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Whitney, Mount, 177.

Willow-leaves (q. v.), 11, 12, 14.

Wing, simile, 215.

Winlock, Professor, 44.

Withered Surfaces, 168, 171.

Wood-engraving, 50.

Worlds and Clouds, 249.

Wrinkles, 172.

Xeres, Spain (q. v.), 44, 53.

Young, Professor: spectroscope, 44, 50, 65, 234; observations, 56, 59, 61, 68, 69; magnetism, 87, 88; radiation, 101.

Zodiacal Light, 55.

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