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fliore of Maryland, in Dorchefter county, ou the W. Tide 

 of Nanticoke nver, about fifteen miles from its mouth. It 

 contaios about thirty houfee, and carries on a brilk trade 

 with the neighbouring fea-ports, in lumber, corn, wheat, 

 &c. ; I J miles N.W. of Sahfbury, and 120 from Wafhing- 

 ton. — Alfo, the capital of Greene county, Kentucky, on the 

 N. fide of Green river ; about 15S miles W.S.W. of Lex- 

 ington. — Alfo, a town of Kennebeck county, in the dif- 

 trift of Maine, incorporated in 1802, including the late 

 plantations of Goflien and Wyman : the number of inha- 

 bitants is 417 Alfo, a poll-town in Abbeville county, 



South Carolina; 65 1 miles from Walhington — Alfo, a 

 town in Ohio ccfunty, Kentucky, containing 26 inhabitants. 

 VIENNE, a town of France, and principal place of 

 a diitricl, in the department of the Here, fituated on the 

 left fide of the Rhone, over which was formerly a ftone- 

 bridge, built in the year 1265, now deftroyed. A Ro- 

 man colony was eftabliihed here, and called Vienna Al- 

 lobrogum. In the fifth century it was taken by the Bur- 

 gundians, and the kings made it their place of refidence. 

 In the ninth century it was the capital of the kingdom of 

 Provence. It was afterwards erected into an archbifliopric, 

 and became the capital of a province called Viennois, in 

 which ftate it remained till the revolution, when the arch- 

 bilhopric was fupprelTed. In 131 1, a council was held here 

 by order of pope Clement V. in which, among other matters, 

 the fuppreihon of the knights Templars was determined ; 

 10 polls N. of V^alence. N. lat. 45° 32'. E. long. 4'= 58'. 

 ViENNE, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Loir and Cher, on the fouth fide of the Loire, oppofite 

 Blois. 



ViENNE, a river of France, which rifcs about three miles 

 E. of Tarnac, on the borders of the departments of the Cor- 

 reze and the Creufe, pafles by or near to Tarnac, Aimoutier, 

 St. Leonard, Limoges, Aix, St. Junien, Chabanois, Con- 

 folent, St. Germain fur Vienne, Availle, Ifle Jourdain, Luf- 

 fac, Chavigny, Chatellerault, Ifle Bouchard, Chinon, &c. 

 and joins the Loire, in the department of the Indre and 

 Loire, about five miles above Saumur. 



Vienne, one of the nine departments of the weftern 

 region of France, formerly a part of Poitou, in 46' 30' 

 N. lat., bounded on tlie N. and N.E. by the department 

 of the Indre and Loire, on the E. by the department of 

 the Indre, on the S. by the departments of the Charente 

 and Upper Vienne, and on the W. by the department of 

 the Two Sevres. The department of the Maine and 

 Loire joins it a little to the N.W. The territorial extent of 

 this department is 7340 kiliometres, or 364 fquare leagues, 

 and it contains 250,807 inhabitants. It is divided into 

 5 circles or diftrifts, 31 cantons, and 344 communes. 

 The circles are Loudun, comprehending 32,256 inha- 

 bitants ; Chatellerault, 46,518; Montmorillon, 48,570; 

 Civray, 38,971 ; and Poitiers, 84,492. Its capital is 

 Poitiers. According to Haflenfratz, its extent in French 

 leagues is 2 1 in length, and 1 3 in breadth ; its circles are 

 6, its cantons 49, and its population 257,953. Its con- 

 tributions in the i ith year of the French era amounted 

 to 1,979,952 fr. ; and its expences, adminiftrative, judi- 

 ciary, and for public inilruftion, to 280,570 fr. 35 cents. 

 This department is diverfified with hiUs, plains, heaths, 

 and cultivated lands, yielding grain, wine, fruits, flax, and 

 good paflures. It has conCderable forefts. 



