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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Of all the measurements which have been made in 

 connection with the height of Mt. Rainier, the one which 

 possesses the most pathetic interest is that made by Pro- 

 fessor Edgar McClure of the University of Oregon on 

 July 27, 1897, at 4:30 p. M. A Green standard mercurial 

 barometer, No. 161 2, was successfully carried to the 

 summit, and readings carefully made. The reading, cor- 

 rected for instrumental error and temperature, was 17.708 

 inches; with an air temperature of 29° F. Returning 

 from the summit. Professor McClure lost his Hfe in the 

 act of giving warning to others to avoid the peril of his 

 position. His body and the barometer were subsequently 

 recovered, and the results discussed by his colleague. 

 Professor McAllister. McClure's work in this and other 

 directions was of a high order of accuracy, and probably 

 no one was better fitted to attempt the task which he 

 set for himself. The value obtained, reduced according 

 to present methods, gives an elevation of approximately 

 14,454 feet. This value is only sixty feet in excess of the 

 value given above, determined by the writer on July 25, 

 1905, — namely, 14,394 feet. 



