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BINGHAMTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Broome county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the See also:south See also:part of the See also:state, on both See also:banks of the See also:north See also:branch of the Susquehanna See also:river, at the mouth of the Chenango river. Pop. (188o) 17,317; (1890) 35,005; (1900) 39,647, of whom 4272 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910), 48,443. It is an important railway centre, being served by the See also:Delaware & See also:Hudson, the See also:Erie, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & See also:West-ern See also:railways; and an extensive See also:system of electric See also:rail-ways connects it with the suburbs and neighbouring towns. Binghamton is picturesquely situated and has a number of parks, the most attractive of which are See also:Ross See also:Park of Too acres and See also:Ely Park of 134 acres. Among the See also:principal buildings are the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the See also:court-See also:house, the See also:post-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, the Binghamton city See also:hospital, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
Stone See also:opera-house, the See also:Carnegie library (1904), the central high school, and a state armoury. Binghamton has also some See also:fine office buildings. Among the city's educational and charitable institutions are the See also:Lady Jane See also:Grey school (for girls), St See also:Joseph's See also:academy, St See also:Mary's See also:home for orphans, the Susquehanna Valley See also:orphan See also:asylum, and a state hospital for the insane. Binghamton is a manufacturing centre of consider-able importance, ranking twelfth in the state in 1905 in the value of factory products, $13,907,403, which was an increase of 32.0% over the value of the factory products in 1900; among its manufactures are See also:tobacco, cigars, chewing tobacco and See also:snuff (value in 1905, $2,879,217), patent medicines (value in 1905, $2,133,198), See also:flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products ($1,089,910), men's clothing ($833,835), and, of less importance, commercial and computing scales and See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time recorders, chemicals, distilled liquor, See also:beer, See also:fire-alarm apparatus, overalls, agricultural implements, wagons, See also:electrical apparatus, refined oil, See also:sheet See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal, See also:paper bags and envelopes, tacks and nails, window See also:glass, glass-See also:ware, clocks, whips and See also:furniture (especially See also:Morris chairs). In the See also:village of Lestershire (pop. in 1910, 3775; incorporated in 1892), about 2 M. west, and in Endicott, another suburb, are large See also:boot and See also:shoe factories. The See also:municipality owns and operates the See also:water-See also:works. When Binghamton was first settled, about 1787, it was known as Chenango Point. Its site was originally included in the so-called " See also:Bingham Patent," a See also:tract on both sides of the Susquehanna river owned by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Bingham (1751–1804), a See also:Philadelphia See also:merchant, who was a member of the See also:Continental See also:Congress in 1787–1788 and of the See also:United States See also:Senate in 1795–18o1, being See also:president See also:pro tempore of the Senate from the 16th of See also:February to the 3rd of See also:March 1797. In 'Soo a village was laid out by an See also:agent of Mr Bingham, and was named Bingham-ton. In 1834 it was incorporated as a village, and in 1867 was chartered as a city.
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