Wet clothes cold, 157 feet dangerous, 157 finger cold, 157 kindling, 43, 44 sheets, 158 summer, cold winter, 160 weather offensive, 145, 148 Wettest months, 329 Wheels catch fire, 99 greased, 100 kept cool by water, 162 Wheel-ruts frozen, 350 Wheelwright, 122 WHITE, 402 blisters, 190 body linen, 186 crust on clothes, 163 dresses for summer, 186 not fit for winter, 187 mist, 144 vitriol, 426 WICKS cotton, need snuffing, 81 have a knob when long, 80 not upright when long, 80 Palmer's wicks need no snuffing, 80 smoke, 82 _See candles._ Will o' the wisp, _see ignis fatuus_. WIND, 287 affects barometer, 327 clouds, 129, 131 after lightning, 11 altered by clouds, 295 by seas, 295, 296 brings dry, 305 rain, 305 cause of, 287, 292 changes the shape of clouds, 132 cold, 117, 180, 312 dispels clouds, 131, 138 fog, 228 draws up fire, 51 dries linen, 316 feels hot sometimes, 181 in England, 300 increases clouds, 131, 138 makes barometer fall, 320 chimneys smoke, 66 of a morning, 308 of an evening, 309 prevents dew, 206 rate of travelling, 313 regular, 297 _See England, monsoon, north, south, west &c., trade-winds &c._ Winding passages famed for echoes, 417 Windows blazing with the sun, 372 not at noon, 372 covered with frost, 214 mist, 211 carriage, dull, 213 rattle, 418 Wine glasses, _see glasses_ Wine made without yeast, 271 Winter clothing, 187 promotes hunger, 90 WISDOM of GOD, 182, 208 210, 352, 357 WOOD burns, 41 spontaneously, 55 charred, 73 hot at one end, cold at the other, 165 ignited by friction, 99 kindling, 41 dry, 44 wet, 107 two logs burn best, 44, 52 sends forth sparks, 106 will not melt, 127 Wooden handles, 166 WOOL bad conductor, 166 collects no dew, 209 warm, 176, 333 Woollen clothing, 175 Work produces hunger, 88 Yeast, 271 makes light bread, 276 not used in wine, 271 Yellow flame gives best light, 47 soap, 344 sun-set sign of wet, 139 FINIS JARROLD AND SONS, PRINTERS, NORWICH. Transcriber's Notes: Archaic and inconsistent punctuation and spelling retained. Inconsistent question formats were regularized. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer