Massachusetts Bay
a large bay to the E. of the central part of Massachusetts; bounded on the N. by Cape Ann, and on the S. by Cape Cod.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, non-sectarian institution in Cambridge, Mass.; founded in 1865; reported at the close of 1919:
Professors and instructors, 125; students, 3,073; volumes in the library, 132,921; productive funds, $9,500,000; income, $430,000; president, E. F. porarily settled by Norwegians as early as A. D. 1000. In 1628 another colony was established at Salem, and both were united under one government with Maine in 1692. In 1675, an Indian chief, named Philip of Pokaneket, or King Philip, began a war which had for its object the Nichols. MASSAGE (mass'ij), a scientific a entire extermination of the English.
This war lasted three years, and ended by the death of King Philip himself. method of curing disease by systematic From this time till the Revolutionary manipulations comprising: (1) Surface War Massachusetts enjoyed a period of comparative peace and prosperity. When the oppressive measures of the English Parliament finally brought about the rupture with the colonies, none took a more active or more prominent part than Massachusetts in the National cause.
The passage of the Stamp Act aroused the wildest excitement; and its repeal the following year was received with demonstrations of joy. The arrival of the "Romney" man-of-war renewed the excitement, and Massachusetts issued a circular letter to the colonies, which the British ministry in vain commanded the authorities to rescind. Then followed the Boston massacre in 1770, the destruction of the tea in 1773, and the Port Bill in 1774. The Revolutionary War had its outbreak in Massachusetts, the bloodshed at Lexington and the contest of Concord being the instigative incidents that led to the war. Its earliest event was the siege of Boston, made notable by the battle of Bunker Hill, the acceptance of the command by Washington at Cambridge, and the evacuation by the British. In 1780 a constitution was framed for the State, and adopted by popular vote. In 1786 the tranquillity of the State was again disturbed by a party of rioters, who, under the leadership of Daniel Shays, attempted to resist the authorities, but the revolt was suppressed. On the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861 Massachufriction (effleurage); (2) A form of kneading (pétrissage); (3) Manipulations with the tips of the fingers (massage à friction); and (4) A kind of striking or percussion with the hands (tapotement). These procedures are combined according to definite rules, and the treatment is found useful in paralysis, neuralgia, rheumatism, joint diseases, etc. It is used among the Sandwich Islanders under the name of lomi-lomi, and in Tonga is called toogi-toogi, mili, or fota.