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'''Wackett Punches'''<br /> | '''Wackett Punches'''<br /> | ||
| − | 53; | + | 53; used to quiet cattle or horses |
'''Wagwheel, Tansy'''<br /> | '''Wagwheel, Tansy'''<br /> | ||
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'''Walker, Foley'''<br /> | '''Walker, Foley'''<br /> | ||
| − | 31; special assistant to Scarsdale Vibe, 99; 156; | + | 31; special assistant to Scarsdale Vibe, 99; 156; 330-333; "righteous men who believed it was God they heard whispering" 334; |
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| + | '''Wall o' Death'''<br /> | ||
| + | 476; town in Missouri | ||
'''Wall of Death'''<br /> | '''Wall of Death'''<br /> | ||
184; | 184; | ||
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| + | '''Wardenclyffe'''<br /> | ||
| + | 326; on Long Island, where Tesla built his Tower | ||
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| + | '''Washoe process'''<br /> | ||
| + | 375; | ||
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| + | '''Wave functions'''<br /> | ||
| + | 426; 536; | ||
'''Waziri's from Waziristan'''<br /> | '''Waziri's from Waziristan'''<br /> | ||
23; | 23; | ||
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| + | '''Weedon'''<br /> | ||
| + | 495; at Cambridge | ||
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| + | '''Kovalevskaia, Sofia<br /> | ||
| + | 500; Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (also known as Sonia Kovalevsky) (1850-1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician and a student of Karl Weierstrass in Berlin. In 1884, she was appointed professor at Stockholm University, the third woman in Europe to become a professor; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Wikipedia entry] | ||
'''Wells, Buck'''<br /> | '''Wells, Buck'''<br /> | ||
179; "mine manager and cavalry commander at Telluride" | 179; "mine manager and cavalry commander at Telluride" | ||
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| + | '''Wells, H. G.'''<br /> | ||
| + | 398; 407; 412; | ||
'''Wensleydale'''<br /> | '''Wensleydale'''<br /> | ||
37; confronts Baslight | 37; confronts Baslight | ||
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| + | '''Werfner'''<br /> | ||
| + | 499; Renfrew's "opposite number" | ||
'''Western Reserve'''<br /> | '''Western Reserve'''<br /> | ||
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'''White City, The'''<br /> | '''White City, The'''<br /> | ||
| − | [[Image:whitecity.jpg|thumb|The White City, Chicago, 1893|right]]3; Costing over a half billion in today's dollars and covering 686 acres, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and Fair in Chicago was a grand sight to its 27 million visitors -- a planned layout of large, classically inspired buildings (what we now call the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture Beaux Arts] style) all built on the same scale and all painted white -- hence, the nickname of "The White City." And within and around those white buildings was the most amazing display of 65,000 exhibits depicting (to quote the Exposition promoters) "all of the highest and best achievements of modern civilization; all that was strange, beautiful, artistic, and inspiring; a vast and wonderful university of the arts and sciences, teaching a noble lesson in history, art, science, discovery and invention, designed to stimulate the youth of this and future generations to greater and more heroic endeavor." 10; 36; [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html More from the "Encyclopedia of Chicago"] | + | [[Image:whitecity.jpg|thumb|The White City, Chicago, 1893|right]]3; Costing over a half billion in today's dollars and covering 686 acres, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and Fair in Chicago was a grand sight to its 27 million visitors -- a planned layout of large, classically inspired buildings (what we now call the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture Beaux Arts] style) all built on the same scale and all painted white -- hence, the nickname of "The White City." And within and around those white buildings was the most amazing display of 65,000 exhibits depicting (to quote the Exposition promoters) "all of the highest and best achievements of modern civilization; all that was strange, beautiful, artistic, and inspiring; a vast and wonderful university of the arts and sciences, teaching a noble lesson in history, art, science, discovery and invention, designed to stimulate the youth of this and future generations to greater and more heroic endeavor." 10; 36; Dally think about, in Chicago, 336; [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1386.html More from the "Encyclopedia of Chicago"] |
