Warwick (Town of Rhode Island)
a town of Rhode Island, which includes several villages in Kent co. It is on Narragansett and Cowesett bays, the Pawtuxet and Providence rivers, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Its industries include foundries, machine shops, thread mills, a bleachery, etc. The town, however, is chiefly residential. In 1912 it was divided, about 8 square miles being set apart and called West Warwick. Pop. (1910) 26,629; (1920) 13,- 481.
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Warwick Castle
the home of the earls of Warwick. It is situated on a massive rock on the right bank of the Avon, in Warwickshire, ninety miles northwest of London. In its prime the castle was a fortification of enormous strength. The main gateway was provided with overhead holes through which to pour molten lead on besiegers. Caesar's Tower, the oldest part of the structure, but of unknown date, is 147 feet high. Guy's Tower, erected in 1394, is 128 feet high. The court within inclosed two acres. The Warwick vase, a huge receptacle for ale, is still preserved. It measures five feet eight inches in diameter at the lip and holds 163 gallons. Warwick Castle was said by Walter Scott to be "the fairest monument of ancient and chivalrous splendor which yet remains uninjured by time." Though injured by fire it is still considered the most sightly and magnificent edifice of the sort in England. The battlemented, ivy-covered walls, lofty towers, heavy portals, and deep windows combine with the surrounding park and the placid Avon water to form a beautiful picture. An impressive view may be had from the village bridge which crosses the Avon near by. Warwick Castle is thought to be the theme of Shakespeare's lines in Macbeth beginning: This castle has a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.
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Wash
a wide estuary on the E. coast of England; between the counties of Lincoln and Norfolk; 22 miles in length and 15 in average breadth. It is surrounded by low and marshy shores, and_receives the Witham, Welland, Ouse, Nen, and Nar rivers. The estuary for the most part is occupied by sandbanks, dry at low water, and between these sandbanks are the channels through which those rivers flow into the North Sea. On both sides of the channel by which the Ouse falls into the sea considerable tracts of land have been reclaimed. Anchorage is afforded to vessels by two wide spaces or pools of water, called respectively Lynn Deeps, opposite the Norfolk, and Boston Deeps, off the Lincoln coast. can educator; born in Middleboro, Mass., March 1, 1833; was graduated at Amherst College in 1855, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1859; became Professor of Philosophy in Robert College, Constantinople, in 1868; was acting president there in 1870-1877, and became president in the latter year. He was an authority on the political questions of southeastern Europe. During the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, in 1893, he delivered an address on Mohammedanism. He contributed many articles to English and American periodicals. He died in 1915.
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Washburn College
a coeducational institution in Topeka, Kan.; founded in 1865 under the auspices of the Congregational Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 40; students, 840; president, P. P. Womer, Sc. D.
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Washburne
ELIHU BENJAMIN, an American statesman; born in Livermore, Me., Sept. 23, 1816. He early tried journalism, but abandoned it to study law at Harvard; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and began practice in Galena, Ill. He was elected to Congress in 1852 and held office till 1869, when he was appointed Secretary of State by President Grant, and soon after minister plenipotentiary to France. During the Franco-Prussian War he made the American legation the refuge of Germans and other foreigners who could not leave Paris. For this service he received special honors from the Emperor of Germany and Bismarck, as well as from the French leaders, Gambetta and Thiers. In 1887 he published "Recollections of a Minister to France." After he returned to the United States he resided in Chicago, where he died Oct. 22, 1887.
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Washing
When a loam-moulder moistens the hardened surface of his mould with water, preparatory to chinsing and finishing with the tools, the process is termed washing. If some portion of a mould is carried away by a current of metal running violently over it, it is said to be washed off. See FOUNTAIN RUNNER.
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Washing and Washing Machine
. See Laundry
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Washington
a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Daviess co. It is on the Evansville and Indianapolis, and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads. Its industries include the manufacture of lumber, flour, plows, etc. It has the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad shops. Pop. (1910) 7,854; (1920) 8,743.
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Washington
UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in Seattle, Wash.; founded in 1861; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 210; students, 2,457; president, H. Suzzallo, Ph. D.
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Washington
FORT, a Revolutionary fortress on Manhattan Island (New York City), captured by the British in 1776.
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Washington
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) BOOKER TALIA- FERRO, an American educator; born a slave in Hale's Ford, Va., about 1859. After the Civil War he removed with his mother to West Virginia, where he worked in the mines, attending school in the winter. In 1875 he was graduated with honors at the Hampton Institute, Va.; was a teacher there till in 1881, when he was elected by by the State authorities of Alabama principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which he organized and built up. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard University in 1896; was a speaker on educational and racial subjects, and wrote: "Sowing and Reaping" (1900); "Up From Slavery" (1901); "The Negro in Business" (1907); "The Story of the Negro" (1909); "The Man Farthest Down" (1912). He died in 1915.
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