1277 



Webater 



Wedgwood. 



1278 



in Ihe south-east of üiiglaiid (Pliillips, Aiui. of 

 Fhil. IX, <S25). — Vollendete Loudon's En- 

 cyclopedia of domestic economy, und liefsrte 

 die beste Ausc;abo von Imison's Elements of 

 science end arl, vernjehri mit einem Tractat 

 über Perspective. — Zweifelhaft, oh dieser 

 Thomas Webster oder em anderer es war, wel- 

 cher schrieb: The principles of hydrnstatic, 

 Cambridge 1835, u. The theory of eqiiilihrium 

 and motion of fluids, Ib. 1836. 



Webster, J oh II White. — Dr. Med., 

 Prof. d. Chemie u. Mineralogie an d. Har- 

 vard-Univernily zu Cambridge bei Boston 

 (G. I850;, 



geb. 1793, Boston, 



gest. 18.-i0, .4ug. 3 0, Bo.eton.* . 

 .\ description ofthe Island of St. Michael, com- 

 prising an aocount of its ceological structure; 

 w ith remarks ori the other Azores, Boston 1 822. 

 A mnniial of chemistry etc., 8", Ib. 1820, 

 edit. III, Ib. 1840. — Analysis of Wacke (Sil- 

 lim. Journ. I, 1818 — 19). Invention of the 

 blowpipe mouth for oxyeen and hydrogen (Ib. 

 XXXV, 1 839). Explosion of hydrogen and oxy- 

 gen, Willi remarks on Hemming's safety tube 

 (Ib. XXXVIl, 1839). 



' Hini:erichtPt wegen des ain 2 i. Nor, 1S49 am Dr. 

 Park man begangenen MudiS. 



Weddle, Thomas. — Prof. d. Ma- 

 thematik an d. königl. MiUtärschuIe zu 

 Sandhursl seit 1851, vorher Lehrer d. Ma- 

 thematik an einigen Privalschulen in New- 

 caslIe-upon-Tyne ii. anderen Städten Eng- 

 lands. Mitgl. d. Hoy. Soc. u. Aslron. Soc. 

 in London (ASyf.XXWl) (G. \^^,i), 



geb. 1817, Nov. 30, Beaumont House,* 

 gest. 18.Ö3, Dec. i, Bagshot. 

 Method of solvirg numerical equations of all 

 ordres, NewcasIle-upon-Tyne 1842. — In- 

 vestiaation of ceriain propertiss of ellipsoid 

 (Cambridge and Duldiii Math. Journ. II, 1847). 

 On conjusale liyperboloids (Ib. id.). Demon- 

 stration of Pascal's hexagramme (Ib. III, 1848). 

 On different publi.shed demonstrations of Pas- 

 cal's hexagramme Ib. IV, 1849). On theorems 

 in Space analogous lo those of Pascal and Bri- 

 anchon (Ib.. id., V, 1850 et VI, 1851). On the 

 relations, which e.\ist in ccrtain Systems of 

 poinls and planes, incinding the relation be- 

 Iween ten points in a surface of Ihe second 

 ordre (Ib. V, 1S50). On tho construction of 

 the nintli poinl of intersection of two curvos 

 ofthe third dt-gree, when the other eiglh points 

 aro given (Ib. VI, 1S.j1). Demonstration ofBri- 

 anchon's Iheorem and of an i'nalogous pro- 

 perty in Space ;Ib. VII, 183-2). On certain sy- 

 .'.lera in space analogous to the complete te- 

 Iragon and complete quadriialeral ;lb. id.). 

 On ttic condilion of similarity of two surfaces 

 of the second degrce, not similarly placcd (Ib. 

 VIII, 1>s33). On certain gcomelr. relations bc- 

 Iwecn a surface of the second degree and a 

 letrahedron, whose edges touch the surface 



ilb. id j. On a geomelr. inlerprelalion of \.\'.'.i 

 funct. al- + bu*+ctu, wilh some applicntions 

 (Ib. IX, 1S54). On a new and simple riiie for 

 approximuting to the area of a figure by means 

 of seven oquidistant ordinales ,1b id * — A 

 new analylical demonslralion of tli.? !'.rt.llelo- 

 grammofforces;Phil..Mag. Ser. III, Vol. XXIX, 

 1846). On asymplotic slraight ünes. planes, 

 cones and cylinders to aigebraic surfaces (Ib. 

