HKB
Venus (planet), 259.
Verdigris, 219.
Vergiliae, 189.
Vermilion, 213, 215; preparation of, 216.
Vesta, altar of, 125.
Vestorius, 218.
Vesuvius, 46, 47.
Via Campana, 238.
Vinegar a solvent of rocks, 239.
Violets used for purple colour, 220.
Virgin (constellation), 265.
Vitruvius, education, 13, 168; personal appearance, 36; method of writing, 197 ff.; military service, 3; his basilica at Fano, 134 ff.
Voice, defined, 138 f.; pitch of, determined by climate, 171.
Volutes, 93.
Voussoirs, 190.
Vulcan, site of temple of, 31.
Walks, how to be constructed, 156; serve practical purpose, 156.
Walls, material for, 24; methods of building, 51 ff., 56; of brick are durable, 53; of rubble, 53.
Warden (constellation), 265.
Water (constellation), 268.
Water, 225 ff.; indispensable, 226; how to find, 227 ff.; properties of, 232 ff.; tests of good, 242; methods of conducting, 244 ff.
Water clocks, 273 ff.
Waterman (constellation), 266.
Water organ, 299 f.
Water pipes, 244 ff.
Water screw, 295 ff.
Water wheels, 294.
Wattle and daub, 57 f.
Weather prognostics, 269 ff.
Wells, 244 ff.
Whale (constellation), 267.
Wheel (treadmill), 286 f.
White lead, 219, 238 f.
Willow, 60.
Winds, names and number of, 26 ff.; diagrams of, 29 f.; orientation of cities with reference to, 24 ff.
Wine, given its flavour by soil and water, 236; lees used to make black, 218.
Wine rooms, 184.
Xanthus, 237.
Xenia, 187.
Xenophanes, 195, 269.
[Greek: Xystos], 161, 188.
Xuthus, 103.
Xysta ([Greek: paradromides]), 161, 188.
Yellow ochre, 220.
Zacynthus, 235.
Zama, 240.
Zea, spring at, 239 f.
Zeno, 195.
Zodiac, 257 ff.
Zoilus (Homeromastix), 197.