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multiply the distance it falls the first second by 

 twice the number of seconds, minus one. The 

 distance a body falls in the third second is 

 (2X3 1)X 16.08=80.40 feet; in the fourth sec- 

 ond, (2X4 1)X 16.08= 112.56. This tallies ex- 

 actly with the results obtained in the longer 

 formula given above. See GRAVITY; GRAVITA- 

 TION. C.R.M. 



FALL LINE. When the headwaters of a 

 river are in a rocky region and its lower 

 course is through softer soil, falls or rapids will 

 be formed where it passes from the one to the 

 other. Where the coast of a country is a plain, 

 as it is in much 

 of the Atlantic 

 region of the 

 United States and 

 Canada, there 

 will be a sudden 

 drop in the bed 

 of each river 

 which flows into 

 it from the more 

 mountainous in- 

 terior. Thus the 

 border of the 

 coast region be- 

 comes a fall line, 

 or line of falls. 

 Both because of 

 the abundance of 

 water power and 

 because it marks 

 the limit to 

 which ships can 

 ascend the rivers 

 from the ocean, 



the fall line is 



,, , , The dots represent cities 



the location Of extending from Quebec, Can- 



manv imnnrtnnt ada, to Columbus, Georgia. 



' These cities can be identified 



cities. The most by comparison with political 



e maps, 

 important of 



these in America are shown on the accom- 

 panying map. 



FALL RIVER, MASS., one of the largest cot- 

 ton-manufacturing cities in the United States, 

 situated in Bristol County, in the extreme 

 southeastern section of the state. It is on 

 Mount Hope Bay, an inlet of Narragansett 

 Bay, at the point where it receives the waters 

 of the Taunton River. Boston, the state cap- 

 ital, is forty-nine miles north; Providence, 

 R. I., is eighteen miles northwest. Transporta- 

 tion facilities are provided by the New York, 

 New Haven & Hartford Railway, by extensive 

 electric interurban lines and by the steamers 



THE FALL LINE 



plying regularly between Fall River and other 

 Eastern cities; freight steamers communicate 

 daily with Providence. In 1910 the population 

 was 119,295; in 1916 it was 128,366. 



Fall River has a safe, deep harbor, capable 

 of admitting vessels of the largest size. Water 

 power for manufacture is supplied by Fall 

 River, which rises in Watuppa Lake, on the 

 eastern limits of the city, and has a descent 

 of 130 feet in half a mile. Large capital has 

 been invested in the kindred cotton industries, 

 which make thread, yarn, calico, prints, ging- 

 hams and knit goods; more than 35,000 people 

 are employed in these factories. Besides cot- 

 ton products, the city makes woolen goods, 

 men's hats, especially those for the United 

 States army, spools, bobbins, cotton-making 

 machinery supplies, rope, twine and rubber. 

 Granite quarrying within the city is also an. 

 important industry. There are a number of 

 fine structures built of this native stone, one 

 of the most notable being the city hall. Other 

 noteworthy buildings are the customhouse and 

 post office, the Durfee high school, the Tech- 

 nical high school and the state armory. In 

 addition to its public schools the city has 

 Notre Dame College, a conservatory of music, 

 a free textile school, opened in 1904, and a 

 library with 70,000 volumes. There are hos- 

 pitals and homes for children and for the 

 aged. Five parks provide recreation grounds. 



The first settlement made here by white 

 men was on land obtained by treaty with the 

 Wampanoag Indians. It was a part of 'Free- 

 town until 1803, when it was incorporated sepa- 

 rately. From 1804 until 1834 it was known 

 as Troy. In 1854 it was chartered as the city 

 of Fall River, and in 1862 a part of Tiverton, 

 R. I., was included within its limits. The most 

 serious strike in the history of the textile 

 industry occurred here in 1904. 



FALSE IMPRISONMENT, the detention or 

 confinement of a person without authority of 

 law. An example of false imprisonment de- 

 velops in case one person by false swearing 

 secures the detention of another. If the vic- 

 tim is able later to establish the facts he may 

 proceed by criminal prosecution to secure the 

 punishment of all who conspired against him. 

 Only when a disturbance of public peace or 

 safety has been committed is the imprisonment 

 of a citizen justifiable. 



False imprisonment does not arise in case a 

 man is found guilty by a jury, is sentenced 

 to prison and is afterwards proved innocent. 

 The victim in this case has no redress. 





