PASADENA  , a See also:

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

city in the See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel valley of Los Angeles 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, in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, U.S.A., about 9 M . N.E. of Los Angeles and about 20 M. from the Pacific Ocean . Pop . (188o) 391; (1890) 4882; (1900) 9117, of whom 1278 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) 30,291 . See also:

• AREA

Area about 11 sq. m . It is served by the Southern Pacific, the See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe, and the San Pedro, Los Angeles & 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:

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

Lake railway systems, and by inter-See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban electric lines . The city lies at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 750-1000 ft., about 5 M. from the See also:

• BASE

base of the Sierra Madre range . Some See also:

• HALF

half-dozen See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain peaks in the immediate environs rise to heights of 3200 to more than 6000 ft., notably Mt See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson (6666 ft.), whose base is about 5 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Pasadena, See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

Echo mountain (4or6 ft.), and Mt See also:

• LOWE, JOHANN KARL GOTTFRIED (1796-1869)
• LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844)

Lowe (6100 ft) . From Rubio See also:

• CANYON (Anglicized form of Span. canon, a tube, pipe or cannon; the Spanish form being also frequently written)

canyon, near Pasadena, to the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of Echo mountain, runs a steep See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable railway, r000 yds. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . On Echo mountain is the Lowe See also:

• OBSERVATORY

Observatory (35do ft.), with a 16-in. See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial See also:

• TELESCOPE

telescope, and on Mt Wilson is the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

Solar Observatory (5886 ft.) of the See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie Institution of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, equipped with a 6o-in. reflecting telescope and other See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments for stellar See also:

• PHOTOGRAPHY (Gr. bias, light, and ypa w, to write)
• PHOTOGRAPHY, CELESTIAL

photography, a See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal telescope for solar photography, a 6o-ft. See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower telescope (completed in 1907), and a second tower telescope of 150 ft. See also:

• FOCAL

focal length (under construction in 1910) . At this observatory important researches in solar and stellar See also:

• SPECTROSCOPY (from Lat. spectrum, an appearance, and Gr. a-sore y, to see)

spectroscopy have been carried on under the direction of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• ELLERY, WILLIAM (1727 — 1820)

Ellery See also:

• HALE, EDWARD EVERETT (1822-1909)
• HALE, HORATIO (1817–1896)
• HALE, JOHN PARKER (1806–1873)
• HALE, NATHAN (1756-1776)
• HALE, SIR MATTHEW (1609-1676)
• HALE, WILLIAM GARDNER (1849- )

Hale (b . 1868), the inventor of the See also:

• SPECTROHELIOGRAPH

spectroheliograph .

The See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical laboratory, computers' offices and See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument construction shops of the Solar Observatory are in Pasadena . About 5 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east of Pasadena, in the township of San Gabriel (pop . 2501 in 1900), is the See also:

• MISSION

Mission (monastery) de San Gabriel Arcangel, founded in 1771 . Pasadena is one of the most beautiful places in southern California . Fruits and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers and sub-tropical trees and small See also:

• PLANTS

plants grow and See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom the See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

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

round in its gardens . On the first of See also:

• JANUARY

January of every year a See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower See also:

• CARNIVAL (Med. Lat. carnelevarium, from taro, tarns, flesh, and levare, to lighten or put aside; the derivation from valere, to say farewell, is unsupported)

carnival, known as the " See also:

• TOURNAMENT, or TOURNEY (Fr. tournement, tournoi, Med. Lat. torneamentum, from tourner, to turn)

Tournament of See also:

• ROSES, WARS OF THE

Roses," is held . Among the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal public buildings are a handsome Romanesque public library, which in 1909 contained about 28,500 volumes, an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of considerable architectural merit, high school, and several See also:

• FINE

fine churches . The surrounding 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)

country was given over to See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep ranges until 1874, when a See also:

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

fruit-growing See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, organized in 1873, was established, from which the city was See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . The See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of See also:

• TOWN

town lots began in 1882 . Pasadena was first chartered as a city in 1886; by a clause in the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FREE

free-holders' See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter, adopted in 1901, saloons are prohibited in the city .