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mean Height was found to be 27 Inches and about 
8~ Lines. 
Hence it would appear, that the Sea of Kamtfchat - 
ka is higher, with refped to the Earth’s Centre, than 
the Ocean and Mediterranean j and at Bolcheretz 
higher than at Ochotski. 
The following Lift of barometrical Obfervations, 
made in various Parts of Sibiria, will fhew the dif- 
ferent Heights of the different Tra&s in it. 
The mean Height of the Baro- 
meter, from a Year and 10 
Months Obfervations at Ir- 
cuts, was 
Its Height above the Sea will 
then be 
At Selengia , 1 Month’s Ob- 
fervations, - — 
Its Height above the Sea 
T Feet Toifes 
1779 or 296 
Inches 
26 
2 < - 9 -' 
” 7 1 00 
At Kiachta , a Town on the 
Confines of China 1 2 Days 
Obfervations in April and 
May, mean Height „ 
Its Height 
2400 or 400* 
*> cA-* 
**) 100 
At 
* In the Copy before me appears to be a great Miftake, either 
of the Printer, or in the Manufcript ; it being put down in Words 
at Length, bis mille quadringentarum Orgyarum cum dimidia ; 
which is impoflible ; and the Number of Feet is not exa&, accord- 
ng to other Calculations. 
