ITHACA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the 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-seat of See also:

• TOMPKINS, DANIEL D

Tompkins county, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, U.S.A., at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end of Cayuga See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake, 6o m . S.W. of See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse . Pop . (189o) 11,079, (1900) 13,136, of whom 1310 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) 14,802 . It is served by the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and the Lehigh Valley See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways and by interurban electric See also:

• LINE

line; and See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-boats ply on the lake . Most of the city is in the level valley, from which it spreads up the heights on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The finest residential See also:

• DISTRICT

district is East See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, particularly Cornell and Cayuga Heights (across Fall See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek from the Cornell campus) . See also:

• RENWICK, JAMES (1662–1688)

Renwick See also:

• BEACH

Beach, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the lake, is a See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resort . The neighbouring region is one of much beauty, and is frequented by summer tourists . Near the city are many See also:

• WATER

water-falls, the most notable being Taughannock Falls (9 m . N.), with a fall of 215 ft . Through the city from the east run Fall, Cascadilla and Six Mile Creeks, the first two of which have cut deep See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges and have a number of cascades and waterfalls, the largest, Ithaca Fall in Fall Creek, being 120 ft. high .

Six Mile Creek crosses the south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the city and empties into Cayuga Inlet, which crosses the western and See also:

• LOWER

lower districts, often inundated in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . The Inlet receives the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of a number of small streams descending from the south-western hills . Among the attractions in this direction are Buttermilk Falls and See also:

• RAVINE

ravine, on the outskirts of the city, Lick See also:

• BROOK

Brook Falls and glen and See also:

• ENFIELD

Enfield Falls and glen, the last 7 m. distant . Fall Creek furnishes See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The city has various manufactures, including See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms, See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar clocks, See also:

• TRACTION (Lat. trahere, to draw)

traction engines, See also:

• ELECTRICAL
• ELECTRICAL (or ELECTROSTATIC) MACHINE

electrical appliances, patent chains, incubators, auto-phones, artesian well drills, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement, window See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass and See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall-See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper . The value of the factory product increased from $1,500,604 in 1900 to $2,080,002 in 1905, or 38.6% . Ithaca is also a farming centre and See also:

• COAL

coal See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, and much See also:

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

fruit is grown in the vicinity . The city is best known as the seat of Cornell University (q.v.) . It has also the See also:

• EZRA (from a Hebrew word meaning " help ")
• EZRA, FOURTH BOOK (or APOCALYPSE) OF
• EZRA, THIRD BOOK OF [I Esdras]

Ezra Cornell See also:

• FREE

Free Library of about 28,000 volumes, the Ithaca Conservatory of See also:

• MUSIC

Music, the Cascadilla School and the Ithaca High School . Ithaca was settled about 1789, the name being given to it by See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

Simeon De Witt in 18o6 . It was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1821, and was chartered as a city in 1888 . At Buttermilk Falls stood 'the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal village of the Tutelo See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, Coreorgonel, settled in 1753 and destroyed in 1779 by a detachment of See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan's force .