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Webb, Philip Speakman ... Weems, Mason Locke

Webb, Philip Speakman architect and designer especially known for his unconventional country houses, who was a pioneer figure in the English domestic revival movement. Webb, Sidney and Beatrice English Socialist economists (husband and wife), early members of the Fabian Society, and co-founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sidney Webb also helped reorganize the University of London into a federation of teaching institutions and served in the government as a Labour Party member. Pioneers in ... Webb, William Henry American naval architect, one of the most versatile and successful shipbuilders of his day, who in 1889 established and endowed the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture at Glen Cove, N.Y. Webb began shipbuilding in 1836 and by 1869 had more tonnage to his credit than any other American builder. Innovative ... weber unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the amount of flux that, linking an electrical circuit of one turn (one loop of wire), produces in it an electromotive force of one volt as the flux is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in ... Weber and Fields American comedy team that was popular at the turn of the 20th century. Joe Weber (in full Joseph Weber; b. Aug. 11, 1867, New York, N.Y., U.S., -d. May 10, 1942, Hollywood, Calif., ) and Lew Fields (in full Lewis Maurice Fields; b. Jan. 1, 1867, New York, N.Y., U.S., ... Weber State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Ogden, Utah, U.S. It is part of the Utah System of Higher Education. Its 400-acre (162-hectare) campus overlooks Ogden and the Great Salt Lake from a foothill of the Wasatch Range. The university comprises the John B. Goddard School of Business and Economics ... Weber's law historically important psychological law quantifying the perception of change in a given stimulus. The law states that the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus. It has been shown not to hold for extremes of stimulation. Weber, Carl Maria von German composer and opera director during the transition from Classical to Romantic music, noted especially for his operas Der Freischutz (1821; The Freeshooter, or, more colloquially, The Magic Marksman), Euryanthe (1823), and Oberon (1826). Der Freischutz, the most immediately and widely popular German opera that had been written to date, ... Weber, Dick American professional bowler, who was a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and a frequent finalist in bowling tournaments that were televised in the United States during the 1960s. Weber, Ernst Austrian-born American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of microwave communications equipment and who oversaw the growth of the Polytechnic Institute in New York City. Weber, Ernst Heinrich German anatomist and physiologist whose fundamental studies of the sense of touch introduced a concept-that of the just-noticeable difference, the smallest difference perceivable between two similar stimuli-that is important to psychology and sensory physiology. Weber, Lois American actress, producer, and director who is best remembered for her crusading films of social concern in the early days of the motion picture industry. Weber, Max Russian-born American painter, printmaker, and sculptor who, through his early abstract works, helped to introduce such avant-garde European art movements as Fauvism and Cubism to the United States. Weber, Max German sociologist and political economist best known for his thesis of the "Protestant ethic," relating Protestantism to capitalism, and for his ideas on bureaucracy. Weber's profound influence on sociological theory stems from his demand for objectivity in scholarship and from his analysis of the motives behind human action. Weber, Wilhelm Eduard German physicist who, with his friend Carl Friedrich Gauss, investigated terrestrial magnetism and in 1833 devised an electromagnetic telegraph. The magnetic unit, termed a weber, formerly the coulomb, is named after him. Weberian apparatus distinctive chain of small bones characteristic of fish of the superorder Ostariophysi (carps, characins, minnows, suckers, loaches, catfish, and others). The Weberian apparatus consists of four pairs of bones, called ossicles, derived from the vertebrae immediately following the skull. The bones link the swim bladder and inner ear and serve ... Webern, Anton Austrian composer of the 12-tone Viennese school. He is known especially for his passacaglia for orchestra, his chamber music, and various songs (Lieder). webspinner any of about 170 species of insects that are delicate, are yellow or brown in colour, have biting mouthparts, and feed on dead plant material. Most species are from 4 to 7 mm (about 0.2 inch) long. Most males have two pairs of narrow wings and are weak fliers, whereas ... Webster town (township), Worcester county, south-central Massachusetts, U.S., on the French River, 18 miles (29 km) south of Worcester city. Within the town limits is Lake Chaubunagungamaug (now also called Lake Webster), 3 miles (5 km) long and the focus of a recreational area. The lake's full name, Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, reportedly is ... Webster City city, seat (1856) of Hamilton county, central Iowa, U.S., on the Boone River, 17 miles (27 km) east of Fort Dodge. It was settled in 1850 by Wilson Brewer and was known as Newcastle until 1856, when it became the county seat and was renamed Webster City, possibly for Webster ... Webster, Ben American jazz musician, considered one of the most distinctive of his generation, noted for the beauty of his tenor saxophone tone and for his melodic inventiveness. Webster, Daniel American orator and politician who practiced prominently as a lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court and served as a U.S. congressman (1813-17, 1823-27), a U.S. senator (1827-41, 1845-50), and U.S. secretary of state (1841-43, 1850-52). He is best known as an enthusiastic nationalist and as an advocate of business interests ... Webster, Jean American writer who is best remembered for her fiction best-seller Daddy-Long-Legs, which was also successful in stage and motion picture adaptations. Webster, John English dramatist whose The White Devil (c. 1609-c. 