565 
WAR 
provements by De la Lande, together with his own astrono¬ 
mical tables; and another edition of them, with some vari¬ 
ations from the last edition of Paris, appeared at Berlin in 
1776. The result of Wargentin’s assiduity in this department 
of astronomy was communicated to the public in the “ Con- 
noissance du Mouvements Celestes” tor 1766, the “ Nautical 
Almanack” for 1771 and 1779, and the “ Astronomiches 
Jahr-buch” for 1777, 1779, 1781, and 1782 : and the fruits 
of his last labour in these tables appeared in the fourth volume 
of the “ Nova Acta Societatis Literariae Upsalieusis,” which 
contained 1250 observations of the third satellite, with ap¬ 
propriate remarks. This indefatigable astronomer contri¬ 
buted to the transactions of the Royal Academy of sciences 
papers on different subjects, amounting to the number of 
sixty. The phenomena of the magnet and of the northern 
lights were objects of his attention; and he suggested that 
some connection subsisted between them, and that the varia¬ 
tions of the magnetic needle are violent in proportion to the 
intensity of the lights. His merit induced king Adolphus 
Frederick to create him, in 1759, a knight of the Polar Star; 
and he was a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and 
member of the Academies of Petersburg, Paris, Gottingen, 
Copenhagen, and other learned institutions. In 1783 a dia¬ 
betes carried him off. His papers on a variety of subjects 
occur in the following volumes of the Philosophical Trans¬ 
actions, viz. xlvii. lii. liii. Ivi. lviii. lix. lxv. and lxvii. Coxe’s 
Travels in Sweden, vol. iv. Gen. Biog. 
WARGO and ULF, two islands on the east coast of Swe¬ 
den, belonging to the government of Hernosand. They are 
separated from each other by a small strait, about 2 miles 
wide, which forms the best harbour in the gulf of Bothnia. 
WARGRAVE, a parish of England, in Berkshire; 6| 
miles north-east-by-east of Beading, containing 1198 inha¬ 
bitants. 
WA'RHABLE, adj. [war and habile; from habilis, Lat.] 
Military; fit for war. 
The weary Britons, whose warhable youth 
Was by Maximilian lately led away, 
With wretched miseries and woeful ruth. 
Were to those pagans made an open prey. Spenser. 
WARHAM, All-Saints, St. Marys, and St. Mary 
Magdalen, three united parishes of England, in the county 
of Norfolk. 
WARIBA, a river of Guiana, which runs into the Atlan¬ 
tic. Lat. 6. 54. N. long. 59. 8. W. 
WARIGARI BAY, a bay in the island of St. Vincent, 
south of Hungary Point. 
WA'RILY, adv. Cautiously; with timorous prudence; 
with wise forethought. 
The charge thereof unto a courteous sprite 
Commended was, who thereby did attend, 
And •warily awaited day and night. 
From other covetous fiends it to defend. Spenser. 
WARIN, a river of Brazil, which runs into the Atlantic. 
Lat. 4. 55. S. long. 36. 58. W. 
WA'RINESS, s. Caution; prudent forethought; timor¬ 
ous scrupulousness. 
For your own conscience he gives innocence, 
But for your fame a discreet wariness. Donne. 
WARING (Edward, M. D.), descended from an ancient 
family at Milton, in the county of Salop, was born in 1734, 
and finished his education at Magdalen college, Cambridge, 
where he was considered, when he took his first degree in 
1757, as a prodigy in those sciences which form the subject 
of the bachelors examination. At the age of 25 years, in 
1759, he was elected Lucasian professor of mathematics, not 
without giving offence to some of the senior members of the 
university, who disapproved the appointment of so young a 
man to occupy a chair which had been dignified by a New¬ 
ton, a Saunderson, and a Barrow ; and the first chapter of 
his “ Miscellanea Analytica,” which was circulated in vin¬ 
dication of his scientific character, was the occasion of a 
controversy of some continuance. The attack was com- 
Vol. XXIV. No. 1656. 
