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L (Remarks on the Height of Mountains in general , 
and of thofe of Swifferland in particular , with an 
Account of the Rife of fome of the moft confide - 
rable Rivers of Europe. G. Scheuchzer, 
M. X). See. 
I N a former Paper, I took Notice that TAcaarchus 
found Mount Telius in Thejfalta , to be iijo Pa* 
ces high, which make 625*0 Roman , or 6822 Tarts 
feet, a Height which we may well pronounce too 
great even for the abfolute Height of Mount Tel/us, I 
mean its Rife above the Level of the Sea. Conform 
to the Determination of 'Dicaarchus , I mentioned, that 
Tint arch fixes the Height of the higheft Mountains, 
and the greateft Depth of the Sea to IO Stadia, and 
Ueomedes affirms, that they cannot exceed 16 Stadia. 
The celebrated Galileus de Galileis is one of the moft 
modeft among the modern Writers on this Head; For he 
ays, * that the higheft Mountains do not rife above a 
Mile, or 8 Stadia, or $000 old Roman Vejpajian Feet, 
which make s^Taris Feet above the Level of the Sea’ 
which we ffiall find by and by to agree pretty well 
with fome of the higheft Mountains in France , and 
may conje&ure to do fo with thofe in Italy. Kepler 
went rather too far f when he affigned the Mountains 
of Rhcetia (thought the higheft in Swijferland) a 
Height of 26 Stadia, or 10000 old Roman Fejpajian 
Feet, which make 10916 Tar is Feet. The Opinions 
of fome other antient and modern Geographers and Ma- 
thematicians, will appear better by the Table annexed. 
* Nuntius Sidercus, p. 14. 
t Aftronom. Optic, p. 129, 135. 5 c Epitom. Aftronora. lib I. pag. 2 0 . 
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