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made by a common — with small places for degrees, as 
was the case in this instan e, and the instrument not 
from drafts of air, the results are utterly unreliable, and, therefore, 
worse than worthless 
Prof. J. D. Whitney, State Reclogee of California, who — 
Oregon this summer, s (in ee ipa concerning 
same ascent; “The measurement of 27S shea o 
Prof. Alphonso Wood was in reality — ae Rev. Be . Atkinson, 
of Portland, who carried up his own thermometer = of Ken- 
our May number roe xliii, p. 416-9), w 
Proceedings of - Royal em oe Society a a st 0. oy ; 
Rev. ~ Hin uly of last 
year, where ‘that entleman poet — the Seasons 
that ‘he, too, had boiled water at 180° upon the summit, and caleu- 
lated from it a uae for the mountain of 17,640 feet, thus con- 
firming Mr. Atkinson’s result with a signal, not to say singular, 
dently erroneous; as also because, in the account which he — 
lished in the newspapers on his return, he said never a word a 
having made any measurements, or havipg any instruments with 
irac 
- Iti y" 
Prof. Whitney himself made, sie his ge visit, the best trig- 
onometrical observations that ¢ es permi rmitted upon the 
heights of Hood, St. Helens, and game and his results, as yet only 
rudely worked out, gave him over 12,000 feet for Hood, and about 
1,000 feet less for the other ee which appear to be nearly of the 
e was U 
same height. r 
judging by the eye alone, that it is the highest of all the moun- 
tains of Ore ashington Territory. Col. Willi n refers 
ing to con 
s 
: 1 : th ies, with ood instruments, 
own; and, while hoping that other ete ? gs his confi licen: Shake 
commencing on Wednesday the 21st an : 
evening following. The officers of the a — K 
arherd 4 President, Prof. J. 3. Lovering, Ferman ent Secretary, 
Prof. C. & Lyman, Gesaral Vice President, Prof. 
, it 
* Mz. Hissin De 05 Bk OE OO fey wiyeonsnapelerics 209 
ermometer standing at 180°,” 
found = te ae his character for veracity. 
