Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Greylock, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Greylock, Mount, Mass.: see Berkshire Hills. ...

Wayland

(Encyclopedia)Wayland, town (1990 pop. 11,874), Middlesex co., E Mass., W of Boston; settled c.1638, inc. 1835. Electronic and chemical research is carried on there. ...

center of gravity

(Encyclopedia)center of gravity: see center of mass. ...

Wilbraham

(Encyclopedia)Wilbraham, town (1990 pop. 12,635), Hampden co., S central Mass.; settled 1730, inc. 1763. It is mainly residential. Wilbraham and Monson Academy (1817) is there. ...

Walden Pond

(Encyclopedia)Walden Pond, Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David. ...

Southbridge

(Encyclopedia)Southbridge, town (1990 pop. 17,816), Worcester co., S Mass., on the Quinebaug River; settled 1730, inc. 1816. Chemicals, tools, metal products, and clothing are manufactured. ...

darmstadtium

(Encyclopedia)darmstadtium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Ds; at. no. 110; mass number of most stable isotope 281; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in Group 10 of the ...

Holliston

(Encyclopedia)Holliston, town (2020 pop. 14,996), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled c.1659, inc. 1724. Its manufactures include plastics, glass, wood, paper goods, and ...

Holden

(Encyclopedia)Holden, town (2020 pop. 19,905), Worcester co., central Mass., a residential suburb of Worcester; settled 1723, set off and inc. 1741. Manufactures incl...

Longmeadow

(Encyclopedia)Longmeadow, town (1990 pop. 15,467), Hampden co., SW Mass., a residential suburb adjoining Springfield, on the Connecticut River; settled 1644, set off and inc. 1783. Bay Path College is there. ...