W1
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W1 could refer to:
  • W1, a postcode district in the W postcode area of London
  • British NVC community W1 (Salix cinerea - Galium palustre woodland)
    British NVC community W1 (Salix cinerea - Galium palustre woodland)
    NVC community W1 is one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system; it is one of seven woodland communities in the NVC classed as "wet woodlands"....

    , one of the woodland communities of the British National Vegetation Classification
  • W-1 tool steel
    Tool steel
    Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive hardness, resistance to abrasion, their ability to hold a cutting edge, and/or their resistance to deformation at elevated temperatures...

    , a water-hardening steel
  • one of four manuscripts containing the Magnus Liber
    Magnus Liber
    The Magnus Liber or Magnus Liber Organi is a compilation of the medieval music known as organum. The whole name of the work is Magnus liber organi de graduali et antiphonario pro servitio divino...

    , or Magnus liber organi, a compilation of medieval music. The term is derived from the Wolfenbüttel
    Wolfenbüttel
    Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick. It is the seat of the District of Wolfenbüttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick...

     library which holds the manuscript (Herzog August Bibliothek
    Herzog August Bibliothek
    The Herzog August Library , in Wolfenbüttel, , known also as Bibliotheca Augusta, it has an international importance for its collection from the Middle Ages and Early modern Europe. The library is overseen by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture...

    ).
  • GN W-1
    GN W-1
    The Great Northern Railway's class W-1 comprised two electric locomotives with AAR B-D+D-B wheel arrangements. The locomotives were used on the electrified portion of the railroad, from Wenatchee, Washington to Skykomish, Washington, including the Cascade Tunnel.The W-1 motor-generator...

    , an electric locomotive built for the Great Northern Railway
  • second step of the W0-W6 scale for the classification of meteorites by weathering
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