F TT E CUT TUB MINAR* 



9 9 £ 



An irregular spiral stair-case, leads from the bot- 

 tom, to the summit of the Miliar, which is crowned 

 with a majestic Cupola of red Granite ; there are 

 many openings during the ascent, for the admifiiou 

 of light and air; at each balcony, an opening to al- 

 low of people walking into them, but I found the 

 battlements in many parts entirely ruined, and those 

 that were standing in such a decayed state, as to ren- 

 der it a matter of some danger to venture out from 

 the stair-case. 



The entire height of the Cutiub Minar is 242 feet 

 and six inches : I ascertained it by measuring a direct 

 line from its base j and, as it may be a matter oi 

 some satisfaction to see that it is done with precision, 

 I annex the Trigonometrical calculation. 



THsBaseAB being measured in a right line froi 

 the bottom of the Mi- C 

 Harl was found to be 

 402 feet and six inches; 

 twenty-four f^ct one 

 inch, the semi-diameter 

 of the Base of the Mi- 



liar being added to it, B A 



gave a line of 426 feet and seven inches from the cen- 

 tre of the Pillar. At the extremity of the Base 

 a Theodolite was placed, and previously being ca 

 fully adjusted, by putting the line of collimation in 

 the Telescope, parallel ro the plane of the Horizon, 

 the angle BAC was observed to be twenty-nine 

 degrees, thirty-nine minutes; thence the height of 

 the Ciittub Minar, was found to be 242 feet and ftear- 

 ly six inches. Y o 



