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473

xxiv. 573; rights of, under Salic law,

XXI. 214; Comte s views on the con dition of, VI. 238.

WONDER, in phrenology, xvm. 845. WONGA-WONGA, Australian pigeon,

XIX. 85. WOOD, xxiv. 643; formation of, IV. 100;

XII. 18; growth of, IX. 397; as building

material, IV. 448; as fuel, IX. 808; for

gas making, X. 100; dry rot in, VII.

493; sawing of, XXI. 345; strength of,

vil. 816; xxn. 603.

, Sir Andrew, Scottish sea-captain,

xxi. 496.

, Anthony a, English antiquary,

xxiv. 643., Fernando, mayor of New York,

XVII. 463. Mrs Henry (Ellen Price), English

novelist, XXIV. 644. WOODBRIDGE, town, England, XXII.

622. WOODBURY, Levi, American politician

and judge, XXIII. 790.

TYPE, in photography, xvin. 833.

WOOD-CARVING, xxiv. 644; v. 168;

the industry in Switzerland, XXII.

779-

WOOD CELLS, of plants, xn. 18. WOODCHAT, bird, XXI. 846. WOODCOCK, bird, XXIV. 650; shooting,

xxi. 835., Katharine, Milton s second wife,

XVI. 334. WOODCOCK-OWL, bird, XVIII. 90.

WOODCOCK S PILOT, bird, xiv. 83. WOODCUTS, vin. 436. WOOD-ENGRAVING, vm. 436; v. 99;

early, XXlll. 683; substitutes for,

xxni. 704. WOODEN PEAR, Australian tree, xvn.

410. WOOD FIBRE, in paper-making, xvin.

225.

WOODHALL SPA, England, xvi. 434. WOODHOUSELEE, Lord, Scottish judge,

xxni. 713.

WOODLARK, bird, XIV. 315. WOODLOUSE, crustacean, vi. 658. WOODMEN OF ARDEN, English society

of archers, 1 1. 375. WOOD NAPHTHA, xvn. 174. WOOD OIL, xvii. 744. WOOD PAVING, xx. 585. WOODPECKER, bird, xxiv. 651; sacred

to Mars, xv. 570. WOOD-PIGEON, bird, VII. 379. WOOD-RAT, rodent mammal, xvn. 6. WOODS, in joinery, IV. 486. WOOD S HALFPENCE, Irish coinage,

xxn. 766; xni. 268. WOOD-SPIRIT, in chemistry, xvi. 195. WOODSPITE, bird, xxiv. 651. WOODSTOCK, town, England, xxiv.

653; xvin. 94.

, town, Ontario, Canada, XXIV. 653.

, town, New Brunswick, xvn. 375.

WOODVILLE, Elizabeth, wife of Edward

IV. of England, VH. 685.

, William, early vaccinator, xxiv. 24.

WOODWORK, iv. 476.

WOODWORTH, Samuel, American poet,

I. 722.

WOO-HOO, town, China, xxiv. 699. Woo How, empress of China, V. 646. WOOL, xxiv. 653; growing of, I. 398;

growing, in Australia, ill. 114; fibre

of, IX. 133; bleaching of, ill. 822;

dyeing of, vil. 571; weaving of, in

ancient times, xxin. 207. WOOLF, Mr, improver of steam-engine,

xxil. 477, 494. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES, xxiv. 653;

of England, VIII. 231. WOOLLETT, William, English engraver,

xxiv. 663.

WOOLSORTER S DISEASE, xxiv. 663. WOOLSTON, Thomas, English deist,

xxiv. 663; vn. 35. WOOLWICH, town, England, xxiv. 664;

dockyard, vil. 311, 318; Eoyal

Arsenal, II. 633; Royal Artillery

Institution, II. 586; Royal Military

Academy, II. 585.

CLAY BEDS, in geology, x. 361.

WOON, or Wun, district, India, xxiv.

