Isaac, D.D., a learned and eminent dissenting minister, was born at Southampton in 1674, of parents eminent for piety, and considerable sufferers for conscience. In 1690 he was sent up to London for academical education under the tuition of the Rev. Thomas Rowe; and 1696 was himself engaged as tutor to the son of Sir John Hartopp, Bart. at Stoke Newington. He began to preach in 1698, and met with general acceptance; and after serving as an assistant to the Rev. Dr Isaac Chauncy, succeeded in his pastoral charge in 1702, and continued to preside over that church as long as he lived. Though his sole income did not amount to a hundred a year, he gave one third of it to the poor. He died in 1748. His voluminous works have rendered his name famous among people of every denomination, both in this and other countries, and have been translated into a variety of languages.

His works, Poems, his Psalms and Hymns, and his Divine Songs for Children, have had an amazing number of editions. His logic and philosophy have been much admired. He also wrote works upon a variety of other subjects, and several volumes of his sermons. He was admired for his mildness and benevolence of his disposition. After his death, his Works were collected, and published in six quarto volumes.

WUGORN, a town of Hindustan, province of Aurangabad, twenty-four miles north from Poonah, whence originated the Holcar family.

WUGUR, an extensive district of Hindustan, province of Gorat, tributary to the Guicowar. It is intersected by the river Mahy.

WUPORE, a town of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, thirty-five miles from Surat. Long. 73° 47' E. Lat. 20° N.

WUSSIM, a town of Hindustan, province of Berar, situated on a small stream which falls into the Wurdah. Long. 77° 28' E. Lat. 20° 10' N.

WVE, in Philosophy, water, or any other fluid, raised above the general level of the surface.

The waves of the sea are of two kinds, natural and accidental. The natural waves are those which are exactly proportioned in size to the strength of the wind, whose blowing gives origin to them. The accidental waves are those occasioned by the wind's re-action upon itself by recession from hills and mountains, or high shores, and by the rising of the waves themselves, otherwise of the mainland, against rocks and shoals: all these causes give the waves an elevation which they can never have in their natural state.

WUL, a village of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, situated on the Sereswati, a few miles to the south-east of Ridumpoor. It contains about 300 houses.