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[Figure] r ABSTRACT OF OBSERVATIONS FOR HEIGHT. Observations on road from LEH to YARKAND viâ Changchenmo and Shahidúla.

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ATIONS FOR HEIGHT.

LIED viâ Changchenmo and Shahidûla.

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Degrees.

Degrees.

Incites.

Degrees.

Degrees.

Feet.

 

63

61

19.580

60

56

11,890

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57

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19580

60

56

15,780

 

43

31.3

19.617

58.3

54

17,590

By Captain Biddulph, 17,395 feet.

51

38

19.617

58

54

15,950

 

51

48

19.617

58

54

12,900

 

61

58

19.617

58

54

13,890

 

56

55

19.617

58

54

14,130

 

52.3

48.8

19.617

58.3

54

15,090

 

45

25

19.617

58.3

54

18,420

By Captain Biddulph, 18,530 feet.

41

42

19.617

58

54

17,500

 

58

54

19.569 ,

56

52

14,790

 

47.3

45.5

19.569

56.3

54

15,570

 

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48.2

19•424

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57.6

17,020

 

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32

19.478

...

56.5

19,280

 

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35.3

19•396

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57.8

18,630

 

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33.3

19.522

...

56.3

17,680

 

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29.0

19.522

...

56.3

17,610

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22.0

19.443

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54.2

17,150

 

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44

19.569

56

52

16,730

 

24

22

19.569

56

52

17,250

 

33

26

19.569

56

52

18,910

 

82

28

19.569

56

52

17,330

21

15

19.569

56.3

49.3

17,890

 

 

23

19 537

49

40.6

18,160

 

33

.   30

19.572

49

40.6

17,440

25

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25

18

19.572

19.537

49

49

40.6

40.6

17,030

17,030

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26.5

19.508

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43.1

16,590

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37.8

19.659

...

43.5

15,590

 

attached, in which case an aneroid barometer has been used ; when given in degrees the figures are the corrected means of hypsometrical readings.

in determining the height.   •

  • The height of the observatory at Leh is taken as 11,538 feet above sea level.

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