12) Van Cortlandt, Stephen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...an 87,000-acre (35,208-hectare) tract on the east bank of the Hudson River, extending from Croton River to Anthony's Nose. The Van Cortlandt house at Croton-on-Hudson...

13) aqueduct. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...long. Most of the supply for New York City is conducted through the Catskill Aqueduct and the Croton Aqueduct. The topography of the land influences the design of...

14) cockroach. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Blatta orientalis, is a cosmopolitan household species. The smaller German cockroach, or Croton bug, Blattella germanica, native to Europe, is the common urban cockroach...

15) science. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...B.C.) held that everything is composed of tiny, indivisible atoms. In the school founded at Croton, S Italy, by the Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (6th cent....

16) New York, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...much of Lower Manhattan, but it brought about new building laws and the construction of the Croton water system. 13By 1840 New York had become the leading port of...