( 584 ) 
Still higher upon Bkttenftock, another Part of 
' the fame Mountain, the Mercury fell on the fame 
Day to ii" 6'", which anfwer according to 
Mariotte, to . . 9330 or ;6oo , 
Dr. be bench zer - , 95-9 ^ 0 r $756 
CaJJint - * 1193 3 or 7761 
( J j t; 1 ' s 
^ Hence from Zuric to the Blattetijlock near the 
Top of the Freyberg, there is, in lefs than three Days 
journey, a Rife of 43 66 Feet, according to Mariotte^ 
and 4491, according to Dr. Scheuchzer, that is, more 
than three times the Elevation of Zuric above the I e 
vel or the Sea. 
At Guppen oh Scbwanden , in the fame Canton of 
Glams , the Mercury was obferved, Auvuft c 170c 
at ^3" 4 //; , which give, according to * * 
Mariotte - - 644° i' or 3865' 
Dr. Scbeuchzer - - 661 y or 3971 
(I omit giving the Numbers according to the Tables 
of Mr. CaJJini , having already Ihewn, that they are 
too great) The Height of this Mountain is nearly the 
fame with the celebrated Tuy de T>omme , where Monf. 
fPerier obferved the Mercury, Sept. 19, 1648, at 
2, 3" x ,n . 
Upon Joch y a high Mountain in the Territory of Ett- 
gelberg, where it confines upon the Canton of Bern, full 
South of Zuric , the Mercury Rood, June 23, 1706, at 
xi" 4'", which gives the Height of that Mountain 
according to 
Mariotte * * 961® o* or 5766 
Dr. Sheuchzer, - 987 4 or 9926 
This Mountain, though very high, is far from being 
the higheft in that Neighbourhood, for next to it 
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