Version
Version. The Word Version, Or Translation, Is Used To Express The Transferring Of Some Written Composition From One Language Into Another. Like Many Other Terms, Translation Cannot Be Briefly Defined : The Notion Of Translation Must Be Attained By A Consideration Of All The Conditions Of Translation ; And The ...
Very Rev William Daniel
*conybea.re, Very Rev. William Daniel, Dean Of Llandaff, Was Born At His Father's Rectory, St. Botolph'a, Bishopsgate, 7th Of June 1787. He Entered Christchurch College, Oxfam], In January 1805, And Took His Degrees B.a. In 1808, And A.a. In 1811. Mr. Conybeare Was One Of The Earliest Promoters Of The ...
Vespertilionide A
Vespertilionid.e. A. Istiophori. A. Phyllostomina. 1. Rhinopoma Hardwickii, The Indian Rhinopome. 2. R. Microphylla, The Egyptian Rhinopome. Egypt. 3. Sturnira Spectrum, The Sturnira. Brazils. 4. Arctibeus Jamaicensis, The Jamaica Arctibeus. Jamaica And Brazils. 5. A. Fimbriatus, The Fringe-lipped Aretibens. Brazils. 6. A. Verrucatus, The Warty-chinned Arctibeus. South America. 7. A. ...
Vesta Asteroids Vesta
Vesta. [asteroids ] Vesta ('earle Or Lasrin, Hestia., Or Xiatie), One Of The Great Divinities Of The Ancients, And Common Both In Name And Mode Of Worship To The Greeks And Romana. According To Hesiod, Abe Was The First-born Daughter Of Lcronos And Rhea, And Sister Of Zeus, And The ...
Vestal
Vestal (" Virgo Vestalis," Iseah), A Priestess Of The Roman Deity Vesta. The Number Of Those Priestesses, According To The Regulations Of King Numa, Was Four, Two For Each Of The Ancient Tribes. Servius Tullius, Or. According To Others, Tarqulnius Priscus, Added Two More, To Represent The Third Tribe, Or ...
Vestry
Vestry Is The Name Of That Part Of A Parish Church Where The Ecclesiastical Vestments Are Kept ; And Inasmuch As Meetings Of Parish Ioners Have Been Usually Held In This Part Of The Church For Parochial Purposes, Such Meetings, Duly Convened, Have Acquired The Name Of Vestries ; Eo ...
Vesuvius
Vesuvius (veserus), A Mountain Situated East Of The Bay And East-south-east Of The City Of Naples, Celebrated For Many Centuries As One Of The Principal And Most Active Volcanoes Of Europe. Its Height Above The Sea Is Variable, According To The Condition In Which Eruptions Leave The Crater; And Owing ...
Viaduct
Viaduct. A Bridge Erected Over A Valley, For The Purpose Of Avoiding The Necessity For Carrying A Roadway Either By Long Inclines, By Zigzags, Or By Precipitous Descents, From High Level On One Side Of The Hills Bounding The Valley, To A Corresponding Height On The Other Side. The Conditions ...
Viatka
Viatka (wjatka, Or Wititzk), An Extensive Goverument Of Russia, Is Situated Between 55° 50' And 60° 5' N. Lat., 55° 46' And 54° E. Long. Its Area Is 52,900 Square Miles, And The Populatiou In 1846 Was 1,662,800. It Is Bounded N. By Vologda, E. By Perm, S. By Oren ...
Vibration
Vibration. We Have Had In Many Articles To Consider The Effects Of Vibratory Motions, But We Have Not Yet Given The Explanation Of The Simple Vibration, So As To Enable A Student With No Very Extensive Knowledge Of Mathematics To Form Some Conception Of Its Character. The Theory Of The ...
Vicenza
Vicenza, A Province Of The Crownlatul Of Venice, In Austrian Italy, Is Bounded N. By The Tyrol, E. By The Provinces Of Liellnuo And Treviso, S. By The Province Of Padua, And W. By That Of Verona. It Is About 50 Miles Long From North To South, And 25 Miles ...
Vicenza_2
Vice'nza, The Capital Of The Province Of Vicenza In Austrian Italy, Is Situated In A Fine And Fertile Country On The River Bacchiglione, 30 Miles By Railway W. From Venice, And Has About 33,000 Inhabit Ants. The City Is About Three Miles In Circumference, And Is Surrounded By Walls. It ...
Vicenzo Camuccisi
Camuccisi, Vicenzo, One Of The Most Distinguished Modern Roman Painters, Was Bons At Rome About 1775. Left Ile Orphan At An Early Age, Be Was Instructed In Design Under The Care Of A Brother, Pietro, Who Followed The Calling Of A Restorer Of Old Picture+. For Many Years Viceneo Earned ...
