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writings, 388; acquaintance with the
irU'ssmu of the shores of the Baltic,
ID 1 ; discrimination of humanv races,
688.
Tasso, his '
Jerusalem Liberated,' 42 4 ;
stanza on the discovery of America,
613.
'lYiimJle, volcano of, 498.
Telescope, results of its invention, 681
683, 739, 740; date of its accidental
discovery discussed, 699 701.
Theocritus', his idyls, 378.
Theophrastes, 550, 563.
Thermometers, invention of, 721 723.
Thomson, his '
Tibullus, his
Seasons,' 430.
'
386, 387.
Lustration of the Fields,'
Tieck, Ludwig, quotation from, on
Calderon, 429; on Shakspeare, 430.
Timochares, early
nomer, 544, 545.
Alexandrian astro-
Tin, early commerce for, 492, 493.
Titian, landscapes in his pictures, 446.
Toledo, astronomical congress of, 595.
Torricelli, his invention of the barometer,
722.
Toscanelli, letters of, 621, 626; seachart,
637, 638; scientific acquirements,
644.
Travels and travellers of the middle
ages, 434, 435, 624628, 634, 635 ;
character of their narratives com-
pared with those of modern times,
435, 436.
Tropics, luxuriant beauty of the land-
scapes, 455 ; cultivation of exotic
plants, 458 465 ; paintings of tropical
scenery, 449451; why more
accurate and beautiful paintings
may be anticipated, 458; associations
connected with descriptions of tropical
scenery, 458.
Troy, data of its destruction, 476.
Tscheu-kung, early measurement of the
length of the solstitial shadow, 475.
Tsing-wang (Chinese Emperor), use of
the compass and '
magnetic cars,'
559, 628.
Tuscaroras, on the language and descent
of, 609.
Tycho Brahe, 469, 694, 697; his astronomical
discovery of the '
variation,'
594,
Tyre, Tyrians. See Phoenicians.
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Ukert, on the amber trade of the ancients,
493.
Ulugh Beig, observatory and gymnasium
founded by, 595.
Vedas, Indian hymns, in praise of nature,
404.
Vegetation of the cold and tropical
zones, 455, 456.
Venus, discovery of its crescent shape,
708, 709.
Vespucci, Amerigo, 612, 660, 664,667,
671, 672; peculiar charm lent to
his delineations of nature, 420 ; examination
of the accidental causes
which led to the naming of the New
World, 676681.
Vidal, Capt., height of the Peak of
Tenerifte, 498.
Vincentius of Beauvais, 602,615; his
'
Mirror of Nature,' 620, 629.
Vinci, Leonardo da, landscape in his
picture of Mona Lisa, 446; attainments
in physical science, 661 ; on
the ash-coloured light of the moon,
702; geognostic conjectures, 732.
Vinland, early American settlement of
the Northmen, 603 605, 612.
Virgil, beauty of his descriptions of
nature, 385.
Vitruvius, 443, 456, 457, 632.
Voltaic pile, its discovery compared
with that of the telescope, 741.
Voltaire, on the 'Araticana,' of Ercilla,
427, 428.
Vossius, Isaac, researches on light,
716, 717.
Waagen, Professor, notes on early
paintings, 444, 446.
Warahamihara, Indian mathematician,
555.
Wellsted, first reported the existence
of three mountain chains in Arabia,
575.
Weilauff, on the amber trade, 493,
494.
Xenophanes, his geognostic conjeetures,
557