Albany

(al'ba-ne,) a N.E. co. of New York; area, 483 sq. m.; pop. 133,109.- ALBANY, the C. of the preceding co., and the legislative C. of the State, is a fine city, situate on the W. bank of the Hudson River, 141 m. N. of New York; Lat. 42° 39′ 49″ N., Lon. 73° 44' 33" W. The most remarkable of its public buildings is the new Capitol, an elaborate stone structure with a magnificent dome. A. is celebrated for its educational and literary institutions, the principal of which are: the University; the Dudley Observatory; the Institute for the Collecting and Diffusing of Scientific Information; the State Library, uumbering 100,000 vols., . A. has extensive manu fs. of iron, hollow-ware, malt, pianofortes, leather, coaches, .; its lumber-trade is immense; and it is the centre of a considerable trade in flour, corn, barley, and wool. Pop. (1875) 86,000. Albany, a river of British N. America, connecting, through other lakes, with Lake Winnipeg. It enters Jamos's Bay near Fort Albany. [s. 16]