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0485 Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1
Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 / Page 485 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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[Figure] r Observations on road from YARKAND to KASHGHAR.

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doi: 10.20676/00000196
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YARKAND to KASHGHAR.

OF OBSERVATION. | AT BASE STATION LEH OR YARKUND.

Temperature of mercury (Fahrenheit). | Temperature of mercury (Fahrenheit). | Corrected reading of barometer. | Temperature of mercury (Fahrenheit). | Temperature of air (Fahrenheit). | Resulting height above mean sea level. | REMARKS.

Degrees. | Degrees. | Inches. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Feet.

... | 47 | 19·720 | 40 | 32·5 | 3,830
... | 38 | 19·720 | 40 | 32·5 | 3,910 | Mean height = 4,030 feet.
... | 34 | 19·660 | 39 | 36 | 4,320 | See Station No. 110, page 21.

... | 42 | 19·547 | ... | 36·5 | 4,140
... | 22 | 19·353 | ... | 27·3 | 4,280 | Mean height = 4,210 feet.
Base Station Yarkand 3,923 feet above sea level.
... | 33 | 26·100 | 43 | 39 | 4,056
... | 26 | 26·173 | 24 | 20 | 4,068
... | 23 | 25·195 | 23 | 20 | 4,074
... | 47·5 | 25·837 | 52 | 50 | 4,088 | Mean value deduced from Yarkand
... | 32 | 26·089 | 34 | 32 | 4,041 | 4,060 feet.
... | 33 | 25·950 | 36 | 33 | 4,123
... | 33 | 25·923 | 30 | 31 | 4,032
... | 39 | 25·648 | 41 | 40 | 3,997

corresponding to the corrected mean of several boiling point observations.
Base Station Leh 11,538 feet above sea level.
... | 33·8 | 19·446 | 24·6 | 32·2 | 4,027 | From Leh ... ... 4,027
From Yarkand ... 4,060

Final value ... 4,043 feet.

several hundreds of observations.

GHAR to CHADYRKUL.

... | 23 | 26·000 | 22 | 19 | 4,860
... | 28 | 25·976 | 22 | 20 | 5,290 | Mean height = 5·160 feet.

... | 30 | 25·951 | 21 | 19·5 | 7,000
... | ... | 26·071 | 21 | 19 | 9,180 }
... | -8 | 26·199 | 20 | 19 | 9,230 } | Mean height = 9·205 feet.
... | 10 | 19·449 | ... | 16·6 | 8,830
... | -5 | 19·449 | ... | 16·6 | 11,150 }
... | 20 | 19·449 | ... | 16·6 | 11,030 } | Mean height = 11·090 feet.
... | 12 | 19·449 | ... | 16·6 | 12,760

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