WAR 
menced by Dr. Powell, master of St. John’s, and the young 
professor was ably defended by Mr. Wilson, afterwards judge 
Wilson, a gentleman held in high estimation. In 1760, 
Waring received the degree of master of arts by royal man¬ 
date ; and in 1762, his “ Miscellanea Analytica” was pub¬ 
lished, with a dedication to the duke of Newcastle. This 
work amply vindicated his early elevation to the professor¬ 
ship, and extended his scientific fame through Europe; so 
that he was elected member of the societies of Bologna and 
Gottingen, and honoured by expressions of high regard by 
the most celebrated mathematicians, both at home and 
abroad. Medicine also engaged our author’s attention, and 
in 1767 he took his degree of doctor; but though he took 
pains by attending lectures and hospitals in London to per¬ 
fect himself in the medical art, it does not appear that he 
ever gained much practice. He died in August, 1798, in the 
64th year of his age. 
It is not without reason that he intimates the neglect with 
which his writings were treated; the fact is certain, and it 
was owing partly to the abstruseness of the subjects, but 
principally to the perplexed style and manner in which they 
are discussed. His principal works, besides those that have 
been mentioned, are “ Meditationes Algebraic®,” 1770 ; 
“ Proprietates Algebraicarum Curvarum,” 1772 ; and “ Me¬ 
ditationes Analytic®,” 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776. His papers 
in the Philosophical Transactions may be found in vols. liii. 
liv. Iv. lxix. Ixxvi. lxxvii. lxxviii. lxxix. lxxxi. lxxxiv. 
WARING, a large village of Austria, near Vienna, with 
a number of villas. 
WARK, s. [anciently used for work; whence bulwark.] 
Building. 
Thou findest fault where any’s to be found, 
And buildest strong wark upon a weak ground. Spenser. 
WARK, a township of England, in the county of North¬ 
umberland, situated on the North Tyne. 
WARK. A, a town of Poland; 30 miles south of Warsaw, 
with 1100 inhabitants. 
WARKLEIGH, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 5~ 
miles west-south-west of South Molton. 
WARKSBURN, a township of England, in Northum¬ 
berland ; 13 miles north-west of Hexham. 
WARKTHWAITE, a hamlet of England, in Cumber¬ 
land ; 10| miles west-south-west of Penrith. 
WARKTON, a parish of England, in Northamptonshire; 
2 miles east-north-east of Kettering. 
WARK WORTH, a parish of England, and formerly a 
market town, in the county of Northumberland, situated on 
the river Coquet; 5 miles south-east of Alnwick, and 305 
north of London. Population 568. 
WARKWORTH, a parish of England, in Northampton¬ 
shire ; 7 miles west-north-west of Brackley. 
WARLABY, a hamlet of England, in Yorkshire; ]A 
mile south-south-west of Northallerton. 
WARLEGGON, a parish of England, in Cumberland; 
5| miles east-north-east of Bodmin. 
WARLEY, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire; 3 miles west of Halifax. Population 3958. 
WARLEY, Great and Little, adjoining parishes of 
England, in Essex; 3j miles south of Brentwood. Popula¬ 
tion 669. 
WARLEY-W1GORN, a township of England, county 
of Worcester. Population 755. 
WA'RLIKE, adj. Fit for war; disposed to war. 
O imprudent Gauls, 
Relying on false hopes, thus to incense 
The warlike English ! Philips. 
Military; relating to war. 
The great arch-angel from his warlike toil 
Surceas’d. Milton. 
WA'RLIKF.NESS, s. Warlike disposition or character.— 
Braveness of mind, and wctrlikeness. Sir E. Sandys. 
WA'RLING, s. This word is I believe only found in the 
following adage, and seems to mean, one often quarrelled 
with. Dr. Johnson. —It is from wear or weary, as Butler 
6 C in 
