Volume
the space pace occupied by a body; dimensions in length, breadth, and depth; compass, mass, bulk. In chemistry, the volume of an irregular body und from its weight and may be found and specific gravity; that is to say, the weight of a unit volume. If w be the weight of the body in grammes, and s w its specific gravity, the fraction - gives 8 Cyc 17 its volume in cubic centimeters. The capacities of vessels are determined by filling them with water or mercury from measuring tube, or other vessel whose measurin a othe capacity is previously known; or, when very great accuracy is required by determining the weight of water or mercury, at the standard temperature, which fills the vessel. In music, a term applied to the power and quality of the tone of a voice or instrument, or of a combination of sounds. In physics, the volume the of a body may be real or apparent; former is the portion of space actually occupied by the matter of which the body is composed, the latter is the sum of its real volume and the total volume of its pores. The real volume is invariable, the apparent volume can be altered in various ways; for instance, it diminishes a on solidification of the body. rule as these he cube constructed on the unit of length.
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Volunteers of America
a religious and philanthropic body; organized from former members of the Salvation Army in March, 1896, by Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth and consisting of several central societies and numerous self-supporting posts and outposts. The head officer is elected by the members as commander-in-chief, and by the directors as president. There are four branches of philanthropic work: (1) The sociological branch, which provides homes for destitute men. In 1920 the homes located in various cities furnished lodging for over 200,000 persons. (2) Homes for friendless young women. (3) The tenement work for the worthy poor. (4) The philanthropic branch, working among unprotected children. The Prison League is an important department of Volunteer activity. There are branches in most States. The homes for the reception of discharged prisoners are known as Hope Halls. A large majority of the ex-convicts who have been sheltered by these homes and provided with situations have made good records for themselves. There was an aggregate attendance of 927,045 persons at the hall meetings and 2,287,985 at the open air meetings.
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Volusenus Florentius
FLORENCE WILSON, or WOLSEY), a Scottish humanist; born near Elgin at the opening of the 16th century. H Having received his early education in Scotland (probably at Aberdeen), he seems to have proceeded to the University of Paris. Like his contemporary and personal friend George Buchanan, he cultivated classical learning in preference to the logic and philosophy of the schoolmen, and attained a mastery of Latin which gives him a place with the first scholars of his time. After acting as tutor to a son (spoken of as a nephew) of Cardinal Wolsey, he eventually became principal of a school at Carpentras, near Avignon, a position he owed to the favor of Cardinal Sadoleto. In 1546, on his way home to Scotland, Volusenus died at Vienne in Dauphiné, lamented by Buchanan in a Latin quatrain, which proves the strength of their friendship. His chief work is his "The Tranquility of Mind," written in the purest classical Latin, every page of which reveals the essential refinement and moral beauty of his nature.
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Volvox
in botany, the typical genus of Volvocineæ, with one species, V. globator. To the naked eye it resembles a minute pale green globule floating about in the water. Under the microscope it is seen to be a spherical membranous sac, studded with innumerable green points, really apertures giving exit to cilia, which enable it to roll over and over in the water. Within the sac are various dense globules, generally green in summer, but often of an orange color in autumn and early winter. They are zoöspore-like bodies, each sending a pair of cilia through separate orifices. There is a reddish brown spot and a contractile vacuole. They are found abundantly in clear pools on open commons and similar localities.
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Vomer
in anatomy, a small thin bone in the median line, forming the posterior and principal portion of the partition between the nostrils in man. It exhibits many modifications in the different classes of vertebrata. In fishes an important character is the presence or absence of teeth on the vomer (that is, along the middle line of the roof of the mouth). The bone is so named from the fact that in man it bears some resemblance to a plowshare. In palæontology, a genus of Carangidæ, allied to Caranx, from the Chalk of Comen in Istria.
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Vondel
JOOST VAN DEN (von' del), a Dutch dramatic poet; born in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 17, 1587. His is the greatest name in Dutch literature, and he has often been called "The Dutch Shakespeare." He began his literary career with the drama "The Pasha," produced in 1612 before the Rhetorical Chamber, of which he was a member. He wrote the tragedy "Palamedes," and "The Amsterdam Hecuba," a free version of Seneca (1625); many translations from the classics and versions of classical originals, and the Biblical dramas, "Adam in Banishment," "Solomon," "Samson," "Noah," "Jerusalem Destroyed," "King David in Exile," "Joseph in Egypt," etc. The dramatic poem "Lucifer," the greatest of his works, is considered ered by by many Dutch critics to be an allegorical account of the revolt of the Netherlands against Philip of Spain. His collected works, together with a life of the poet, were published at Amsterdam (1850-1869) in 12 volumes. He died in Amsterdam, in 1679.
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Voorhees
DANIEL American lawyer; born in Liberty, O., WOLSEY, an Sept. 26, 1827; was graduated at De Pauw University in 1849; and admitted to the bar in 1851; began practice in Covington , Ind.; was a member of Congress in 1869-1873, and of the United States Senate in 1877-1897; served on the Senate Committee on Finance during his whole career in that body. He was also a member of the Committees on Library , Immigration, and International Expositions. The erection of the new Congressional Library was largely due to his influence . Owing to his tall and erect figure he was known as the "tall sycamore of the Wabash." He died in Washington, D. C., April 10, 1897.
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