SUMMARY 



Of TBI 



RAIN, &c. AT GENEVA, 



AND 



AT THE ELEVATED STATION 



or THB 



PASS OF GREAT ST. BERNARD, 



FOR A SERIES OP YEARS, 



From the Biblioth^que Universelle, for March, 1828, 

 WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE SAME. 



BY JOHN DALTON, F. R. S. 



(Read Oct. 17, 1828.) 



Geneva is situated in Latitude 46'=' 12' N. 

 and about 6*^ E. Longitude from London; its 

 elevation is 450 yards above the sea: its distance 

 from the Atlantic is 360 miles, and from the 

 Mediterranean 160 miles. The high mountains 

 of the Alps form an immense amphitheatre from 

 Geneva, extending more than 100 miles to the 

 eastward. 



The mountain Great St. Bernard is one of the 

 higher Alps, over which is a public road or pass 

 into Italy. It is about 60 miles to the S. E. 



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