Waterspout
. See Whirlwind
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Single-source entries: W (12)
Each of these 11 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Waterville
a village in Kennebec co., Me.; on the Kennebec river, and Cyo 21 on the Maine Central railroad; 18 miles N. of Augusta. Here are COLBY COLLEGE (q. v.) .), Coburn Classical Institute, high school, several libraries, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National and savings banks, and a number of daily, weekly, and monthly periodi cals. The city contains the car and locomotive works of the Maine Central railroad. It also has pulp, paper, and cotton mills, sawmills, plow, axe, hoe, and scythe factories, machine shops, tanneries, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,458; (1920) 13,351.
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Watervliet
a city in Albany co., N. Y.; on the Hudson river, the the Erie canal, and the Delaware and Hudson railroad; opposite Troy. Prior to 1896 it was known as the village of West Troy. Here are the famous Watervliet Arsenal, founded in 1807 by the United States Government, street railroads, electric lights, numerous churches, a National bank, and a weekly newspaper. The arsenal plant contains extensive foundries, and shops for the manufacture of siege, coast defense, and field guns, shot and shell, gun carriages, and small ammunition. The city also has large car works, and an extensive and noted bell foundry. Pop. (1910) 15,074; (1920) 16,073. WATER WHEEL. See TURBINE: WATER POWER.
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Watkin
SIR EDWARD WILLIAM, an English railway manager; born in Northenden, Cheshire, England, in 1819. He was engaged in his father's London warehouse from the time he was 10 years old, till 1845, when he was appointed secretary to the Trent Valley Railroad Company. From this post he came by stages ges to be general manager of the London and Northwestern Company, director and chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, president of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, chairman of the South Eastern, and director of the Great Western and Great Eastern Companies. While he was president of the Canadian road he undertook, at the instance of the Duke of Newcastle, negotiations with the five British North American provinces, which resulted in the passage of the Confederation Act and the establishment of the union between the provinces. Vol. X For this service he was knighted. He was intimate with Disraeli, Cobden, and Salisbury, and had been a friend to Dickens. He died in London, April 14, 1901.
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Watkins Glen
a remarkable ravine and pleasure resort near the head of Seneca Lake in the W. central part of New York. It has become famous owing to its attractive scenery, which draws thousands of visitors each year. The rocks consist of Devonian shale, which during the Pleistocene period were here cut into deep narrow gorges by the glacial ice. These gorges contain merous cataracts and have steep, smooth walls.
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Watling's Island
a small island in the Bahama group, West Indies. It is 18 miles long, and has a lake in its center. It is supposed to be the first land in the New World seen by Columbus, generally known as San Salvador.
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Watson, John
John (1850-1907), an English Presbyterian clergyman and author who used the pen name of Ian Maclaren. He was born at Manningtree, Essex. He was educated at Edinburgh University and at the University of Tubingen. He was located at Edinburgh, Logiealmond, Glasgow, and Liverpool, respectively. He has written several religious works, among them The Mind of the Master, The Upper Room, and The Potter's Wheel. The work for which Watson is best known is a series of sketches of life in Highland parishes, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush . It was followed by The Days of Auld Lang Syne , a book of similar character. See Beside The Bonnie Briar Bush
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Watson, William
William (1859-), an English poet. He was born in Yorkshire. He was educated in private. He began publishing verses as early as 1880. He has been influenced noticeably by Keats, Morris, Rossetti, Wordsworth, and Tennyson. Several volumes of verses have appeared. One of the more noted, The Purple East, appeared in 1897. A selection of his best work was published in 1898 under the title of Collected Poems. One of his best bits of writing is the following, expressive of the permanence of the poetic art: Yet do the songsmiths Quit not their forges; Still on life's anvil Forge they the rhyme. Lo, with the ancient Roots of man's nature Twines the eternal Passion of song. Ever Love fans it, Ever Life feeds it, Time cannot age it, Death cannot slay. . . . . . God on his throne is Eldest of poets: Unto his measures Moveth the whole.
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Watteau
JEAN ANTOINE (väto), a French painter; born in Valenciennes, France, Oct. 10, 1684. In 1702 he went to Paris, and earned his bread by working for decorative painters. For many years he struggled in obscurity, but his talent once recognized, he rapidly became popular and prosperous. In 1717 he was received at the Academy, and enrolled as a painter of fêtes ga lantes, that is, pleasure parties, balls, masquerades, etc., subjects in which he excelled. Lightness, elegance, and brilliancy form the chief attractions of his style. He died in Nogent-sur-Marne, July 18, 1721.
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Wattenbach
WILHELM (vät'ten -bah), a German historian and palæographer; born in Ranzau, Holstein, Sept. 22, 1819; became Professor of History at Heidelberg, 1862, and 1873 in Berlin University. He was author of "Contributions to the History of the Christian Church in Bohemia and Moravia" (1849); "Introduction to Greek Palæography" (1867); " Introduction to Latin Palæography" (1869); "Writing in the Middle Ages" "Vacation Travels in Spain and Portugal" (1869); (187 "The Transylvanian Saxons" (1870); "The Inquisition against the Waldenses in Pomerania and in the Mark of Brandenburg" (1886); "The Sect of the Brethren of the Free Spirit " (1887); "History of the Roman Papacy" (1876). He died in Frankfort, Sept. 20, 1897. JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU
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Watterson
HENRY, an American journalist and writer, born in Washington, in 1840. He was educated by private tutors and during the Civil War acted as staff officer on the Confederate side and chief of scouts under General Johnston. He entered journalism following the close of the war, and became the owner and editor of the Louisville " Courier-Journal." His brilliant editorial writing in this paper won him a wide reputation. He was active in politics and was one of the chief supporters of the nomination of President Wilson, in 1912. He was distinguished as an orator and as a historian. His published writings include "History of the Spanish-American War" (1899); " Compromises of Life, Lectures and Addresses " sses" (1902); "Marse Henry, Looking Backward Sketches" (1919). He retired from the editorship of the "Courier-Journal" in 1919.
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