Wheaton (FRANK an American military)
FRANK, an American military officer; born in Providence, R. 1833; was graduated at Brown I., May 8, 8, University; entered the army as lieutenant in the 1st United States Cavalry in 1855, and until the outbreak of the Civil War was chiefly engaged in campaigns against the Indians in Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas; was promoted captain in March, 1861, and colonel, July 21, 1861; and was appointed a Brigadier- General of volunteers in November, 1862. He served with the Army of the Potomac throughout the Civil War, taking part in the battle of Gettysburg, the Shenandoah Valley campaign, and in other important movements; was promoted Brigadier-General, in April, 1892, and Major-General in April, 1897; and was retired May 8, following. He died June 18, 1903.
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Wheaton (HENRY an American jurist born)
HENRY, an American jurist; born in Providence, R. I.. Nov. 27, 1785; was graduated at Brown University, 1802; practiced law in New York, K , 1812, and edited the "National Advocate." He was a reporter of the United States Supreme Court in 1816-1827, and then became chargé d'affaires to Denmark (1827-1835), and in 1835-1846 minister to Berlin. His chief writings are: "Digest of Maritime Law" (1815); "Life of "Reports of William Pinkney" (1826); 6); Cases in the Supreme Court" (12 vols. 1827); "History of the Northmen" (1831); "Elements of International Law" (1836); "History of the Law of Nations" (1841). He died in Dorchester, Mass., March 11, 1848.
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Wheaton (LLOYD an American military)
LLOYD, an American military officer; born in Michigan, July 15, 1838; served through the Civil War; won distinction in the battle of Shiloh and in other important actions; and became colonel of the 8th Illinois Volunteers. On July 1, 1866, he was appointed captain in the 34th United States Infantry; Sept. 11, 1895, was commissioned colonel of the 7th Infantry; and in July, 1898, was appointed a Brigadier-Genera of volunteers. During the Spanish- American War he commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the 7th Army Corps. In January, 1899, he was assigned to duty with the 20th Infantry in the Philippines, and in 1901 was promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A. He retired in 1902.
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Wheaton College
an institution for the higher education of women, es Cyc tablished in Norton, Mass., in 1834, as the Newton Female Seminary. In 1912 it assumed the name and rank of a college. The productive funds amount to about $1,000,000. There were in 1919 30 instructors and 200 students. President, Samuel V. Cole, D. D.
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Wheel Cutter
The wheel cutter is a valuable addition to the lathe. Several different styles of these tools are made, each possessing points of merit. They are designed for cutting all kinds of wheels and pinions used in key and stem-wind watches. When the cutter spindle is vertical the belt runs directly to it from the countershaft, but when horizontal the belt passes over idler pulleys held above the lathe. These idler pulleys are also used to run the pivot polisher. Fig. 316 illustrates the American Watch Tool Company's wheel cutter.
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Wheel Vise
Rose's patent wheel vise, shown in Fig. 317 is used for holding all kinds of watch wheels while undergoing repairs, such as putting in new teeth, removing rust from pinions, etc., and for holding balance wheels while putting in or removing the screws, taking the hair spring or collet from staff, or for any work where the safety of the wheel is involved.
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Wheelbarrows
There is now an almost infinite variety of wheelbarrows, manufactured and ready to hand, including steel foundry-barrows, steel square trays, pig-iron barrows with one or two wheels, charging-barrows for blast-furnaces and gas-retorts, etc., always in stock at the foundry-supply dealers.
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Wheeler
BENJAMIN IDE, an American educator; born in Randolph, Mass., July 15, 1854; was graduated at Brown University in 1875; became Professor of Philology at Cornell University in 1886 and of Greek in 1888; accepted the similar chair in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, in 1896; and was elected president of the University of California in July, 1899. In 1909-1910 he was Roosevelt professor at the University of Berlin. In 1919 he became president emeritus of the University of California. He was the author of "The Greek Noun-Accent" (1883); "Analogy in Language" (1887); "Introduction to the History of Language" (1890); "Organization of Higher ion in the United States" (1896); Education "Life of Alexander the Great" (1900); etc., and was the editor of the department of philology in "Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia" and of Macmillan's "Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology."
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Wheeler (II)
WILLIAM ALMON, an American statesman; born in Malone, N. Y., June 30, 1819. He was admitted to the bar in 1845; in 1857 he became a banker and was also connected with the management of railroads. He was a member and president pro tem. of the State Senate, 1858-1859; and was elected to Congress in 1860, serving only one term; was president of the State Constitutional Convention in 1867; served in Congress from 1869-1877; was chairman of the committee on the Pacific railroad company. He was the first member of Congress to return his "back pay." He settled the Louisiana difficulties by the bill called the "Wheeler Compromise." In 1876 he was nominated for Vice-President by the Republican party and was elected. He died in Malone, June 4, 1887.
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Wheeling
a city and county-seat of Ohio co., W. Va.; on the Ohio river, and on the Wheeling and Lake Erie, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, the Ohio River, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads; 65 miles S. W. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Part of the city is on an island in the river, connected with the main part by by bridges. Here are a United States Government building, court house, public library, Masonic and Odd Fellows' halls, Wheeling and city hospitals, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National, State, and savings banks, and a number of daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Manufacturing is greatly promoted by the natural gas and bituminous coal found abundantly in the vicinity. The principal plants include steel and iron works, blast furnaces, glass factories, tobacco and cigar factories, foundries, boiler works, stove works, canneries, ice factory, machine shops, brass foundry, planing mills, etc. Wheeling was settled in 1769, and was the scene of battles with the British_and Indians during the Revolutionary War. In 1863-1870, and in 1875-1885 it was the State capital. Pop. (1910) 41,641; (1920) 56,208.
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