ALB 



ALB 



Tlii.i is othenvife calkil opus iilbum. It difTi-rs from teHo- 

 rhim, which is a common name given to all rooting or cciKng, 

 including even that formed ot lime and fand, or even lime 

 and marble ; whereas Albarium was reilraincd to that mad>; 

 of lime alone. 



ALBAS, in Geography, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of Lot, three leagues vs-elt of Cahors. 



ALBASANO, a town of Albania, in European Tur- 

 key, 132 leagues well of Conllantinople. N. lat. 41" 3c'. 

 1:. long. 20" 15'. 



AIjBASTRA, an ancient town of Egypt, on the 

 Arabian coafl ; the inhabitants of which are called by Epi- 

 phanius Alaballnde'-. 



ALB.A.TE(.jNL in B'lography, a celebrated aflronomer 

 of the ninth century, was a native of Bataii, in Mefnpo- 

 tamia, and htnce called Al Battani, or Albatani. As Batan 

 was one of the dependencies ot Harran, he was alfo denomi- 

 nated Mohammed I'.bn Jaber Ebn Senan Abu Abdallah al 

 Harrani and Moliammcd of AraCtus. His aftronomical 

 obfervations were made about the years 882 and 883, at 

 Antioeli, and at Araca or Aractus, a town of Chald;va ; 

 and Blair, in his chronology. Hates the time of his death 

 about tlie year 888. Dr. Hallcy highly commer.ds him 

 (Phil. Tranf. for 1693, n° 204.), as a man of admirable 

 genius, and an excellent obferver, though he detefts many 

 errors in the editions of his works. He oliferved the au- 

 tumnal equinox at AraAus on September 19th, one hour 

 and 15 minutes after midnigh.t, A. D. S82 ; and he alfo 

 obfen-ed, about 883, that the tiril liar of Aries was 18° 2' 

 from the equinoftial point ; he ftates the obliquity of the 

 ecliptic at 23*^ 35', and the motion of the fun's apogee, fince 

 Ptolemy's time, as well as the motion of the liars, one degree 

 in 70 years. He computed new allronomical tables, inltead 

 of thofe of Ptolemy, which were imperfeil, and adapted 

 them to the meridian of Aracla or Raea ; and they v.'ere 

 long ufed as the bell among the Arabs. He alio compofed 

 a work, entitled " The Science of the Stars," comprillng 

 all parts of aftronomy, according to his own obfervations 

 and thofe of Ptolemy. This work was tranllated into Latin 

 by Plato of Tibur, and publilhcd at Nuremberg in 1537, 

 with fome additions by Regiomontanus ; and reprinted at 

 Bologna in 1645, with the notes of this author. The Al- 

 phoniine tables of the moon's motions were founded on the 

 obfervations of Albategni. The original Arabic of this 

 work, which was never publifhcd, is in the library of the 

 Vatican. Blair's Chronol. N'' 38. D'Herbelot BibL Orient. 

 Hutton's Math. Di6l. vol. i. p. 59, &c. 



ALBATEL, in Geography, a Cape on the coafl of 

 Barbaiy, about 12 leagues noith-eaft of Cape de Tenes, 

 within which are feveral good roads, particularly at Mar- 

 folach, to the well of Cercelli ifland and point. 



ALBATENIUS, an Arabian phyfician, lived towards 

 the end of the 1 ith century, cotemporary with Scrapion. He 

 tranllated the works of Galen into Arabic. 



ALBATI equi, in Antiqutty, was a denomination given 

 to thofe horfes in the games of the circus, which were dif- 

 tingnifhed by white cloths or furniture. In which fenfe, 

 they are contradiftinguil'hed from rvjiati, prafm't and vciuti. 



Albatross, in OmUhoiogy. See Diomedfa. 



ALBAZIN, in Geography, a town of Great Tartary, 

 in the road from Pekin to Mofcow, fituated on the river 

 Amur, and defended by a good fortrcfs againft the attacks of 

 the Chinefe and Tartar Monguls. N. lat. 54''. E. long. 

 J04'' 14'. 