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1612/13, published 1623) are generally regarded as the paramount 17th-century English tragedies apart from those of Shakespeare. Webster, Marie American quilt designer and historian, author of the first book entirely devoted to American quilts. Webster, Noah American lexicographer known for his American Spelling Book (1783) and his American Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol. (1828; 2nd ed., 1840). Webster was instrumental in giving American English a dignity and vitality of its own. Both his speller and dictionary reflected his principle that spelling, grammar, and usage ... Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842), treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain establishing the northeastern boundary of the U.S. and providing for Anglo-U.S. cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade. The treaty established the present boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, granted the U.S. navigation rights on the St. John River, provided for ... Wechsler, David American psychologist and inventor of several widely used intelligence tests for adults and children. Weddell Sea deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73 S, 45 W, the Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula of West Antarctica, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme ... Weddell seal nonmigratory earless seal (family Phocidae) found around the South Pole, on or near the coast of Antarctica. The Weddell seal is a rotund animal that grows to about 3 metres (10 feet) in length and about 400 kg (880 pounds) in weight; the female is larger than the male. As ... Weddell, James British explorer and seal hunter who set a record for navigation into the Antarctic and for whom the Weddell Sea is named. Weddigen, Otto German submarine commander whose feat of sinking three British armoured cruisers in about an hour, during the second month of World War I, made him one of the most famous of submarine heroes. Wedekind, Frank German actor and dramatist who became an intense personal force in the German artistic world on the eve of World War I. A direct forebear of the modern Theatre of the Absurd, Wedekind employed episodic scenes, fragmented dialogue, distortion, and caricature in his dramas, which formed the transition from the ... Wedekindellina genus of fusulinid foraminiferans, an extinct group of protozoans that possessed a hard shell of relatively large size; they are especially characteristic as fossils in deposits from the Pennsylvanian Subperiod (318 million to 299 million years ago) of midcontinental North America. The several species that are known serve as excellent ... Wedel-Jarlsberg, Herman, Count (Landgreve) Norwegian patriot and statesman. He was the leading advocate of Norwegian-Swedish union in the last years of the Danish-Norwegian state and the first Norwegian governor (statholder) in the Norwegian-Swedish union (1814-1905). Wedemeyer, Albert Coady American military leader who was the principal author of the 1941 Victory Program, a comprehensive war plan devised for the U.S. entry into World War II. wedge in mechanics, device that tapers to a thin edge, usually made of metal or wood, and used for splitting, lifting, or tightening, as to secure a hammer head onto its handle. Along with the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, and screw, the wedge is considered one of the five simple ... Wedgwood ware English stoneware, including creamware, black basaltes, and jasperware, made by the Staffordshire factories originally established by Josiah Wedgwood at Burslem, at Etruria, and finally at Barlaston, all in Staffordshire. In the decade of its first production, the 1760s, Wedgwood ware attained a world market, which it continues to hold. Wedgwood ... Wedgwood, Josiah English pottery designer and manufacturer, outstanding in his scientific approach to pottery making and known for his exhaustive researches into materials, logical deployment of labour, and sense of business organization. Wednesday fourth day of the week (q.v.). weed any plant growing where it is not wanted. Ever since human beings first attempted the cultivation of plants, they have had to fight the invasion by weeds into areas chosen for crops. Some unwanted plants later were found to have virtues not originally suspected and so were removed from the ... Weed, Thurlow American journalist and politician who helped form the Whig Party in New York. Weegee photojournalist noted for his gritty yet compassionate images of the aftermath of New York street crimes and disasters. Weehawken township, Hudson county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north of Jersey City and opposite New York City on the Hudson River. An industrial port and railroad centre, it is the western portal of the Lincoln Tunnel. It was settled by the Dutch about 1647 when ... week period of seven days, a unit of time artificially devised with no astronomical basis. The origin of the term is generally associated with the ancient Jews and the biblical account of the Creation, according to which God laboured for six days and rested on the seventh. Evidence indicates, however, that ... Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, A autobiographical narrative by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849. This Transcendental work is a philosophical treatise couched as a travel adventure. Weeki Wachee Spring spring and tourist attraction in Hernando county, west-central Florida, U.S., 55 miles (90 km) north of St. Petersburg. The spring, with a measured depth of more than 250 feet (75 metres), produces a crystal clear water flow of more than 22,460,000 cubic feet (636,000 cubic metres) daily at a temperature ... Weekly Standard, The American political opinion magazine founded in 1995 by William Kristol, Fred Barnes, and John Podhoretz with financial backing from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The Weekly Standard largely reflects the opinions and concerns of contemporary American neoconservatives, often featuring articles on such topics as religious liberty, government regulation, and tax cuts. ... Weelkes, Thomas English organist and composer, one of the most important composers of madrigals. Weems, Carrie Mae American artist and photographer known for creating installations that combine photography, audio, and text to examine many facets of contemporary American life. Weems, Mason Locke American clergyman, itinerant book agent, and fabricator of the story of George Washington's chopping down the cherry tree. This fiction was inserted into the fifth edition (1806) of Weems's book The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington (1800).