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

Berkshire See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, N.W. See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, U.S.A., having an See also:

AREA

area of 23 sq. m. Pop. (188o) 5591; (1890) 9213; (1900) 11,134, of whom 4376 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910, See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 13,026. It includes a poruoi. of the valley of the Hoosac See also:

RIVER

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

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

industrial See also:

VILLAGE

village (manufactures of See also:

cotton and See also:

paper), bears the same name as the township, and is on a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

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

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

timber See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation since 1898. The township's See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

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

total factory See also:

PRO

pro-ducts; in 1905 no other See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

UNITED

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, BEATING THE

bounds, was destroyed in 1746 by the See also:

French. An old See also:

INDIAN

Indian trail between the See also:

Hudson and See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut valley ran through the township, and was once a leading outlet of the Berkshire See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

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

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

SAMUEL

Samuel Adams, the revolutionary See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader. See also:

PART

Part of Adams was included in the new township of See also:

CHESHIRE

Cheshire in 1793, and See also:

North Adams was set off as a See also:

SEPARATE

separate township in 1878. See also:

ADAM'S See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

APPLE, the movable See also:

PROJECTION

projection, more prominent in See also:

MALES

males than See also:

FEMALES

females, formed in the front part of the See also:

THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat by the See also:

THYROID (Gr. Ovpoea3i'is, shield-shaped, from Ovpeos, a large oblong shield, shaped like a door, Obpa, and eiSos, form)

thyroid See also:

CARTILAGE (Lat. cartilage, gristle)

cartilage of the larynx. The name was given from a See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend that a piece of the forbidden See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit lodged in Adam's throat. The "Adam's apple" is one of the particular points of attack in the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

SYSTEM

system of self-See also:

defence known as jiu-jitsu. ADAM'S See also:

BRIDGE

BRIDGE, or RAMA'S BRIDGE, a See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of sandbanks extending from the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

MANAAR, GULF OF

Manaar, near the N.W. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

CEYLON

Ceylon to the island of See also:

RAMESWARAM

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 (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation. Some of the sandbanks are dry; and no part of the shoal has a greater See also:

DEPTH

depth than 3 or 4 ft. at high See also:

WATER

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 (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the island of Ceylon which was previously necessary. See also:

GEOLOGICAL

Geological See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence shows that this See also:

GAP

gap was once bridged by a continuous See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

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

British See also:

India See also:

Steam Navigation See also:

COMPANY

Company's steamers has been established between See also:

NEGAPATAM

Negapatam and See also:

COLOMBO

Colombo through Palk Strait and this narrow passage.

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