Victor Guy Duperre
Duperre, Victor Guy, A Baron Of The Empire And A French Admiral, Was Born At La Rochelle On The 20th Of February 1775. He Commenced His Maritime Career In The Merchant Navy, And Went To India, But Returned To France After A Voyage Of Eighteen Months; And War Having Broken ...
Victor Joseph Etienne Jouy
Jouy, Victor-joseph-etienne, De, Was Born In The Hamlet Of Jouy, Near Versailles, In The 1769. When Only Thirteen He Accom Panied The Governor Of French Guyana As Aouadieutenant To That Colony, But Remained There Scarcely A Year. He Returned To Versailles, Continued His Education For Two Years, And Then Left ...
Vienna
Vienna The Capital Of The Austrian Empire, Of The Arch Duchy Of Austria, And Of The Crowoland Of Lower Austria, Is Situated In 48° 12' 35" N. Lat., 16° 22' 58" E. Long., At An Elevation Of Between 500 And 600 Feet Above The Sea, On The Right Bank Of ...
Vienne
Vienne, A Department Of France, Bounded N. By Indre-et-loire, K By The Departments Of Indre And Linute-vienne, S. By Charente, W. By Deuxesevres And Maine-et-loire. Its Greatest Length From North To South Is About 80 Miles; The Greatest Breadth Is 51 Miles. The Area Of The Department Is 2692 Square ...
Vincenzo Gioberti
Gioberti, Vincenzo, Was Born On The 5th Of April 1801, In The City Of Torino (turin), The Capital Of The Kingdom Of Sardinia. He Studied With A View To The Ecclesiastical Profession, And Having Completed His Education In The University Of Turio, Received The Degree Of Doctor Of Theology, And ...
Vinegar Making
Vinegar-making. Vinegar Is A Dilute Acetio Acid Obtained By The Vinous Fermentation. [fermentation.] In Countries Which Pro Duce Wine, Vinegar, As Its Name Imports, Is Obtained From The Acetous Fermentation Of Wine ; But In This Country It Is Usually Procured From Malt, And The Process Employed Resembles The First ...
Vineyard
Vineyard. The Vine Only Thrives In Particular Climates, Where The Autumns Are Not Excessively Hot, Nor The Springs Subject To Late Frosts. It Has Been Observed In France, That The Line Which Marks The Northern Boundary Of The Vineyards Is Not Parallel To Any Circle Of Latitude ; But That ...
Viol
Viol, An Ancient Musical Instrument, Which Is Traced Back As Far As The 8th Century, And May Be Considered As The Parent Of All Modern Instruments Of The Violin Family. The Viol Was A Fretted Instrument, Of Three Sorts—treble, Tenor, And Base, Each Furnished With Six Strings, And Played On ...
Viola Odorata
Viola Odorata, Medical Properties Of. Though Every Part Of The Sweet-scented Violet Possesses Some Property Which Renders It Useful, It Is Chiefly The Qualities Of The Flower Which Entitle It To Notice Here. The Petals Possess A Colour And An Odour Which •rencier Them Useful. The Former Serves As A ...
Violet
Violet. The Botanical Characters Aro Given In The Nat. Hist. Div., Under Viola; But There Are Many Varieties. There Are Hardly Any Species Of Violet That Do Not Deserve Cultivation On Account Of Their Beauty ; But The Varieties Of Odorata, The Sweet-scented Species, And Tricolor (pansr), Are The Chief ...
Violin
Violin (iidiato, It., A Small Viol), A Musical Instrument Known, In Some Shape, As Used With A Bow, In Nearly All Parts Of The World, Is By Many Antiquaries Believed To Have Existed In Very Remote Times. Be That As It May, The Abb45 Le Beuf Has Produced A Strong ...
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands Are An Extensive Group Of Small Islands, Which Form Part Of The Columbian Archipelago, Commonly Called The West Indies. They Lie Between 18° 5 And 18° 50' N. Let., 64° 10' And 65° 40' W. Long., Exclusive Of The Island Of Santa Cruz, Or Saint Croix, Which Properly ...
Virginia
Virginia, One Of The United States Of North America, Extends Between 36' 30' And 39° 43' N. Lat. (with The Exception Of A Long Narrow Slip Of Land Which Extends Between Pennsylvania And The Ohio River As Far North As 40° 33' N. Lat.), 75° 15' And 83° 30' W. ...
Virtual Velocities
Virtual Velocities. The Name Of The Principle Of Virtual Velocities, Which Is Given To What Is Perhaps The Moat Important Gene Ralisation In Mechanics, Is Very Ill-fitted To Express The Idea Which Is To Be Conveyed. It Will Take Some Space To Prepare Even The Mathematical Reader, Unless Ho Be ...
