W

Wallerius, Erik, Nils, and Johann Gottschalk, 39

Wallerius, Nils, 42

Water mills, 293

Water power, 293 , 295

Waterwheels, 293 -4

Watt, Fran, 18

Weather:

lunar influence on, 163 , 171 , 213 -4;

See also Climatology; Meteorology

"Weather watch," 147 , 149 , 150 , 151

Weights and measures, 207 -8, 211 , 212 , 298 ;

aune, 207 -8.

See also Metric system

Welt-Weissheit, 34

Werner, Abraham, 89 -90

Wisdom of God manifested in the works of creation, The (Ray), 53

Wolff, Christian:

character and life of, 29 -30, 31 -3;

role in propagating mathematical method, 1 , 28 , 30 , 37 -8;

theology of, 35 -7

Wolffianism, 29 , 33 -5, 48 ;

champion of, 37 -8, 40 , 41 -2;

debated in Sweden, 39 -43;

influence of receded, 44 ;

mathematical method of, 33 -5, 37 , 44

Women, measuring emotions of, 386 n, 386 ;

prostitutes' rates, 214 ;

value of, 354

Woodlands. See Forests; Timber

Wood. See Timber