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WEST DERBY, town, England, xxiv. 506.

WESTERLAND, town, Sylt, Schleswig, xxn. 8 10.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA, xxiv. 507 ; mines in, XVI. 471.

WESTERN BANK, Scotland, in. 335.

WEST HAM, town, England, xxiv. 509.

WEST HARTLEPOOL, town, England, XL 497.

WEST HOUGHTON, town, England, xxiv. 509.

WEST- INDIAN, The, comedy, by Cum berland, vi. 704.

WEST INDIES, or West India Islands, xxiv. 509; I. 714; birds of, III. 748; XVIII. 16; buccaneers, IV. 408; pro portion of coloured population, XVII. 320; Edwards s History of, VII. 688.

WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE, on railway carriages, XX. 249.

WESTMACOTT, Sir Richard, English sculptor, xxiv. 512.

WESTMEATH, county, Ireland, xxiv. 512.

WESTMINSTER, district of London, xiv. 821; St Peter s school at, xiv.

835. ABBEY, i. 14; xiv. 837, 843;

architecture of, n. 427; Henry VII. s

tomb in, xxm. 453; sculptures in,

xxi. 558; under Dean Stanley, xxn.

452. - ASSEMBLY (1643), xix. 687.

- CLOCK, vi. 34.

CONFESSION OF FAITH, v. 565.

ELECTION (1784), ix. 497.

HALL, Roof of, xxiv. 647.

PALACE, London, xiv. 838.

WESTMORLAND, county, England,

xxiv. 513. WESTON, Sir Richard, on husbandry,

I. 297. WESTON-SUPER-MARE, town, England,

xxiv. 516. WEST-OSTLICHER DIVAN, Goethe s

poems, X. 540, 735. WESTPHALIA, circle and duchy, xxiv.

517; congress of (1645), ni - 2 ^8; vi.

269; peace of (1648), in. 126; ix. 571;

x. 501; xv. 652.

, kingdom, xxiv. 5 1 7.

, province, Prussia, XXIV. 516.

WESTPHAL S COMET, vi. 193.

WEST POINT, military academy, New

York, U.S.A., xxiv. 517; n. 619;

xii. 331-

WESTPORT, town, Ireland, xv. 650.

WEST PRUSSIA, or Westpreussen, pro vince, Prussia, XX. 20.

WESTRAY, island, Orkney, Scotland, xvii. 846.

WESTROP, Henry, English symphonist, xvii. 97.

WEST TROY, town, New York, U.S.A., xxiv. 517.

WEST VIRGINIA, State, U.S.A., xxiv.

517; mineral springs of, XVI. 436. WESTWARD Ho! C. Kingsley s novel,

xiv. 89.

WET-BULB THERMOMETER, vn. 218. WETSTEIN, John Jacob, Swiss Biblical

critic, xxiv. 520. WETTE, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de,

German theologian, VII. 144; xvm.

505; xx. 290. WETZLAR, district, Rhenish Prussia,

xx. 20. WEXFORD, county, Ireland, xxiv. 521;

town, xxiv. 522. WEXIONIUS, Olof, Swedish poet, xxn.

755-

WEYDEN, Roger van der (c. 1400-64), Flemish painter, XXI. 439, 443 ; his connexion with Memling, xv. 846.

, Roger van der (1450-1529),

Flemish painter, XXI. 439, 443.

WEYMOUTH, town, England, xxiv. 522.

PINE, tree, xix. 105.

WEYPRECHT, Karl, Arctic explorations of, xix. 323, 326.

WEYSE, Christoph, Danish musical com poser, vii. 94.

WHALE, cetacean mammal, xxiv. 523; XV. 394; distribution of whales, vn. 280; extermination of, XIX. 126; food of, vi. 664; sense of touch in, xxm.

479- WHALEBONE, xxiv. 528 ; xv. 394 ;

xxn. 108.

