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MAYENNE 164 MAYNABD form the Maine, a tributary of the Loire. It is navigable up to Laval. MAYENNE (ma-yen'), a French de- partment formed out of the old prov- inces of Maine and Anjou, now contain- ing the arrondissements of Laval, Cha- teau-Gontier, and Mayenne; area, 1,986 square miles; pop. about 300,000. The valleys of the Mayenne, Vilaine, and Sarthe are fairly fertile, and jneld wheat, barley, flax, potatoes, hemp, and fruit "Sound" (1878); "Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters" (1883); "Researches on the Rontgen Rays" (1896), etc. He died in Maple- wood, N. J., July 13, 1897. MAYFAIR, a fashionable neighbor- hood at the "West End" of London, ad- joining Belgravia. MAYFIELD, a county-seat of Graves CO., Ky., 25 miles S. of Paducah, on the Illinois Central railroad. Has large THE MAYFLOWER (especially apples for cider). Cattle breeding, coal and slate mining, and cot- ton spinning and weaving are the other chief industries. Chief tovm, Laval. The town of Mayenne, on the Mayenne river, 78 miles S. by W. of Caen, has a pic- turesque ruined castle (taken by the English in 1424), steep narrow streets, and manufactures of calico and linen. MAYER, ALFRED MARSHALL, an American physicist; bom in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13. 1836. From 1871 till his death he was Professor of Physics in Stevens Institute of Technology, Ho- boken, N. J. Besides his editorial work on the "American Journal oT Science," and numerous contributions to other journals, he published "The Earth a Great Magnet" (1872); "Light" (1877); clothing and tobacco factories. Incor- porated 1826, has mayor and council of one chamber. Pop. (1910) 5,916; (1920) 6,583. MAYFLOWER, the vessel in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to this coun- try. MAYNARD, town of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Assabet river, Boston and Maine railroad, 10 miles S. E. of Marl- boro, and 28 miles N. W. of Boston. Has large woolen and powder mills, and abundant water power, which is con- trolled by the city. Pop. (1910) 6,390; (1920) 7,086. MAYNARD, BELVIN W., LIEUT., American aeronaut. Formerly pastor of Baptist church in Clinton, N. C. En-