'''White City Investigations'''<br /> | '''White City Investigations'''<br /> | ||
36; | 36; | ||
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| + | '''Whitehall'''<br /> | ||
| + | 444; Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, centre of national government, towards the traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London for its residents and tourists. Along its way it is lined by many government ministries; "Whitehall" is therefore also frequently used as a metonym for governmental administration, as well as being a geographic name for the surrounding district; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehall Wikipedia entry] | ||
'''White Wings'''<br /> | '''White Wings'''<br /> | ||
150; | 150; | ||
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| + | '''Whittaker, Edmund'''<br /> | ||
| + | 542; English mathematician; | ||
'''Wilde, Oscar'''<br /> | '''Wilde, Oscar'''<br /> | ||
| − | 185; | + | 185; 536; |
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| + | '''Williams and Walker'''<br /> | ||
| + | 344; "coon review"; Bert Williams and George Walker, in the first decade of the twentieth century, became the most famous black entertainers in the world. They had teamed up in California in 1893, came to New York in 1896 as "Two Real Coons," and two years later were making a dance called the cakewalk all the rage. Williams and Walker, as they were then known, made American theatrical history by bringing the first black musical, In Dahomey, to Broadway in 1902. | ||
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| + | '''Woevre, Piet'''<br /> | ||
| + | 540; formerly of the Force Publique; 558; | ||
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| + | '''Wolf-Ferrari'''<br /> | ||
| + | 512; | ||
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| + | '''Wordsworth'''<br /> | ||
| + | 535' | ||
'''''Workers' Own Songbook'''''<br /> | '''''Workers' Own Songbook'''''<br /> | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 16 November 2006
Wackett Punches
53; used to quiet cattle or horses
Wagwheel, Tansy
178;
Walker, Foley
31; special assistant to Scarsdale Vibe, 99; 156; 330-333; "righteous men who believed it was God they heard whispering" 334;
Wall o' Death
476; town in Missouri
Wall of Death
184;
Wardenclyffe
326; on Long Island, where Tesla built his Tower
Washoe process
375;
Wave functions
426; 536;
Waziri's from Waziristan
23;
Weedon
495; at Cambridge
Kovalevskaia, Sofia
500; Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (also known as Sonia Kovalevsky) (1850-1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician and a student of Karl Weierstrass in Berlin. In 1884, she was appointed professor at Stockholm University, the third woman in Europe to become a professor; Wikipedia entry
Wells, Buck
179; "mine manager and cavalry commander at Telluride"
Wells, H. G.
398; 407; 412;
Wensleydale
37; confronts Baslight
Werfner
499; Renfrew's "opposite number"
Western Reserve
59; in Ohio
Whiskey Hill
60; in Cleveland; 62;
White City, The
White City Investigations
36;
Whitehall
444; Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, centre of national government, towards the traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I, which is often regarded as the heart of London for its residents and tourists. Along its way it is lined by many government ministries; "Whitehall" is therefore also frequently used as a metonym for governmental administration, as well as being a geographic name for the surrounding district; Wikipedia entry
White Wings
150;
Whittaker, Edmund
542; English mathematician;
Wilde, Oscar
185; 536;
Williams and Walker
344; "coon review"; Bert Williams and George Walker, in the first decade of the twentieth century, became the most famous black entertainers in the world. They had teamed up in California in 1893, came to New York in 1896 as "Two Real Coons," and two years later were making a dance called the cakewalk all the rage. Williams and Walker, as they were then known, made American theatrical history by bringing the first black musical, In Dahomey, to Broadway in 1902.
Woevre, Piet
540; formerly of the Force Publique; 558;
Wolf-Ferrari
512;
Wordsworth
535'
Workers' Own Songbook
49;
World-System
33; Tesla's free power; Read Tesla's "World System of Wireless Transmission of Energy"
