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ADAMS , a township in the extreme N. of See also:

Berkshire See also:county, N.W. See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., having an See also:area of 23 sq. m. Pop. (188o) 5591; (1890) 9213; (1900) 11,134, of whom 4376 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 13,026. It includes a poruoi. of the valley of the Hoosac See also:river, extending to the Hoosac Range on the E., and on the W. to Mt. See also:Williams (3040 ft.), and Greylock See also:Mountain (3532 ft.), partly in See also:Williamstown, and the See also:ADAMSON 181 highest point in the See also:state. The valley portion is level and contains several See also:settlement centres, the largest of which, a busy See also:industrial See also:village (manufactures of See also:cotton and See also:paper), bears the same name as the township, and is on a See also:branch of the See also:Boston and See also:Albany railroad. The village is the nearest station to See also:Grey-See also:lock, which can be easily ascended, and affords See also:fine views of the Hoosac and Housatonic valleys, the Berkshire Hills and the See also:Green Mountains; the mountain has been a state See also:timber See also:reservation since 1898. The township's See also:principal See also:industry is the manufacture of cotton goods, the value of which in 1905 ($4,621,261) was 84.1% of the value of the township's See also:total factory See also:pro-ducts; in 1905 no other See also:place in the See also:United States showed so high a degree of specialization in this industry. The township (originally "See also:East Hoosuck") was surveyed and defined in 1749. Fort Massachusetts, at one See also:time within its See also:bounds, was destroyed in 1746 by the See also:French. An old See also:Indian trail between the See also:Hudson and See also:Connecticut valley ran through the township, and was once a leading outlet of the Berkshire See also:country.

Adams was incorporated in 1778, and was named in See also:

honour of See also:Samuel Adams, the revolutionary See also:leader. See also:Part of Adams was included in the new township of See also:Cheshire in 1793, and See also:North Adams was set off as a See also:separate township in 1878. See also:ADAM'S See also:APPLE, the movable See also:projection, more prominent in See also:males than See also:females, formed in the front part of the See also:throat by the See also:thyroid See also:cartilage of the larynx. The name was given from a See also:legend that a piece of the forbidden See also:fruit lodged in Adam's throat. The "Adam's apple" is one of the particular points of attack in the See also:Japanese See also:system of self-See also:defence known as jiu-jitsu. ADAM'S See also:BRIDGE, or RAMA'S BRIDGE, a See also:chain of sandbanks extending from the See also:island of See also:Manaar, near the N.W. See also:coast of See also:Ceylon to the island of See also:Rameswaram, off the Indian coast, and lying between the Gulf of Manaar on the S.W. and Palk Strait on the N.E. It is more than 30 M. See also:long and offers a serious impediment to See also:navigation. Some of the sandbanks are dry; and no part of the shoal has a greater See also:depth than 3 or 4 ft. at high See also:water, except three tortuous and intricate channels which have recently been dredged to a sufficient depth to admit the passage of vessels, so as to obviate the long See also:journey See also:round the island of Ceylon which was previously necessary. See also:Geological See also:evidence shows that this See also:gap was once bridged by a continuous See also:isthmus which according to the See also:temple records was breached by a violent See also:storm in 1480. Operations for removing the obstacles in the channel and for deepening and widening it were begun as long ago as 1838. A service of the See also:British See also:India See also:Steam Navigation See also:Company's steamers has been established between See also:Negapatam and See also:Colombo through Palk Strait and this narrow passage.

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