699. WOONSOCKET, town, Rhode Island,

U.S.A., xxiv. 665. WOOTZ STEEL, xni. 342. Woo WANG, emperor of China, v. 643. WORCESTER, county, England, xxiv.

665. -, town, England, xxiv. 666; college

for the blind at, III. 828; newspapers of, xvn. 421; porcelain works at, xix. 642; battle of (1654), vi. 601., town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xxiv. 668; libraries, xiv. 551. -, Thomas Percy, earl of, xvm. 523.

, John Tiptoft, earl of, vm. 330;

deputy of Ireland, xni. 261., Edward Somerset, third marquis

of, inventor of a steam-engine, xxn.

473; on the over-balancing wheel,

xvm. 554., Florence of, English chronicler,

IX. 337.

COLLEGE, Oxford, xvin. 98.

WORD, the Logos (q.v.), xiv. 804. WORDS, study of (philology), xvin. 765;

combination of, XL 38. WORDSWORTH, William, English poet,

xxiv. 668; odes of, xix. 271; his

place in English literature, vm. 433,

434-

WORK, in mechanics, xv. 700. WORKHOUSES, English, xix. 468, 476. WORKING CLASSES, Enfranchisement

of the, xix. 352; progress of, xxiv. 312. WORKING MEN S INTERNATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, xni. 189. WORKINGTON, town, England, xxiv.

676.

WORKMEN, their legal relations to employers, xiv. 170; unions of, xxni. 499.

WORKS AND DAYS, Hesiod s poem, XL

777- WORKSOP, town, England, xxiv.

677. WORLD, ancient theories of its origin,

VI. 446; myths regarding, XVII. 143,

156; estimates of population of, xix.

5I3-

, Creation of the, Era of the, v. 713.

AS WILL AND IDEA, The, Schopen hauer s work, xxi. 450. WORM, WORMS, class of animals, xxiv.

677 (where see references); embryology

of, XX. 419; reproduction, xx. 409;

organs of touch, XXlll. 478; diseases

caused by, xvin. 270; xxiv. 205. WORMS, town, Germany, xxiv. 684;

concordat of (1122), x. 489; xix. 500;

diet of (1521), v. 414; x. 498; xx.

328; Luther before the diet, XV. 75. WORMWOOD, herb, xii. 289. WORNUM, Robert, pianoforte maker,

xix. 75. WORONICZ, John Paul, Polish bishop

and writer, xix. 303. WORONZOFF, Catherina Romanofna,

Princess Dashkoff, VI. 830; v. 233. WORSBROUGH, town, England, XXIV.

685. WORSHIP, Religious, XX. 358; sacrificial,

xxi. 132; in Israel, xvin. 509. WORSTED, yarn and cloth, xxiv. 658;

manufactories, in England, vm.

231. WORTHIES OF ENGLAND, Fuller s work,

ix. 815. WORTHING, town, England, xxiv. 685.

WORTHINGTON ENGINE, XXIL 515. WORUNGUL, town, India, XXIV. 366. WOTHLY TYPE, in photography, XVIIL

831- WOTTON, Edward, English naturalist,

XXIV. 803; on birds, XVIIL 3; on

reptiles, xx 433. , Sir Henry, English writer and

courtier, XXIV. 685; friend of Izaak

Walton, xxiv. 342., William, English scholar, XXIV.

685.

WOULDHAVE, William, inventor of life boat, xiv. 571; xxi. 802. WOUNDS, Surgical treatment of, xxn.

678, 681, 682; infectiveness of, xvm.

401; repair of, xvm. 363; death by,

xv. 781.

received by stigmatization, xxn.

548. WOUWERMAN, Philip, Dutch painter,

xxiv. 686. WRANGELL, Baron Ferdinand, Russian

Arctic explorer, x. 193; XIX. 320. WRANGEL S LAND, North Siberia, xxiv.

726.

WRASSE, fish, xxiv. 686; xvm. 324. XXV. 60