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.