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VENTILATION, xxiv. 157; of bee hives,

III. 486; of drains, XXI. 715; of

hospitals, XII. 304; of mines, vi. 70;

xvi. 459. VEXTNOR, town, Isle of "Wight, England,

xxiv. 162.

VENTRILOQUISM, vn. 63. VENTURA, Luca d Egidio di (Signorelli),

Italian painter, xxil. 50; xxi. 434,442. VENUE, in law, xxiv. 162. VENUS, Roman goddess (the Greek

Aphrodite), I. 788; n. 171; relations

with Adonis, I. 163; the Egyptian

Athor, ill. 13; temple of, at Rome, XX.

827; in classical sculpture, II. 356,

361; vii. 530; xv. 842. , planet, II. 777, 782, 791 ; brightness

of, xiv. 582; transits of, II. 796;

xvili. 246; first observation of transit,

11.754; XII. 172; Assyrian worship of,

in. 176.

, Vigil of, Latin poem, xvm. 683. VENUS S FLY-TRAP, insectivorous plant,

xin. 136. VEPERI, part of Madras city, India, XV.

iSS. VERA, Augusto, Italian philosopher,

xxiv. 162.

CRUZ, state, Mexico, xvi. 214;

population, XXIV. 163.

CRUZ, town, Mexico, xxiv. 163.

VERATRUM, plant, xxiv. 163. VERAWAL, town, India, XXIL 261. VERB, in grammar, XL 41. VERBANO (Maggiore, q.v. Lago, Italian

lake, xv. 198.

VERBENA, plant, xxiv. 163. VERCELLI, town, Italy, xxiv. 163;

library, XIV. 531; university, XXIII.

833, 836.

CODEX, Anglo-Saxon MS., vill.

406; MS. of Gospels in Latin, xxiv.

163- VERCELLIS, Madame dc, friend of

Rousseau, xxi. 24.

VERCINGETORIX, Gallic chief, iv. 637. VERD, Cape, West Africa, xxi. 661;

islands, v. 50; I. 272; in. 759. VERDAGUER, Jacinto, Spanish poet,

xxn. 365. VERDE ANTICO, variety of marble, xv.

529; xvi. 397.

VERDELHO WINE, Madeira, xv. 178. VERDEN, Massacre of Saxons at (782),

v. 403-

VERDERER, in forest law, ix. 409. VERDICT, of a jury, xin. 785, 787. VERDIGRIS, or Acetate of Copper, vi.

351; as a poison, xix. 278. , river, Nebraska, U.S.A., XVII.

307-

VERDITER BLUE, pigment, xix. 87. VERDUN, town, France, xxiv. 164;

treaty of (843), ix. 534; x. 480; xv. 9. VERGE-BOARD, in architecture, n. 475. VERGENNES, Claire E. J. G. de (Madame

Remusat), French writer, XX. 379.

VERGIL, or Virgil (q.v.), Latin poet, XXIV.

248. VERGNIAUD, Pierre Victurnien, F rench

Revolutionist, xxiv. 164. VERHULST, William, director, New

Netherland, America, xvn. 454. VERJUICE, from crab apples, II. 212. VERKH-ISSETSKii, town, Russia, xvm.

550. VERKHNE-TCHIRSKAYA, town, Russia,

xvn. 500. VERKHNEUDINSK, town, Transbaikalia,

Russia, xxiii. 511. VERKHNE-URALSK, town, Russia, xxiv.

166; xvn. 826. VERKHNII LOMOFF, town, Russia,

XVIIL 515. VERKHOTURIE, town, Russia, xvm.

550. VERMEER, Jan (J. van der Meer),

Dutch painter, xv. 824. VERMEHREN, Danish painter, vn.

94- VERMEJO, river, South America, xix.

188. VERMES, group of animals, xxiv. 677;

embryology of, XX. 419; reproduction

of, XX. 409; organs of touch in, XXIII.

478; parasitic forms, XVIIL 259. VERMICELLA, genus of snakes, xxn.

196.

VERMICELLI, article of food, xv. 125. VERMIFORMIA, divison of Polyzoa, xix.