Viscount
Viscount, The Name Of A Dignity Which Funks Fourth In The Peerage, Immediately Above That Of Baron. It Is The Most Recent English Title, Having, It Is Said, Its Origin In The Time Of Henry Vi., Who, In 1440, Created By Letters Patent John, Lord Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont. In Scotland ...
Visiinu
Visiin'u (from Via', Enter," Or "to Pervade") Occupies The Second Place In The Trim6rtti, Or Triad Of The Ifindua, And Is The Personification Of The Preserving Principle. There Is No Doubt That His Worship Is Of A Very Ancient Date ; But At The Same Time It Is Evident That ...
Vistula
Vistula (willa, Weichsel), A Large River Of Europe, Rises At The Foot Of The Carpathians, In The Circle Of Teseheu Io Austrian Silesia. Taking At First Partly An Eastern Course, It Enters Poland, Passes Cracow, And Then Turning To The North-east Divides Poland From Galicia As Far As Sandomir. From ...
Viterbo
Viterbo, A Province Of Central Italy, In The States Of The Church, Is Bounded N. By The Province Of Perugia, E. By Those Of Spoleto And Rieti, S. By The Comarca Di Roma And The Province Of Civith-vecchia, And W. By The Tuscan Sea And Tuscany. The Area Is 1083 ...
Vitrified Forts
Vitrified Forts Is A Name That Has Been Given To Certain Remarkable Atone Enclosures Existing In Parts Of Scotland, Which Appear To Have Been Subjected To The Action Of Fire. Attention Was First Collect To The Subject By Mr. John Williams, A Civil Engineer Of The Last Century, Who Had ...
Vittorio Fossombroni
Fossombro'ni, Vitto'rio, Born In 1754, At Arezzo In Tuscany, Of A Noble Family, Studied At Piss, And Applied Himself Especially To The Mathematical Sciences, For Which He Showed A Particular Aptitude. In 1782 He Was Appointed, By The Grand-duke Leopold I., Inspector Of The Property Of The Military Order Of ...
Voice
Voice. The Voice (from The Latin Vex) Is An Audible Sound Pro Duced In The Larynx. The Design Of The Present Article Is To Treat Of The Sounds Of The Human Voice In Its Two Great Functions Of Song And Speech. The Nomenclature And Notation Of Music [musts] Are Here ...
Volcano
Volcano. The Situations On The Globe Where Subterranean Fires Have Made Or Found Channels To The Surface Of The Land Or To The Bed Of The Sea, Are Termed Volcanoes. A Volcano Is Merely The Channel Of Upward Communication From The Subterranean Fires • The Mountain In Which The Volcano ...
Volga
Volga, Called By The Tartars Ethel, That Is, 'the Bountiful,' Is Tho Longest River, And, With The Exception Of The Danube, Has The Largest Volume Of Water Of Any River In Europe ; And Its Entire Course Is Within The Russian Empire. It Rises In N. Lat., On Tho Frontier ...
Volhynia
Volhynia (wolyusk), A Government Of West Russia, Is Bounded N.w. By Grodno, N. By Minsk, E. By Kiew, S. By Podolia, And W. By Galicia And Poland. Its Area Is 27,434 Square Miles; The Population In 1846 Was 1,495,500. The Country Is An Elevated Level Extending At The Foot Of ...
Vologda
Vologda, An Extensive Government Of European Mimi*, Extends From 30' To 64' 40' N. Lat., 38' 20' To 59' 40' E. Long. It Is Bounded N. By Archangel, N.e. By Toboisk, S.e. By Perm And Viatka, S. By Kostrotna S.w. By Ysroslav, W. By Novogorod, And N.w. By Olonetz, And ...
Volterra
Volterra, A Town Of Tuscany, In The Province Of Pisa, Is Built On The Sight Of Volaterras, One Of The Most Ancient Of The Etruscan Cities. Volaterres Is First Mentioned By Livy (x. 12) Under The Year Dal 299, When The People Fought Bravely Against The Consul L. Corne Lius ...
Volumetric Analysis
Volumetric Analysis. L'ofitatetrica/ Analysis. In Chemistry, Analysis Comprehend. That Series Of Operations By Which A Compound Body Is Resolved Into Its Constituents. Analysis May Be Qualitative, And Have For Its Object The Were Ascertaining Of The Number And Nature Of The Constituents, Or It May Be Quantitative, Which As Well ...
Vortex
Vortex. The Theory Of Descartes On The Formation And Mechanical Laws Of The Universe Was First Published In 1637, In His Principle Philosophies.' One Part Of This Theory, Namely, The Hypothesis Of Vortices, Is Almost The Only One Which Generally Passes By The Name Of Des Cartes. But It Should ...
