Valparaiso – Verst
Valparaiso
CHILE THE ARSENAL, VENICE CHARLOTTE AMALIE, VIRGIN ISLANDS HARBOR OF VLADIVOSTOK GRAND CANAL, VENICE Opposite page 276 ERUPTION OF STROMBOLI VOLCANO MT. PELEE, WHICH DESTROYED ST.
PIERRE A LAVA FLOW ON KILAUEA GRAND OPERA HOUSE, WARSAW
Valentia
or VALENCIA, a small fertile island off the S. E. coast of Ireland, belonging to County Kerry, about 5 miles long by 2 miles broad. It has slate and flag quarries, and productive fisheries. The British Atlantic telegraph cables to Newfoundland start from Valentia, and there is here a lighthouse.
Van
a town of Armenia, on Lake Van; the capital once of an Armenian kingdom, near the S. E. shore of Lake Van; 145 miles S. E. of Erzerum; pop. about 30,000.- VAN, LAKE, a salt-water lake, 5,467 feet above sea-level; area about 1,600 square miles; it contains many islands and has no visible outlet.
Vandergrift
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland co., about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh, on the Pennsylvania railroad. One of the largest sheet steel plants in the world is located here. Pop. (1910) 3,878; (1920) 9,531.
Varangians
or VARAGIANS, the name applied to the Norse vikings, who at the close of the 9th century, founded various principalities in Russia. Some of them afterward entered the service of the Byzantine emperors, and became the imperial guards at Constantinople. Here they were recruited by Anglo-Saxons and Danes, who fled from England to escape the Norman yoke.
Vaseline
or VASELENE, petroleum jelly, a pale yellow, translucent, semi-solid substance, consisting of a mixture of the hydro-carbons C16H34 and C20 H42, obtained by treating the undistilled portion of petroleum with superheated steam, and filtering while hot through animal charcoal.
Vaughan
HERBERT, a Roman thean fire could be struck but now and then.
Vegetable Marrow
a species of gourd cultivated as a culinary vegetable, and used fried, boiled, or otherwise.
Venetian School
a school of painting which arose and declined in the 16th century, and of which Titian (1477- 1576) is considered the founder. Among its other masters were Giorgione (1477- 1511), Tintoretto (1512-1594), and Paul Veronese (1528-1581). The distinguishing characteristics of this school were a mastery of color and a consummate knowledge of chiaro-oscuro.
Venice
GULF OF, an arm of the Piave.
VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS
Vermejo
RIO GRANDE, a river of the Argentine Republic, rises in the highlands of Bolivia, and flows in a general S. E. direction till it joins the Paraguay. It is 1,300 miles in length, and has a very tortuous course.
Verst
a Russian measure of length, equal to 3,500 English feet, or very nearly two-thirds of a mile.