[Adams, John], the second president of the United States, and a chief promoter of their independence (1739-1826).
[Adams, John Quincy], his eldest son, the sixth president (1767-1848).
[Adams, John Couch], an English astronomer, the discoverer simultaneously with Leverrier of the planet Neptune (1819-1892).
[Adams, Parson], a country curate in Fielding's "Joseph Andrews," with a head full of learning and a heart full of love to his fellows, but in absolute ignorance of the world, which in his simplicity he takes for what it professes to be.
[Adams, Samuel], a zealous promoter of American independence, who lived and died poor (1722-1803).
[Adam's Bridge], a chain of coral reefs and sandbanks connecting Ceylon with India.
[Adam's Peak], a conical peak in the centre of Ceylon 7420 ft. high, with a foot-like depression 5 ft. long and 2½ broad atop, ascribed to Adam by the Mohammedans, and to Buddha by the Buddhists; it was here, the Arabs say, that Adam alighted on his expulsion from Eden and stood doing penance on one foot till God forgave him.
[Ada`na] (40), a town SE. corner of Asia Minor, 30 m. from the sea.
[Adanson, Michel], a French botanist, born in [Aix], the first to attempt a natural classification of plants (1727-1806).
[Ad`da], an affluent of the Po, near Cremona; it flows through Lake Como; on its banks Bonaparte gained several of his famous victories over Austria.