Vosges
Vosges, A Department In The Eastern Part Of France, Is Bounded N. By The Department Of Meurthe, N.f. By That Of Bas-ithio, E. And S.e. By That Of Haut-lthin, S. By Haute-saone, W. By Haute-marne, And N.w. By The Department Of Meuse. Its Form Is That Of An Irregular Quadrangle, ...
Vosges Mountains
Vosges Mountains (wasgan, Vogeeen), A Chain Of Mountains Bounding The Valley Of The Rhine On The West From The Neighbourhood Of Miihlhausen To That Of Mayence. The Chitin Is Partly In France, And Partly In The Ithenieh Province Of Bavaria, And In The Territory Of Hesse Darcoatadt In Germany. The ...
Voussoir
Voussoir, One Of The Stones Of An Arch. [agee.] Vow (from The Latin " Votum," Through The French), A Promise To Perform Some Future Act, Or To Pursue Some Future Lioe Of Conduct, Confirmed By An Appeal To The Supreme Being, Or At Least To Some Supernatural Power, To Punish ...
Waclaw Or Wenceslaus Hanka
*hanka, Waclaw Or Wenceslaus, A Bohemian Poet And Antiquary, Whose Name Is Inseparably Connected With Some Of The Finest Monuments Of Bohemian Literature, Was Born At The Village Of Horenewea On The 10th Of Juue 1791. Up To The Age Of Sixteen The Only Education He Received Was That Which ...
Wafer
Wafer, A Small Round Piece Of Dried Paste, Which Is Used To Fasten Letters. The Host, As Given To Laymen At The Sacrament In The Itomish Church, And The Piece Of Consecrated Cake Given In Extreme Unc Tion, Is Also Called A Wafer, And It Is Recommended To Be Swallowed ...
Wager
Wager. In A Wager Or Bet, Two Parties Stake Money Against Each Other On The Happening Or Failure Of A Certain Event: A Is To Pay A Certain Sum To Is If The Event Happen One Way; And B Is To Pay A Certain Sum To A If The Event ...
Wager Of Law
Wager Of Law Was A Mode Of Trial Where The Defendant Was Permitted, As It Was Said, "to Make His Law," That Was," To Take An Oath (for Example) That He Oweth Not The Debt Demanded Of Him Upon A Simple Contract, Nor Any Penny Thereof ; " " But ...
Wages
Wages Are The Price Paid For Labour. The Labour Of Man, Being An Object Of Purchase And Sale, Has, Like Other Commodities, A Natural Or Cost Price, And A Market Price. Its Natural Price Is That Which Suffices To Maintain The Labourer And His Family, And To Perpetuate The Race ...
Wahhabis Or Waiiabees
Wahhabis Or Waiiabees, Is The Name Of The Adherents Of A Mohammedan Sect In Arabia. Tho Origin Of This Sect Is Intimately Connected With The Following Circumstances. When Sultan &hui I. Bad Conquered Egypt And Deposed The Last Khalif Of Cairo, Alsnuta Wakkel In A.n. 922 (a.d. 1517), He Was ...
Waif
Waif. If The Goods Of Any Person Were Stolen, And The Felon, Thinking That Pursuit. Was Made After Him, Fled, And During His Flight Waived Or Abandoned The Goods, They Became Waif, And Were Forfeited To The Crown. Or To The Lord Of The Manor, If He Were Entitled To ...
Waits
Waits Is A Name Now Applied Only To Those Itinerant Musicians Who, In Most Of The Large Towns Of England, Especially London, Go Round The Principal Streets At Night For Some Time Before Christman, Play Two Or Three Tunes, Call The Hour, Then Remove To A Suitable Dis Tance. Where ...
Waiwode
Waiwode. [waywonr..] Wa Ices, Haiii.sv Feativele Which Are Kept Once A Year In Some Of The Rural Districts Of England. They Are The Remains Of Certain Religious Wakes, Wakiogs, Or Vigils, Followed By A Festival, Which Were Once Held In All The Country Parishes. Previous To The Reformation In England, ...
Wakefield
Wakefield, The Capital Of The West Riding Of Yorkshire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Wakefield, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The River Calder, In 53° 41' N. Lat., 1° 30' W. Long., Distant 27 Miles S.w. ...
Wales
Wales, A Principality Of Great Britain, Lies On The West Side Of That Island, Between 51° 20' And 53' 25' N. Lat., 2° 41' And 4° 56' W. Long. It Is Bounded W. And N. By St. George's Channel ; E. By The English Counties Of Cheater, Salop, Hereford, And ...