( 5 gl ) 
At the Top of this Mountain the Mercury fell, ac- 
cording to an Obfervation made by F. SebaJUen 
Truchet,June 8, 1705*, to which anfwer 
according to 
Mariotte, to 707 0 c$ 31$ v 
CaJJint to • - 915 1 >differ.<N 114 $■ 
Dr , Scheuchzer - 717 3 3 C31Z 3 
I come now to the Mountains of Swijfer land. The 
barometrical Obfervations made by my Father upon 
feveral of the hlgheft will convince us, that they rife 
aloft, above all the neighbouring ones in Franc e,Spain y 
Italy and Germany. And that it muft be fo appears 
farther, becaufefrom their elevated Tops, they difpenfe 
their Waters to all the European Kingdoms and Pro- 
vinces around them. Nay, I doubt not, but that they may 
vye in Height with the.moft conliderable Mountains in 
any other Part of the known Globe. Swijfer land it 
felf, I mean its Valleys and lower Parts, as they are 
confiderably remote from the Sea, rife alfo in Propor- 
tion above the Level of it. *Tis true, the Afcent thi- 
ther is but gradual, in Proportion to the Remotenefs. 
At Zuric , for Inftance, which lies towards the Northern 
Borders of Swijfer land , the mean Height of the Baro- 
meter hath been obferved of z6" which give the 
Elevation of that Town, above the Level of the Sea, 
according to Mariotte , 205* Toifes, 4 Foot, or 1234', 
according to Dr. Scheuchzer , zio° 4', or 1164', and 
according to Cajfni y zzi Q 4', or 1330'. This Town 
is diftant from the Mouth of the Rhine, which is the 
nearefl Part of the Ocean, at leaft 3 75 Englijh Miles, 
or an hundred marine French Leagues, and from Ge- 
noa which is neareft upon the Mediterranean, zzy En- 
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