William Holmes McGuffey William Holmes McGuffey was an United States professor who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbooks. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. In 1802, McGuffey's family moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
	William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was an Politics of the United States; the 27th President of the United States, the 10th Chief Justice of the United States; a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the History of the United States Republican Party in the early twentieth century; a chaired professor at Yale Law School; a pioneer in international arbitration; and a staunch advocate of world peace that verged on pacifism .
	William Hyde Wollaston William Hyde Wollaston Royal Society was an England chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements and for developing a way to process platinum ore.
	William Inge William Motter Inge was an United States playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. Born in Independence, Kansas, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama.
	William James William James was a pioneering United States psychology and philosophy. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religion experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism.
	William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an United States lawyer, statesman, and politician. He was a three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for his deep, commanding voice.
	William Kidd William "Captain" Kidd is often remembered in infamy as a cruel, bloody pirate. Indeed, he, along with his crew, have been accused of every crime in pirate history by popular tradition. He achieved perhaps more fame in song, Storytelling, and legend than any other pirate to sail the seven seas.
	William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent United States abolitionism, journalist and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
	William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray was an England novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satire works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
	William McKinley William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. By the 1880s, the Ohioan was a nationally known History of United States Republican Party leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890.
	William Morris William Morris was an England artist, writer, Socialism activist and pioneer of Eco-socialism, one of the principal founders of the United Kingdom Arts and Crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain near London and the Eco-socialism movement of the later twentieth century.
	William of Ockham William of Ockham was an England Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, from Ockham, Surrey, a small village in Surrey, near East Horsley. As a Franciscan, William was devoted to a life of extreme poverty.
	William Penn William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the Great Britain North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. Ahead of his time, Penn also published a plan for a United States of Europe, "European Dyet, Parliament or Estates."
	William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst was an United States History of American newspapers magnate, born in San Francisco, California. Heir to a vast mining fortune, at the age of twenty-four Hearst acquired and developed a series of influential newspapers, starting with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, forging them into a national brand.
	William Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist was an Law of the United States, United States federal courts, and a Politics of the United States, who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States.
	William Rowan Hamilton Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Ireland mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made important contributions to the development of optics, dynamics , and algebra. His discovery of quaternions is perhaps his best known investigation. Hamilton's work in dynamics was later significant in the development of Hamiltonian , where a fundamental concept called the Hamiltonian bears his name.
	William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II was an United States of America novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition which marked the last forty years of his life.
	William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an England poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, as well as one of the greatest in Western literature, and the world's preeminent dramatist. He wrote about thirty-eight plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems.
	William Shockley William Bradford Shockley was a British-born United States physicist and inventor of the transistor with co-inventors John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, for which all three were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics. His attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 60s led directly to the creation of Silicon Valley.
	William Stanley Jevons William Stanley Jevons, England economist and logician, was born in Liverpool. He expounded in his book The Theory of Political Economy the "final" utility theory of value. Jevons' work, along with similar discoveries made by Carl Menger in Vienna and by Leon Walras in Switzerland, marked the opening of a new period in the history of economic thought.
	William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman was an United States of America soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War , receiving both recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, and criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies he implemented in conducting total war against the enemy.
	William Tell William Tell was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early 14th century. The legend William Tell from Brglen, Uri was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow.
	William Thornton Dr. William Thornton was an early American inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office.
	William Tyndale William Tyndale was a 16th century religious reformer and scholar who translated the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. Although numerous partial and complete English translations had been made from the 7th century onward, Tyndale's was the first to take advantage of the new medium of print, which allowed for its wide distribution.
	William Walton Sir William Turner Walton, Order of Merit was a Great Britain composer whose style was influenced by the works of Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius and jazz. He is primarily remembered for his orchestral works, choral music, film scores, and ceremonial music.
	William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was a major England romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romanticism Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth's masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years that was revised and expanded a number of times.
	William Wycherley William Wycherley was an England dramatist of the English Restoration period. He was born at Clive, near Shrewsbury, where his family was settled on a moderate estate of about 600 a year. Like John Vanbrugh, Wycherley spent his early years in France, where he was sent, at fifteen, to be educated in the heart of the "precious" circle on the banks of the Charente.
	William Wyler William Wyler was a prolific, Academy Awards-winning film film director. He was known to require tens of takes for every shot in his films and for demanding control over the story, location and crew of each production, yet his exacting nature and attention to detail paid off in the form of both popular and critical success.
	Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays Jr. is an American former star centerfielder of Major League Baseball. Mays, nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, is regarded as one of the finest players ever to have played the game, and is often mentioned as the greatest living baseball player. The epitome of the five-tool player, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility.
	Willow The willows are deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Salix, part of the willow family Salicaceae. There are about 350 species in this genus worldwide, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the Northern Hemisphere. The leaf are deciduous, often elongate but round to oval in a few species, and with a serrated margin.
	Willow Oak Willow Oak is a deciduous tree in the List of Quercus species#Section Lobatae group of oaks. It is native to eastern North America from southern New York south to northern Florida, and west to southernmost Illinois and eastern Texas. It is most commonly found growing on lowland floodplains, often along streams, but rarely also in uplands with poor drainage, up to 400 m altitude.
	Willy Brandt Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm was a Germany politician, Chancellor of Germany of West Germany 1969 – 1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964 – 1987. Because resistance from the opposition kept much of Brandt's domestic program from being implemented, his most important legacy is the Ostpolitik, a policy aimed at improving relations with the German Democratic Republic , Poland, and the Soviet Union.
	Wilson's disease Wilson's disease or hepatolenticular degeneration is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease, with an incidence of about 1 in 30,000 in most parts of the world and a male preponderance. Its main feature is accumulation of copper in biological tissue, which manifests itself with neurology symptoms and liver disease.
	Wilson's Phalarope The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western USA. It is bird migration, wintering in South America. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.
	Wilson's Warbler The Wilson's Warbler,, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and south through the western USA. It is bird migration, wintering in Central America. This is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. The Wilson's Warbler is 12 cm long.
	Wilting Wilting refers to the loss of rigidity of non-woody parts of plants. This occurs when the osmotic pressure in non-lignin plant plant cells falls towards zero, as a result of diminished water in the cells. Lower water availability may result from:
	WIMP In astrophysics, WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter problem. These particles interact through the weak nuclear force and gravity, and possibly through other interactions no stronger than the weak force.
	Wimple The wimple is a garment of mediaeval Europe worn by women. It is a cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be elaborately starched, and creased and folded in prescribed ways, even supported on wire or wicker framing.
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	Winch A winch is a mechanical device that is used to wind up a rope or cable. In its simplest form it consists of a spool and attached crank. More elaborate designs have gear assemblies and can be powered by electric, hydraulic, pneumatic or internal combustion drives.
	Winchester Winchester is a historic City status in the United Kingdom in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre. It is the seat of the City of Winchester local government district, which covers a much larger area, and is also the administrative capital and county town of Hampshire.
	Winchester College Winchester College is a boys' public school in the city of Winchester, Hampshire in Hampshire, in the south of England. Officially known as Collegium Sanctae Mariae prope Wintoniam, or St Mary's College near Winchester, the college is commonly referred to as "Win: Coll:" or just "Winchester".
	Wind Wind is the roughly horizontal movement of air caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. It occurs at all scales, from local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting tens of minutes to global winds resulting from solar heating of the Earth. The two major influences on the atmospheric circulation are the differential heating between the equator and the poles, and the rotation of the planet .
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	Wind chime Wind chimes or Aeolian chimes are often hollow or solid metal or wooden tubes which are usually hung outside of a building and are intended to be played by the wind, which causes the chimes to strike each other or a metal, wood, or rubber ball which may be hung in the center. Wind chimes produce inharmonic spectra, although if they are hung at about 1/5th of their length, the higher partials are dampened and the fundamental is brought out.
	Wind farm A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines in the same location and used for the generation of wind power electricity.
	Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, usually electricity using wind turbines. In 2005, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 58,982 megawatts, their production making up less than 1% of world-wide electricity use. Although still a relatively minor source of electricity for most countries, it accounts for 23% of electricity use in Denmark, 4.3% in Germany and around 8% in Spain.
	Wind tunnel A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. For example: * Threads can be attached to the surface of study objects to detect flow direction and relative speed of air flow. * Dye or smoke can be injected upstream into the airstream and the streamlines that dye particles follow photographed as the experiment proceeds.
	Wind turbine A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill. If the mechanical energy is then converted to electric power, the machine is called a wind generator.
	Windbreak A windbreak, or shelterbelt, is usually made up of one or more rows of trees planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to prevent soil erosion. They are commonly planted around the edges of fields on farms. If designed properly, windbreaks around a home can reduce the cost of heating and cooling and save energy.
