Wheat-ships, 210-213 Whiteley, William N., 45, 46, 120, 150 Whitney, Eli, 52, 97, 191 Whittier, 51 Willmoth, improver of battleship turret, 95 Wilson family from Ayrshire, Scotland, 86 Wilson, Hon. James, 86, 87, 192 Winnipeg Grain Exchange, 225 Wire self-binders displaced by twine self-binders, 115-117 Wisconsin, 50, 63, 114 Withington, Charles B., 109-115 Wood, Jethro, 49, 53 Wood, Walter A., 103, 112, 120 Woodworth, inventor, 95 World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, 124 Wright, Joseph A., 134 Written guarantees given with McCormick Reapers, 79 Y Yellow fever in the McCormick family, 16 * * * * * Transcriber's note: Simple typographical errors were corrected. Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. Page 91: "Beverdy Johnson" corrected to "Reverdy Johnson." Page 256: "see Blaine" corrected to "see Blame."