ALBE, in Commerce, a fmall coin, current in Germany, 

 ,valucd at a I'reuch fyl and feven dcniers. 



.'^LBF.C, in Cecgriiphy, a river of Switzerland, runs 

 into the Rhine, near Eurdenau. 



ALBECK, a town of Germany, in thedidrifl of Ulm, 

 which is the capital of a prefetturate of ihe fame name, i« 

 fituated on the river Alb, five miles north-call of Ulm, and 

 eight miles wcll-north-weft of Augfburg. N. lat. 48" 29'. 

 E. long. 9" 58'. 



ALIjECOR, in Ichthyology, the Scomber Tuvnsvs of 

 the I.innxan fyllcm. 



ALBEGNA, in Geography, a river of Tufcany, runs 

 into the lea between Tclamon and Orbitclla. 



ALBEKIRK, a town of Holland, i} league fouth-weil 

 of Medemblick. 



AI.IiEL, a river which rifes in Mount Abel, in the 

 comitry of the Grifons, and difeharges itfelf into the Rhine 

 near Bergnn. 



ALBELDA, a town of Spain, on the river Iregiia, in 

 the country of Rioxa. 



ALBELEM, in Ichthyology, called alfo Albula, and 

 refemljling the fiirrn, caught in the German and other lakes, 

 is a lidi ot a fine filvery white colour, and from five or fix to 

 twelve pounds in weight. 



ALBELLA, in (Joiichology,^ fpecies of PIi;i.ix, with an 

 umbilicated fmoolh lliell, the under part gibbous, and a, 

 femicordatcd aperture ; found on the rocks of Europe. 



ALBELLLS, in Ornithology, a fpecies of Mergus. 

 See Smew. 



ALBEMARLE, Aumarle or Aumalf, in Geogra- 

 phy, a town of Erance, which gives the title of Earl to the 

 noble family of Keppel. See Aumale. 



Albemarle, a county of America, in the date of Vir- 

 ginia, lies between the Blue Ridge and the Tide Waters, 

 and contains 12,585 inhabitants, in an extent of about 35 

 fquare miles. 



Albf.marle Port, a fpacious bay or harbour, on the 

 fontliern coall of Falkland illands, is fituated between 

 Fox bay and Port Stephens, and may be known by a fmall 

 idand off" the entrance. 



Albemarle Sound, an inlet of the fea, on the coad of 

 North Carolina, 60 miles long, and from eight to i 2 broad. 

 It communicates with Pamplico found, and with Currituck 

 inlet, and receives Roanoke and Meherrin rivers. The palTage 

 into it from the fea is called Roanoke inlet. N. lat. 35" 50'. 

 W. long. 76^ 10'. 



ALBEN, a town of Audria, in the Inner Carniola, is 

 environed on al! fides with high mountains, large forells and 

 dcferts, and is diftant two miles north-wed from Cirknitz. 

 There are mines of mercury in the vicinitv of this town. 

 From the mountain of the fame name on which it is fituated, 

 called alfo Monte del ciir/o the river Alben flows, \\hich nms 

 into the gulf of Venice, between Laubach and Capo 

 d'Idria. 



Ah-B-Es-fee, a lake of Audria, 13 miles weft of Windirti- 

 Garten. 



ALBENGA is a fmall ifland on the coad of Genoa, op- 

 pofite to the town of Albenga, and c:dled alfo Gallinara. 



ALBENGUA, or Alm en g a, anciently y///'/um /n^au- 

 num, or /llbingauniim, a fea-port town of Italy, in the terri- 

 tory of Genoa, is tlie fee of a bifliop, fuffragan to the 

 archbiiliop of Genoa. It was formerly a very confiderable 

 and well-fortified t.iwn, but has fuffercd by the wars, and 

 is deferted on account of the infalubrity of the air. The 

 vicinitv abounds with olive trees, and produces great quan- 

 titles of hemp. It was burnt by the Pifans in 11 75, hut 

 rebuilt by the Genoefe. It is about 15 leagues fouth-wed: 

 of Genoa. N. lat. 44" 42'. E. long. 8" 13'. 



ALBENQUE, 



