general and statesman, XXI v. 493; in battle, III. 444; British army under, II. 571; in India, xii. 804; in Portu gal, XIX. 551 ; his campaigns in Spain, xxii. 344; his relations with Sir Robert Peel, XVIII. 455; his victories, vni. 364; at Waterloo, xvii. 224.

WELLINGTONIA, genus of trees, xxi. 674; culture of, n. 319.

WELLINGTON ISLAND, Patagonia, xvm. 352.

WELLS, for water-supply, xxiv. 404. -, town, England, xxiv. 499; sculp

tures in cathedral, XXI. 558.

, William Charles, English physi cian, xv. 8 1 6.

WELS, fish, xxii. 67.

WELSH, the name, vni. 269; xxiv. 268.

, Mr, his balloon ascents, I. 195.

- BARDS, in. 370; v. 318; vn. 791.

CALVINISTIC METHODISTS, xvi.

CATTLE, i. 389.

LANGUAGE, v. 298; dictionaries of,

vn. 188.

- LAW CODE, xxi. 216.

- LITERATURE, v. 314.

- MORTGAGE, in law, iv. 254. POETRY, vni. 408.

WELSHPOOL, town, Wales, xxiv. 500. WEN, disease, xvm. 380. WENCESLAUS, German king and king of Bohemia, xxiv. 500; x. 495. , king of Poland, xix. 288.

WENDISH LANGUAGE, xxii. 153; dic tionaries of, vii. 1 88.

WENDISH SWITZERLAND, district, Rus sia, xxi. 72.

WENDS, Slavonic people, xxi. 353; xxii. 145, 147.

WENGROFF, town, Russian Poland, xxii. 37.

WENHAM S AERO-PLANES, for flying machines, IX. 322.

W T ENHAM S PARABOLIC ILLUMINATOR, xvi. 272, 273.

WENLOCK, town, England, xxiv. 501; abbey at, I. 15.

WENTWORTH, Charles Watson, marquis of Rockingham, xx. 615., Thomas, earl of Stratford, English statesman, xxii. 584; vni. 347.

WENZEL, of Olmutz, German engraver, vn. 556.

, Karl Friedrich, German metal

lurgist, xxiv. 501 ; on chemical equi valents, v. 463.

WERDAU, town, Saxony, xxiv. 501.

WERE-WOLF, object of superstitious belief, xv. 89.

WERGELAND, Henrik Arnold, Nor wegian poet and dramatist, xvn. 590.

W T ERNER, Abraham Gottlob, German geologist, xxiv. 502., Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias, Ger man poet, xxiv. 502; x. 543.

, Johann, of Nuremberg, on naviga tion, xvii. 251, 256.

of Neustadt, his encaustic process,

vni. 186. WERNICKE, Christian, German writer,

x. 532. WERNIGERODE, town, Prussia, xxiv.

502.

WERRA, river, Germany, xxiv. 503. WERTHER, Goethe s work, x. 538, 725. WESEL, town, Prussia, xxiv. 502., John Kuchrath, German humanist,

xxiv. 503. WESER, river, Germany, xxiv. 503; x.

449-

WESLEY, Charles (1708-1788), English evangelist and hymn-writer, xxiv. 504; hymns by, xii. 594., Charles (1757-1815), English organist and composer, xxiv. 504.

, John, founder of Methodism, xxiv.

504; vni. 355; hymns by, xn. 594; his relation to Methodism, XVI. 185; Spangenberg s relations with, xxii. 368; Whitefield s, xxiv. 551., Samuel (1662-1735), English theo logian and poet, xxiv. 503., Samuel (1690-1739), English poli tical critic and teacher, XXIV. 503., Samuel (1766-1837), English

musical composer, XXIV. 504. WESLEYAN METHODISM, xvi. 186 ;

xxiv. 504; rise of, vni. 355. WESLEYAN REFORM UNION, xvi. 193. WESSEL (Wesselus Gansfortius), Ger man humanist, xxiv. 504; xx. 325.

, J. H., Norse writer, vn. 91; xvn.

590.

WESSELENYI, Baron Nicholas, Hun garian leader, xn. 371. WESSEX, kingdom, England, vni. 270,

282, 284; under Alfred the Great, I.

506. WEST, Benjamin, American painter,

xxiv. 505. WESTALL, Richard, English painter,

xxiv. 506. WEST BAY CITY, Michigan, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 506. WEST BROMWICH, town, England,

xxiv. 506. WESTBROOK, Harriet, wife of the poet

Shelley, xxi. 790. WESTBURY, Lord, lord chancellor of

England, xxiv. 506. WEST CHESTER, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., xxiv. 506; xvm. 499.