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Venus, fine antique statue of, found near 
Colonna, i 99 
«-.» de Medicis, xx 190] lviii 3 
(the planet) expeditions to observe 
the transit of, iii 143] 144] iv G0] 64] 
- 69] 
 eeee Satellite of, iv 119] 121] 
+.+. Observations of the transit, iv 120] 
164] 197] 
«+. transit of 1639, iv 192] 
--.. orders of the empress of Russia for 
observing the transit, x 200] xi 67] 
+++. other preparations for observing, x 
201] xi 40] 67] 150) xii 86] 
+».. observations of the transit, xiii 89] 
Venus’s flytrap, xviii 93 
Venuti,ab. = de, iii 167. v 147, 150. xx 
136 
Vera, liv 158] 
—— Peter de; vii 95] 
Verandrier, xiv 191 
Verchetsel, x 68 
Verdegris, substitute for, in dyeing black, 
xxvi 82 
Verdi Ali khan, xxx 152] 
Verdier, gen. —-xxxix 340. xli 18] 1 207] 
li 200 
xlii 166] 
— S. lii 443 
Verdun sur Garonne, storm at, ix 118] 
Vere, C. xx 193] 
_ — sir Francis, account of, xi 61 
—- —Hhorace. See Tilbury, lord 
Vereker, col. C. xlv 103. xlvi 69. 1223* 
Verelst, gov. H. xvii 170] 171] xxvi 167 
Nicol and Davis v, for cruel treat- 
ment, xviii 97] xxi 190] 191] 
-. +» Rafael v. xix 120] 
Vergennes, count de, xvii 126] xxv 315] 
xxvi 241] 323] 347] xxvii 134] 137] xxix 
181] xxxi 170] xl 135 
_ Verger, capt. ii 264 
Vergin, Job Bern, ii 381 
Vergniaux, Xxxiv 19] 25] 28] 52] xxxv 
265] 280] 
Verheul, adm. xlviii 2147. lv 162] lvi 32] 
ermifuges. See Worms 
_ Verner, prof. David, xlvii 767 
Vernet, Jos. (painter) xxxi 232] ‘ 
erney, , earl, xii 156] xl 327, 332 
— St. Maure; xliv 225, 227, 233, 
ii 203 
— | (actor) ix 248] xii 215 
—— adm. Edw. xli 359. xlvii 752 
+++. monument of, vi 72] 
—— adm. sir Edw. xvi 205] xxii 176] 
xxvii 227] 
—— bish. E. Venables, xliii 18 
G. G. V. lii 33 
—— G. Venables, Ist lord, v 82] x 155] 
H. Venables, 3rd lord, xxvii 141] 
James, vi 72] 
J. xiviii 637_ | 
—— Rich, xxix 167 
_ Vernon, 
643 
vi 
Vernoy, du, xxxii 2 . 
Verona, massacre of the French at, xxxix 
1 
Veronese, Paul, x 217. xv 147. xxv 153, 
180 
Verpoil statuary, i 81 
Verres, Caius, xxviii 150] xxx 143] 
Verrio, Ant. xxxii 143. xxxviii 116*] 
e+e. anecdotes of, xv 30 
Verse, English, on the quantity or measure 
of, 1 337. xxvi 214 
«+++ On monosyllabic, ii 433 
Verses complaining of the hardness of the 
times stuck on the statue of James at 
Whitehall, viii 98] 
Versification, remarks on, v 248 
Vertaillac, count de, xxxiii 41] xxxiv I1 
Vertue, G. i 488. v 254. xii29. xxiii 218, 
226. xxiv 11 
Verulam, James Walter, earl, lii 2 
lord. See Bacon 
Verulamium, xxv 131 
Verus, Lucius, lvii 86 
Vesci, T, Ist visc. xlii 202, 204, 209 
Vescont, lieut. L. (N) xliii 133 
Vesey, col. J. A. lii 264* 
Vespasian, ii 399. x 164. xi 123, 124, xix 
239. xxix 123 ; 
Vesprit, Ant. XXXViii 452; 455 
Vespucci, Amerigo, lii 740 
Vestries, select, nomination of constables 
by, invalid, x 48*] 
Vestris, mad. (actress) xxi 1 
—— mons. | 227 
Vesuvius, eruptions of, iii 67] 86] iv 74] 96] 
ix 91] 98] 115] x 98] 135] 142] 201] xii 
66. xiii 87] 148] 175] 68] xiv 119] 124] 
xv 63. xix 117] xxii 224] xxiii 72. xxix 
193] 215] xxxvi 16, xlvi 439. 11 322. liv 
84, lvi 1. lviii 119 
+++ the top fallen in, iv 74] 75] 
+++ proposal for a fund to indemnify per- 
sons against future eruptions, iv 75} 
«.-. eruptions from threatened, viii 156] 
xviii 186] : 
oss renee account of eruptions of, viii 
10 
«2». on the towns destroyed by,.viii 182 
e..» observations on, xv 62 
.... flow of lava from Somma, xxiv 177] 
«s.. account of, xxv 81. xxviii 55 
+... compared with Etna, xl 377 
Veterani, card. ix 146] 
—— gen. xxx 50] 
Veterinary college, grants for, xxxvii 118: 
xxxviii 108. xxxix 171. xl 206. xli 195. 
xlii 166, xliii 190. xliv 586, xlv 630. xlvi 
583. xlvii 590. xlviii 639. 1 182*. lii 424. 
Ixi 421 
Vial,gen.  xli 18] 31] xlv 245, 652 
Viala, James, extraordinary and sudden 
growth of, vii 107 
Viano, J. de, vi 93 
Vibraye, duke de, xlii 49] 69} 
Viano, J. de, vi 93 
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