Mason
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- Masonry workerStonemasonryThe craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of civilization - creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth. These materials have been used to construct many of the long-lasting, ancient monuments, artifacts, cathedrals, and cities in a wide variety of cultures...
, who builds with concrete, brick or stone - BricklayerBricklayerA bricklayer or mason is a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork. The term also refers to personnel who use blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of masonry. In British and Australian English, a bricklayer is colloquially known as a "brickie".The training of a trade in...
, a craftsman who lays bricks to construct brickwork - Mason (surname)Mason (surname)Mason is an occupational surname of English origin, and may refer to many people:-A:* A. E. W. Mason, British author* Abner Mason, American presidential advisor on AIDS* Alex Mason, the protagonist of Call of Duty: Black Ops...
, a common English surname - Mason (band), Dutch electronic music duo
- Mason (crater)Mason (crater)Mason is the remains of a lunar crater that lies in the northeastern part of the Moon. It is nearly attached to the eastern rim of the flooded crater Plana, and southeast of Bürg. Along the northern rim of Mason is the southern edge of the Lacus Mortis, a small lunar mare...
, on the Moon - MASON (Java)MASON (Java)MASON is an multi-agent simulation environment developed in Java at George Mason University's Evolutionary Computation Laboratory in conjunction with the GMU Center for Social Complexity. First released in 2003, the environment continues to be maintained and kept up to date...
, an artificial-life computer simulation development environment, written in Java - Mason (Perl)Mason (Perl)HTML::Mason, or Mason for short, is a web application framework written in Perl. It is distributed on CPAN.Its features make it a suitable backend for high load sites serving dynamic content, such as online newspapers or database driven e-commerce sites. The author claims that several popular web...
, Perl-based website development and delivery engine - Mason (streetcar), first streetcar in the U.S.
- Mason TruckMason TruckMason Truck, founded by A.C. Mason in cooperation with William C. Durant, was a U.S. truck manufacturer based in Flint, Michigan. As a subsidiary of Durant Motors, Mason Truck built Road King Speed Trucks in the early 1920s....
, a subsidiary of Durant Motors of the 1920s - USS MasonUSS MasonUSS Mason has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:, a destroyer in commission from 1920 to 1922 and from 1939 to 1940, a destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1945, a destroyer in commission since 2003See also:...
, several warships - Mason, a nickname for George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
- Mason, a sept of the Clan Sinclair
Places:
- Mason, IllinoisMason, IllinoisMason is an incorporated town in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 396 at the 2000 census. It was named after Mayor Roswell Mason of Chicago, who built the Central Illinois railroad.-Geography:...
- Mason, MichiganMason, MichiganMason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is named after the state's first governor, Stevens T. Mason. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,252. It is the county seat of Ingham County. Mason is the only city in the U.S. that serves as a county seat ahead of a state capital,...
, in Ingham County - Mason, Houghton County, MichiganMason, Houghton County, MichiganMason is a small community in Houghton County, Michigan that is the remainder of past Stamp mill operations at the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills. Still standing and mostly occupied are 23 mining company houses, all along M-26. Mason has been dubbed by some locals "shutter town," because each...
- Mason, New HampshireMason, New HampshireMason is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,382 at the 2010 census. Mason, together with Wilton, is home to Russell-Abbott State Forest.-History:...
- Mason, OhioMason, OhioMason is an affluent city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, 22 miles away from Cincinnati . As of the 2010 census, Mason's population was 30,712. Mason has experienced fast growth, with its historic Main Street remaining at the center of the community...
- Mason, TennesseeMason, TennesseeMason is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,089 at the 2000 census. Mason is located along U.S. Highway 70, and is home to a federal detention facility.-Geography:Mason is located at ....
- Mason, TexasMason, TexasMason is the seat of Mason County, Texas, United States. The town is an agricultural community on Comanche Creek southwest of Mason Mountain, on the Edwards Plateau and part of the Llano Uplift. The population was 2,114 at the 2010 census.-History:...
- Mason, West VirginiaMason, West VirginiaMason, also known as Mason City is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,064 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area....
- Mason, WisconsinMason, WisconsinMason is a village in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 72 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Mason.U.S. Highway 63 serves as a main route in the community.-Geography:...
See also
- FreemasonryFreemasonryFreemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...
, whose members are called masons - Mason jarMason jarA Mason jar is a glass jar used in canning to preserve food. They were invented and patented by John Landis Mason, a Philadelphia tinsmith in 1858. They are also called Ball jars, after Ball Corp., a popular and early manufacturer of the jars; fruit jars because they are often used to store...
, a container popular in home canning - Mason beeMason beeMason bee is a common name for species of bees in the genus Osmia, of the family Megachilidae. They are named from their habit of making compartments of mud in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made by wood boring insects....
(Osmia species) - Mason ProffitMason ProffitMason Proffit was a folk rock band from Chicago, Illinois that released five albums between 1969 and 1973.-History:Brothers Terry Talbot and John Michael Talbot played together in several local bands around Indianapolis, Indiana and later in Chicago...
, folk rock band from Chicago - Mason's ruleMason's ruleMason's gain formula is a method for finding the transfer function of a linear signal-flow graph . The formula was derived by Samuel Jefferson Mason and is named after its discoverer...
, a formula frequently used in control theory - MasoneMasoneMasone is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 32 km northwest of Genoa. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,020 and an area of 29.8 km²....
, town in the Alps Region of northern Italy - Masons, MarylandMasons, MarylandMasons is an unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States....
- Mason City (disambiguation)
- Mason County (disambiguation)
- Mason Township (disambiguation)