Vernier, application of, to the subdividing of time, F. Osler, xliv, 161.

Vespertilio, see under [Zoology, Articulata.]

Vessels, best form for sailing, J. S. Russell, xxxv, 290.

—, propulsion of, by paddle-wheel and screw, xlii, 336.

—, steam, see [Steam.]

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, xlviii, 395; xlix, 191.

Vesuvian, see [Idocrase.]

[Vesuvius,] notice of, v, 193; vi, 385; xiii, 262; xxiv, 343; xxvii, 281.

—, mineralogy of, xii, 185.

—, connection of the Solfatara with, xix, 387.