	Windfall Windfall is an NBC television program. The pilot episode was developed in early 2005, but ultimately passed over by Fox Broadcasting Company. In January 2006, NBC announced that they would air the series in the summer of 2006. The series first aired on Thursday, June 8, 2006, taking over ERs place for just the summer.
	Windhoek Windhoek is the capital of Namibia, . It has a population of 230,000 and is a major trade centre of sheep skins. Windhoek was originally the centre of a Namaqua chief, who defeated the Herero inhabitants of the region in the 19th century. Germany occupied the region in 1885, and it became the seat of colonial rule in 1892, as the capital of the colony of South-West Africa .
	Windjammer For information on the Carribbean windjammer line, see Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. A windjammer is a type of sailing ship with a large iron hull, used for cargo in the nineteenth century. They were the grandest of cargo sailing ships, with between three and five large Mast and square sails, giving them a characteristic profile.
	Windlass A windlass is an apparatus for moving a heavy weight. Typically, a windlass consists of a horizontal cylinder, which is rotated by the turn of a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and a cable or rope is wound around the winch, raising a weight attached to the opposite end.
	Window ---- A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. It is usually glass or a strong, transparent plastic. For example, a window can be in the wall of a house.
	Window blind A window or door blind is a covering for a window or door, usually attached to the interior side of a window. It simply refers to some device to hide from sight or to reduce sunlight. There are several kinds of blinds, including: *Slat blinds, which consist of many vertical, flat slats, usually of metal or vinyl, connected with string in a way that they can be rotated to allow light to pass between the slats, rotated up to about 170 degrees to hide the light, or pulled up so that the entire window is clear.
	Windscreen wiper A windscreen wiper is a device used to wipe rain and dirt from a windscreen. Almost all automobiles are equipped with windscreen wipers, often by legal requirement. Though confusingly, some legal systems require wipers without requiring a windscreen. Wipers can also be fitted to other vehicles, such as buses, trams, locomotives, aircraft and ships.
	Windshield The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, automobile, bus, motorcycle, or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of Glass#Laminated_glass, which consists of two curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety, and are Polyurethaned into the window frame.
	Windsock A windsock is a large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed. Windsocks typically are used at airports and in chemical plants in which there is risk of gaseous leakage. They are sometimes located alongside highways at windy locations.
	Windsor chair The Windsor chair can be defined as any chair that is built with a wooden seat into which are fixed the backrest and undercarriage. Typically, the backrest is formed of steam bent pieces of wood.
	Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles.
	Windward Passage The Windward Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. 80km wide, the Windward Passage has a threshold depth of 1,700m. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea, and is in the direct path of shipping between the Panama Canal and the eastern seaboard of the United States.
	Wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. Although a number of other fruits such as plum, elderberry and blackcurrant may also be fermented, only grapes are naturally chemically balanced to ferment completely without requiring extra sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients.
	Wine barrel Wine barrels, especially those made of oak, have long been used as containers in which wine is typically aged. Aging in oak imparts desirable vanilla, butter and spice flavors to wine. French Oak was for many years considered especially desirable for use in constructing wine barrels.
	Wine bottle A wine bottle is a bottle used for holding wine, generally made of glass. Some wines are fermentation in the bottle, others are bottled only after fermentation. They come in a large variety of sizes, several named for Bible kings and other figures. The standard bottle contains 750 mL, although this is a relatively recent development.
	Wine cellar A Wine cellar is a storage room for wine in bottles or barrels, or more rarely in carboys, amphorae or plastic containers. Wine cellars are usually located completely underground, and often have direct contact to the surrounding soil via a gap in the foundations. Wine cellars offer the opportunity to protect alcoholic beverages from potentially harmful external influences, providing darkness and a constant temperature.
	Wine tasting Wine tasting is the sensory evaluation of wine, encompassing more than taste, but also mouthfeel, aroma, and colour. The main aims of wine tasting are to: * assess the wine's quality * determine the wine's maturity and suitability for aging or immediate drinking * detect the aromas and flavours of the wine
	Winemaking Winemaking, or vinification, is the process of wine production, from the selection of grapes to the bottling of finished wine. After the harvest, the grapes are crushed and allowed to Fermentation. Red wine is made from the must of red or black grapes that undergo fermentation together with the grape skins, while white wine is usually made by fermenting juice pressed from white grapes, but can also be made from must extracted from red grapes with minimal contact with the grapes' skins.
	Winery A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a :Category:wine companies. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratory, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms.
	Winfield Scott Winfield Scott was a United States Army general, diplomat, and List of U.S. Presidential candidates. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army", he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history and most historians rate him the ablest American commander of his time.