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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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ABSTRACT OF OBSERVATIONS FOR HEIGHT. Observations on road from LEH to YARKAND viâ Changchenmo and Shahidúla. |
ATIONS FOR HEIGHT.
LIED viâ Changchenmo and Shahidûla.
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Degrees. | Degrees. | Incites. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Feet. |
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63 | 61 | 19.580 | 60 | 56 | 11,890 | ' . |
57 | . 51 | 19580 | 60 | 56 | 15,780 |
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43 | 31.3 | 19.617 | 58.3 | 54 | 17,590 | By Captain Biddulph, 17,395 feet. |
51 | 38 | 19.617 | 58 | 54 | 15,950 |
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51 | 48 | 19.617 | 58 | 54 | 12,900 |
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61 | 58 | 19.617 | 58 | 54 | 13,890 |
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56 | 55 | 19.617 | 58 | 54 | 14,130 |
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52.3 | 48.8 | 19.617 | 58.3 | 54 | 15,090 |
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45 | 25 | 19.617 | 58.3 | 54 | 18,420 | By Captain Biddulph, 18,530 feet. |
41 | 42 | 19.617 | 58 | 54 | 17,500 |
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58 | 54 | 19.569 , | 56 | 52 | 14,790 |
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47.3 | 45.5 | 19.569 | 56.3 | 54 | 15,570 |
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... | 48.2 | 19•424 | ,, | 57.6 | 17,020 |
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... | 32 | 19.478 | ... | 56.5 | 19,280 |
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... | 35.3 | 19•396 | .. • | 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 | ' |
••. | 22.0 | 19.443 | ••• | 54.2 | 17,150 |
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| 44 | 19.569 | 56 | 52 | 16,730 |
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24 | 22 | 19.569 | 56 | 52 | 17,250 |
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33 | 26 | 19.569 | 56 | 52 | 18,910 |
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82 | 28 | 19.569 | 56 | 52 | 17,330 | • |
21 | 15 | 19.569 | 56.3 | 49.3 | 17,890 |
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| 23 | 19 537 | 49 | 40.6 | 18,160 |
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33 | . 30 | 19.572 | 49 | 40.6 | 17,440 | • |
25 ••• | 25 18 | 19.572 19.537 | 49 49 | 40.6 40.6 | 17,030 17,030 | I Mean height = 17,030 feet. |
| 26.5 | 19.508 | ... | 43.1 | 16,590 | , |
... | 37.8 | 19.659 | ... | 43.5 | 15,590 |
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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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