W.
Walls, cheap plaster for, see Cement.
Warm-Bathing, directions for, see Bath.
Warts, to destroy, see Ammonia; Poppy, the Horned.
Waste-Land, how to improve, see Moor.
Water, its utility to debilitated persons, when impregnated with ferruginous particles, see Baths;—to purify, see Alum;—salt, how to make fresh, see Sea-water;—its advantage as a beverage, see Drinking;—Colours, how to prepare, see Colour-making;—Level, see Irrigation.
Wax, vegetables from which it is collected, see Bees.
Weights, and ponderous bodies, machine for raising, see Jack.
Wells, how to purify, see Air;—bad consequences of the present mode of lining them, see Bricks.
Wheat, best method of preserving, see Corn (Suppl.); Granary;—German method of blanching, see Barley;—sprouted, how to remedy, see Corn.
Wheel-drag, an useful one described, see Drag.
White-lead, substitutes for, see Paint, and Zinc.
Wicks for Candles, see Cotton-grass.
Wigs, pernicious consequences of wearing, see Hair-powder.
Wine, to clarify, see Albumen; Alum; Common Burnet Saxifrage;—to improve its flavour, see Burnet, the Upland;—Vegetables which yield, see Alder-tree; Birch-tree; Bird-cherry; Bramble; Bilberries; Sycamore-tree; Quince-tree, &c.—bottles, see Bottle.
Wood, composition for preserving, see Board;—how to stain, see Mahogany;—to silver, see Bismuth;—to prevent the combustion of, see Alum.
Wood-caterpillars, how destroyed, see Caterpillar.
Wool, undressed, its use, see Moth;—best method of preserving, see Cloth;—substitute for, see Willow.
Wounds, of Horses, how to treat, see Horses;—remedies for, see Basilicon; Carolina-Poplar; Fir-tree; Needle, the Common Shepherd's; Opium.
Worms, to destroy, see Aloe; Box; Loose-strife; Mustard, the Hedge, &c.
Writings, easy mode of Copying, see Letter (Suppl.)
Y.
Yarn, materials for, see Duck's-meat; Woundwort.
Yaws, see Limes.
Yeast, experiments to make artificial, see Fermentation.
Yellow-dyes, substances which yield, see Acacia; Agrimony, the Common; Agrimony, the Hemp; Balsamine; Berberries; Birch-tree; Alder Buckthorn; Purging Buckthorn; Buck-wheat; Burdock, the Lesser; Chamomile; Crab-tree; Feverfew; Furze; Fustic; Gale; Golden-Rod; Herb-Robert; Horn-beam; John's-wort; Mari-gold; Moss; Mugwort; Nettle; Plum-tree; Poplar; Ragwort.
* * * As this Index of Facts has been hastily compiled, the Reader is requested to supply the occasional deficiencies, or omissions, by reverting either to the primary articles, or by consulting the Indices of Synonyms, &c. which are prefixed to each Volume.
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