Vienne, Upper, one of the nine departments of the 

 upper legion of France, formerly Limofin, in 46^ N. lat., 

 bounded on the N. by the departments of the Vienne 

 and Indre, on the E. by the department of the Creufe, 

 on the S.E. by the fame department, on the S.W. by the 



department of the Dordogne, and on the W. by the de- 

 partment of the Charente. The territorial extent of this 

 department is 60025 kiliometres, or 288 fquare leagues, 

 and its population confifts of 259,795 inhabitants. It is 

 divided into 4 circles, 26 cantons, and 224 communes. 

 Its circles are Bellac, including 85,388 inhabitants ; Li- 

 moges, 92,637; St.Yriuix, 38,251 ; and Rochechouart, 

 43,519. Its capital is Limoges. According to Haflen- 

 fratz, it is in length i6 French leagues, and in breadth 12 ; 

 its circles are 5, and cantons 40, and the number of its 

 inhabitants 266,910. The contributions of this depart- 

 ment, in the nth year of the French era, amounted to 

 1,641,147 fr. ; and its expences, adminiftrative, judiciary, 

 and for pubUc inftruftion, were 241,803 fr. 33 cents. The 

 foil of this department is, in general, of an indifferent 

 quality ; yielding rye, little wheat, and tolerable pallures. 

 The hills are covered with chefnut-trees and woods. Here 

 are mines of iron, lead, copper, coal, and quarries of 

 marble. 



Vienne k Chateau, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Marne ; 6 miles N. of St. Menehould. 



VI ENS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Mouths of the Rhone ; 3 miles E.N.E. of Apt. 



VIEPREZ, a river of Poland, which rifes 16 miles W. 

 of Lubhn, and runs into the Viftula near Stezicza, in the 

 palatinate of Sandomirz. 



VIEPRIE, a town of the Popedom, in the duchy of 

 Spoleto ; 5 miles N.E. of Todi. 



VIERINGEN, or Wieringen, an ifland in the Zuyder 

 See, of an oval form ; about fix miles in length, and, where 

 wideft, rather more than two in breadth ; 6 miles S.E. from 

 the Texel. 



VIERRADEN, a town of Brandenburg, in the Ucker 

 Mark, on the Welfe, near its union with the Oder ; 24 miles 

 S.E. of Prenzlow. 



VIERUEDRUM, or Vervedrum, in Ancient Geo- 

 graphy, a promontory of the ille of Albion, according to 

 Ptolemy. 



VIERZON, in Geography, a town of France, and prin- 

 cipal place of a diilrift, in the department of the Cher, near 

 the conflux of the Eure and Cher ; 1 1 pofts S. of Orleans. 

 N lat. 47° 13'. E. long. 2*^9'. 



VIESCAS, a town of Spain, in the kingdom of Ara- 

 gon ; I o miles from Jaca. 



VIESCHORN, a mountain of Switzerland, in the can- 

 ton of Bern, and bailiwick of Grindelwald. 



VI EST, or Ujest, or Oyeji, a town of Silefia, in the 

 principality of Oppeln ; 14 miles W.N.W. of Gleiwitz. 



VIESTI, a town of Naples, in Capitanata, on the coaft 

 of the Adriatic, the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of Manfre- 

 donia ; 29 miles N.N.E. of Manfredonia. N. lat. 41° 56'. 

 E. long. 33° 52'. 



VIETA, Fr.'VNCIs, in Biography, a very eminent mathe- 

 matician of the l6th century, was born at Fontenai, in 

 Poitou, in the year 1540. Although he occupied the poft 

 of mafter of requefts at Paris, and his time and attention 

 were much engaged by the duties of his office, he was inde- 

 fatigable in his apphcation to mathematical ftudies ; fo that 

 he is faid to have remained in his apartment for three days, 

 without either eating or fleeping. In his writings he mani- 

 fefts great originahty of genius, as well as invention. For 

 a brief account of his improvements in algebra, we refer to 

 that article. On other branches of the mathematics, befides 

 thofe that may be denominated analytical, he beftowed 

 much attention and labour ; and whilfl he collefted and de- 

 tailed what others had done before him, he enlarged the 

 boundaries of fcience, and made fome important and ufeful 



additions 



