VERNIER

PIERRE, 5. 1580, ¢@. 1657,) of N spent most of his days in the Nelbcriauds | moet in the service of Spain. He invented the} Pom mechanism of the auxiliary scale known | and a3 the cernier, which enabica minute} greal Measurements in lines and angles to be | owin made, Micrometer-screws, graduated on | waa ‘the head, have now largely taken the place } vine: of the linear verniers which slid along the | a mi face of the principal scale. Vi Yenous, an old city, aaa placed at} work the foot of the Alps, 72 miles west ofjof & Venice. It bas spo 4 interesting Roman | cows _Temains, and “is rich in medieval! art! come treasures. It trades with Lageen by | cally _ ‘the Brenner Pa and railway, and is the} nary _ Contre of a considerable industry in wine | pas and of: ion 69,000. | seus Vay PACLO, 6. in Yerora,| Reve _ whence he his surname, 1528, d.1538.| VI _ He was the last of the great Venetian | the 1 we like a, was a great| from 0 His “ Saint Helena’s Vision of| VI the Cro ” in the National Gallery ie _ €xempilfics his boldne as a designer and | deilt AY VERONICA, [s. 310]