s, 145-147.
weight, 208-209, 215.
wells, 195-201.
wheels, 176-180.
work under, 203-205.
Water supply, and forests, 216-217.
cost, 212-214.
of city, 206-212, 217.
Watt, 351.
Waves, heat, 145-147.
light, 145-147.
sound, 268, 272-274.
water, 145-147.
Weather, bureau, 87-91.
forecasts, 38-39, 86-88.
relation of water to, 29, 40.
Weather maps, 89-91.
Wedge, and inclined plane, 166.
Weight, of air, 86.
of water, 208-209, 215.
Welding, by electricity, 315.
Wells, 195-201.
drilled, 199.
driven, 196-197.
Wheel and axle, 169-171.
cogwheels, 170.
windlass, 169.
Wheelbarrow as lever, 160-161.
White light, nature of, 135.
Wind instruments, 297-301.
Windlass, 169.
Windmill, 174-175, 180-182.
Winds, 24.
Wine, 232, 234.
Wood, as source of charcoal, 58.
ashes in soap making, 223.
in paper making, 219.
preservation, 253-254.
Wool, bleaching, 241.
dyeing, 245-247.
Work, 156-186.
and steam, 183-184.
and water, 176-180.
conservation, 174-175.
formula, 157.
machines, 157-175.
unit of, 172-173.
waste, 173.
Woven designs in cloth, 249.
Yeast, 234-236.
wild, 235-236.
Zinc, in galvanizing iron, 49.
in making hydrogen, 80.
in voltaic cell, 307-308.
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