433- VERMIGLI, Pietro Martire (Peter Martyr),

Italian Reformer, xxiv. 166. VERMILION, pigment, xxiv. 166; xix.

87. VERMLAND, county, Sweden, xxn.

741.

VERMONT, State, U.S.A., xxiv. 166. VERNATION, of plants, arrangement of

leaves in bud, iv. 118. VERNET, spa, France, xx. 128. , Antoine Charles Horace (Carle

Vernet), French painter, xxiv. 169.

, Claude Joseph, French painter,

xxiv. 168.

, Emile Jean Horace, French mili tary painter, xxiv. 169. -, Madame, her protection of Con-

dorcet, VI. 254.

VERNIER, micrometric instrument, xxiv. 169; xvn. 256; XXIL 718.

, Pierre, French commandant, in ventor of the vernier, xxiv. 169 ;

XVII. 256; XXIL 718.

VERNON, Edward, English admiral,

xxiv. 169.

, James, English secretary of state

and letter writer, XXIV. 169. VERODUNUM (Verdun), ancient town,

France, xxiv. 164. VERONA, town, Italy, xxiv. 170; xx.

145; congress of (1822), vi. 271; xvi.

202; xxiv. 497; amphitheatre at, I.

775; libraries, xiv. 548; school of

painting, xxi. 436,443; pictures, xxi.

447- VERONESE, Paolo, Italian painter, xxiv.

173; xxi. 436; his manner of colour

ing, xvm. 139; as colleague of Tin-

toret, XX. 610. VERONICA, St, xxiv. 173. VERRES, Roman governor, xxiv. 174. VERRI, Pietro, Italian economist, xix.

362. VERROCCHIO, Andrea del, Florentine

painter and sculptor, xxiv. 175; xiv.

456; xxi. 568. VERRUCCHIO, Malatesta da, Italian

nobleman, xx. 556. VERRUCAS, disease, xxiv. 377, 732. - , Peru, Railway bridge at, XVIIL

675- VERSAILLES, town, France, xxiv. 176;

treaty of (1756), IX. 588; treaty of

(1783), ix. 595; William I. of Prussia

proclaimed German emperor at (1871),

xxiv. 582; labyrinth at, xiv. 180;

libraries, xiv. 526, 546; palace, n.

441 ; Vernet s paintings in palace,

xxiv. 169; waterworks, n. 222. VERSECZ, town, Hungary, xxiv. 1 78. VERSIFICATION, in poetry, xix. 258. VERTEBRA, XXIL in; xxiv. 178; in

human anatomy, I. 820; of Amphibia,

I. 751; of apes, II. 159; of birds, ill.

717; of fishes, XII. 640; of mammals,

xv. 356 (and article Mammalia

throughout); of reptiles, XX. 447. VERTEBRATA, or Vertebrates, division of

animal kingdom, xxiv. 178; II. 53;

embryology of, xx. 420; nervous

system, XIX. 31; reproduction, xx.

409; skeleton, xxn. 106; in Lankester s

classification, xxiv. 812. VERTIGO, Epileptic, VIIL 480. VERTOT, Abbe de, French historian, ix.

668. VERTUE, George, English engraver and

antiquary, xxiv. 188. VERTUMNUS, Roman deity, xix 443. VERT VERT, Gresset s poem, XL 187. VERULAM, Baron (Francis Bacon, q.v.),

in. 200. VERULAMIUM (St Albans), Roman town,

Britain, xxi. 156. VERUS, JElius, Roman general, xvm.

604. - - , M. Aurelius, Roman emperor, IIL

86; xx. 773, 775; xxn. 573.

, Martins, Roman general, XVIIL

604.

VERVIERS, town, Belgium, xxiv. 188. VERVINS, France, Treaty of (1598), ix.

564. VERWER, Adriaen, on sea-rights, xxi.

584- VESALIUS, or Vesale, Andreas, Flemish

anatomist, I. 807; on the organs of

circulation, xxiv. 95. VESICAL DISEASES, xxiv. 188. VESIEGONSK, tuwn, Russia, xxm. 672.