 XXXI, 1847J. On annuities and assurances 

 on successive lives (Ib. XXXVI, 1850'. — 

 Ferneres in «Ladies' Diarv" (z. B. : Symmetri- 

 ca! properlies of plane tnangles, IS^S, 184.5 

 et 1848), in: The Malhematician, herausgeue- 

 ben von 1843 bis 1830 von Davies, Kutherford 

 u. Fenwick, z. B. : Melhod for the compula- 

 tion of logarithms and antilogarilhms ; Melhod 

 for the computation of '.angenls and antitan- 

 gents, A new and easy melhod of approxi- 

 mating to the unreal roots of trinomial equa- 

 tions; An analytiral geometry of three di- 

 menslons relative lo oblique axes ; Etc. 



* Bni Stamfordhatn, Northuinberlrind. 



Wedel, Georg Wolf gang*. — Erst 

 (I6C7, Sladtpbysicus in Gotha, dann Dr. 

 Med., Prof. d. Medicin an d. Univ. zu Jena 

 seit 1673. daneben seil 1685 fiirsll. säch.';. 

 Leibarzt u. 169 4 kaiserl. Pfalzgraf. Milgl. 

 d. Leopold in. Academie (Jj (HL) (GJP), 

 geb. 1645, Nov. 12, Golzen, Nieder- 



Lausitz,*' 

 ge.st. 1721, Sepl. 6. Jena. 

 Non enlia (.hyniica, l'Yancof. 1670. Experi- 

 raenta chymicade sale volafili plantarum, 12°, 

 Jenae 1672. Pharmacia in arlis formam re- 

 dacta, 4", Ib. 1677 el 1093. Di.ss. de Ihermis, 

 4", Ib. 1G75. Tabulae chymicae XV in synopsi 

 universam chymiam exhibcDtes, 4°, Ib. 1692. 

 Inlroiljiclio in tabulnm Hevmetis smaragdi- 

 nam, adversus Kircherum, 4", Ib. 1704. Ex- 

 ercitatio in BasiliiValentini vitam, k°. Ib. 1704. 

 Introductio in alch\miam, 4", Ib. 1705. Com- 

 pendium chymiae theoret. et pract., 4°, Ib. 

 1715. — De conchis saxalibbus sive lapideis 

 (Misceli. Acad. Nat. Cur. 1672). De IrutIa 

 pisci saxatili, s. lapido figuram Irullae im- 

 pre.ssam habente ;Ib. 1673 et 1674.. Speci- 

 men experimenli chemici novi, de salc volatili 

 plantarum etc. (Ib. 1673 et 1674'. De principiis 

 rerum in genere ilb. 1675, 1676 el 16s2 . De 

 principiis chemicis (Ib. 1675 el1676). De spi- 

 rilu vilrioli regeneralo (Ib. 1 673 et 1 676 . Mu- 

 l;iiio naiuralis et arlificialis ferri in cuprum (Ib. 

 1G7.'i et 1676). Misy Dioscoridis geminnm est 

 minora vilrioli (Ib. i6S2;. Do mercurio salurni 

 II). id.). — Medicinisches u. Botanisches. 



• Sein Sohn Johann Adolp.h (geb. 1675, .\u?. 17, 

 J.n'», tr<^st. 1717, Fctir. 2;t, Jt-n.i) war auch (au«fer 

 I'rof. d. Modicin) 17'.i" Prof. d. Cheniii- in Jena, scheint 

 aber nur Mrdicinierhcs gos<-hrii:bcn zu habsu. 



•• };.?l). Nov. i;!. gest. Sept. 7 [GJP) ; geb. Nov. 2 (ANC). 



Wcdg;ivood, J o s i a li. — Töpfer ( w io 

 sein \ itcr . ilrf 17 59 zu Berlein in Slaf- 

 fordshiro ein .«.clbsliindiges Geschiift oröff- 



