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AQUILA

Volume 3 · 119 words · 1842 Edition

or Aquila and Antinous, the Eagle, in Astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, usually joined with Antinous. In Bode's description of the constellations Aquila contains 276 stars, four of which are double, and three nebulous.

city of the kingdom of Naples, and chief of the province Abruzzo Ulteriore Second. It is situated on the Aterno, in the vale of Aquila and Pescara. It has no less than 24 parish and 29 monastic churches, besides the cathedral, though the population in 1818 amounted only to 7525 persons. There are some manufactures of linen and paper, and some trade in corn, cattle, saffron, and the Aquilicum other products of the vicinity. Long. 14. 5. 47. E. Lat. 42. 25. N.