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349&#93; woo vill meet with numerous and va- luable hints relative to wool, in Lord Somkkville's " System fol- lowed during the Two last Years hy the Board of A'^riculture," &c. 1800 ; also in the 2d vol. oi' "Com- munications to the Board of Ai^ri- i:iilture;" and, lastly, in Dr. Par- ry's " FaSis and Ohservations tend- ing to shew the PraSiicatUity and Advantage to the Indiuiduat and Nation, of producing in the British Isles, Clothing Wool, equal to that of ^pain," 8cc. 4to, pp. 93. 4s. Cadell and Davies, 1800. The utility of wool, as a warm and useful clothing (see Cloth, Flannel, kc.) ; and, when no longer serviceable as a garment, its shreds or rags in the manufac- ture of Soap, having already been sutHciently explained, it will be needless to enter into fai"ther de- tail : — as the various acts of parlia- ment relative to the wool-trade, M ill not admit of an analysis in this work, we shall conclude with briefly stating the difterent exclu- sive privileges that have been granted for dressing, preparing, and manufaiSturing wool, and wool- len cloth. The following are the principal patents of which specifications have been published, namdy : — 1. In March, J 7b7, Mr.JoHNHARMAR's, for a machine designed to raise a khag on woollen cloth : — 2. Mr. Geo. Jeffrey's,- in March, 1791, for a new method of dyeing stutFs, and woollen cloths, of various co- Jours : — 3. The Reverend Edmund (^artwright's, inMay, 1792, for a machine designed to comb wool : —4. Messrs. Henry Wright and John Hawkins, in June, 1793j for their invention of certain ma- chinery, that may be employed in combing, dressing, and preparing WOR [349 wool. — And 5. Mr. ThomasCon- Nor's, in January, 1795 ; in conse- quence of his newly invented ma- chine for batting wool. — These various contrivances, however, be- ing too complex to admit of plain descriptions, the inquisitive reader will consult the 1st, 2d, 3d, 8th^ and ] 2th volumes of the " Reper^ tory of Arts,'' &c. ; where full spe- cifications are inserted, and illus- trated with several engravings. Woollen Cloth. See Cloth. Work. See Labour. Work-house. SeePooR-HonsE. WORMS, are the meanest of tlic lower animals. Those which infest the bowels of the human body, are generally divided into three kinds, namely, l.theovta- rides, or small round and short white worms ; 2. the teres, or lum~ hricus, a round and long worm ; and, 3. the taenia, ox tap^-v/orm. — Having already treated of the firbt and third kinds, under their re- spedive heads, we shall now give an account of the second, or round worm. Symptoms of Worms : — Paleness of the face 5 itching of the nose ; dilatation of the pupil ; grinding of the teeth during sleep 5 voracious, or bad appetite ; fetid breath ; nau- sea, while the belly is mostly in- flated, hard, and painful. Erup- tions often appear, particularly oa the face : and, in the morning, the patient is affe6ted with a copious flow of saliva, and an uncommon craving for dry food, such as bread, potatoes, &c. The manner in which worms originate in the human body, is not yet ascertained ; but, in general, it has been observed, that they are found principally in persons and children of a weak and relaxed di- gestion > in such as eat great quan- tities