WHALE FISHERIES, xxiv. 526. WHALE OILS, xxiv. 529; xvn. 744. WHALSAY, island, Shetland, Scotland,

xvn. 846.

WHARF, or Quay, xi. 455. WHARTON, Marquises of, xxiv. 529., Thomas, English anatomist, I.

Six. WHATELY, Richard, archbishop of

Dublin, xxiv. 529; on rhetoric, xx.

5I5-

WHAUP, bird, vi. 711.

WHEAT, plant and grain, xxiv. 531; XI. 57; cultivation of, I. 354; flour from, III. 251; IX. 346; experiments on, with different manures, xv. 507; price of, influenced by corn laws, VI. 409; starch from, XXII. 456; variation in, effected by climate, I. 85, 86; aver age yield of, I. 413; of India, XII. 747.

WHEATEAR, bird, xxiv. 536.

WHEAT FLOUR, in. 251; ix. 346.

WHEATLEY, Francis, English painter, xxiv. 537.

, Phillis, American authoress, I.

722.

WHEAT-MIDGE (Hessian Fly), insect, XL 781; xxiv. 535.

WHEATON, Henry, American jurist, xxiv. 537.

WHEAT PESTS, xxiv. 534.

WHEAT STARCH, xxn. 456.

WHEATSTONE, Sir Charles, English physicist, XXIV. 537 ; his electric bridge, vill. 13; xxm. 116; his magic lyre experiment, xxm. 127; invention of stereoscope by, xxn. 538; his telegraphic apparatus, xxm. 113, 120.

WHEELER, William A., vice-president of the United States, xxm. 790.

WHEELING, town, West Virginia, U.S. A., xxiv. 538.

WHEEL-MAPS, xv. 518.

WHEELS, xv. 755 ; of clocks, vi. 32 ; of railway rolling stock, xx. 245, 247; over-balancing, perpetual-motion at tempts with, xvin. 554.

WHEEL-STONES, xv. 528.

WHEENERD, bird, xx. 318.

WHELK, mollusc, xvi. 646; fishery, ix. 265.

WHERNSIDE, mountain, England, xxiv. 746.

WHERRY, boat, xxi. 30.

WHETSTONE, xn. 134.

WHEW, WHEWER, bird, xxiv. 561.

WHEWELL, William, English philo sopher, XXIV. 539; his anemometer, II. 25; ethics of, vill. 605.

WHEWELLITE, mineral, xvi. 428.

WHEY, of milk, xvi. 304; composition of, v. 455.

WHIGGAMORE RAID, Scotland, xxi. 514.

WHIGS, political party, in England xxiv. 540; vill. 350, 353, 359, 361 ; in United States, xxm. 757, 764.

WHIMBREL, bird, vi. 711.

WHIN, shrub, ix. 851; as forage plant, I. 378.

WHINDLE, bird, xx. 318.

WHIPPLE, Edwin Percy, American critic I. 724.

WHIP-POOR-WILL, bird, X. 711.

WHIP SNAKE, xxn. 195.

WHIP-WORM, parasite, xxiv. 206; dis ease caused by, xvin. 270.

WHIRLPOOL, xxiv. 540.

WHIRLWIND, xvi. 129; of Egypt, vn.

703-

WHISKEY-JACK, bird, xin. 611.

WHISKY, or Whiskey, distilled spirit, xxiv. 542 ; pathological effects of, xvin. 407; distillation of, vn. 264; distillation in Ireland, xin. 233.

WHIST, card game, xxiv. 543.

WHISTON, William, English divine and mathematician, XXIV. 548; his method for finding longitude, xvi I. 257; vn. 291; his magnetic experiments, XV. 236.

WHIST-PLAYING AUTOMATON, xv. 210.

WHITBOURNE, Captain Richard, gover nor, Newfoundland, xvn. 385.

WHITBY, town, England, xxiv. 548; monastery of, XI. 813.

WHITCHURCH, town, England, xxi. 848.

WHITE, Pigments of, Xix. 86.