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Table III. 
Station. 
Les Rousses (Jura) 
Geneva — 1 
Geneva — 2 
Bonneville 
Mole 
St. Jeoire 
Saraoens 
Col Dichaud (Buet) 
Servoz 
Chamounix — 1 
Chamounix — 2 
Montanvert 
Chamounix — 3 
Contamines 
Croix du Bonhomme 
Chapiu — 1 
Chapiu — 2 
Bourg St. Maurice 
Petit St. Bernard 
Cormayeur — 1 
Cormayeur — 2 
Aosta — 1 
Aosta — 2 
St. Remy 
Grand St. Bernard — 1. . . . 
Grand St. Bernard — 2 . . . . 
Aosta — 3 
St. Vincent — l 
St. Vincent — 2 . 
Col de Jou 
Brussone 
Col de Ranzola 
Gressonay — 1 
Gressonay — 2 
Col di Val Dobbia 
La Riva — 1 
La Riva — 2 
Varallo — 1 
Varallo — 2 
La Colma 
Orta — 1 
Orta — 2 
Mogadino — 1 
Mogadino — 2 
Domo d’Ossola — 1 
Domo d’Ossola — 2 
Simplon (Village) 
Simplon Hospice 
Brieg — 1 
Brieg — 2 
Leukerbad — 1 
Leukerbad — 2 
Gemmi (chalet on south crest) 
Kandersteg — 1 
Kandersteg — 2 
Lauterbrunnen — 1 
Lauterbrunnen — 2 
Bern 
Time of observation, 
1844. 
External 
tempera- 
ture of 
the air. 
Observed 
boiling- 
point. 
Dif.of 
alti- 
tude 
in ft. 
Alti- 
tude 
in 
feet. 
Altitude 
as previ- 
ously de- 
termined. 
Authority for the 
altitudes in the prece- 
ding column. 
June 25. 
h m 
5 30 A.M. 
O 
57 
204-48 
2767 
4031 
3919 
Woerl. 
25. 
0 30 p.m. 
71 
208-82 
2767 
1264 
Bib.Univ. de Geneve. 
26. 
6 15 A.M. 
62 
209T15 
26. 
11 45 A.M. 
66 
208-715 
247 
1511 
1452 
Saussure. 
26. 
6 15 p.m. 
53 
199*855 
5388 
6899 
J6094 
\6221 
Saussure. 
Pictet. 
27- 
8 0 A.M. 
62 
208-40 
5166 
1733 
1893 
De Luc. 
28. 
5 30 a.m. 
55-5 
207-94 
278 
2011 
2270 
De Luc. 
28. 
3 45 p.m. 
52 
198-24 
5816 
7827 
29. 
7 30 A.M. 
58 
207-31 
5453 
2374 
29. 
1 45 p.m. 
66-5 
205-70 
983 
3357 
3364 
Saussure. 
30. 
4 30 a.m. 
50-5 
205-50 
3425 
/ 6101 
\6300 
Forbes. 
30. 
0 15 p.m. 
62 
200-27 
3152 
6509 
Saussure. 
Forbes. 
30. 
4 20 p.m. 
68 
205-52 
3223 
3286 
3356 
Pictet. 
July 1. 
7 15 P.M. 
63 
204-71 
500 
3786 
3328 
Keller. 
2. 
9 15 A.M. 
62 
204-72 
4260 
Woerl. 
2. 
3 30 p.m. 
49 
197-70 
4269 
8055 
8026 
Saussure. 
2. 
7 30 p.m. 
.54 
202-35 
2773 
5280 
5071 
Saussure. 
3. 
9 20 a.m. 
52 
202-655 
4974 
Pictet. 
3. 
8 0 p.m. 
59 
207-00 
2566 
2714 
4. 
11 45 A.M. 
50 
199-24 
4660 
7374 
7194 
Saussure. 
4. 
9 30 p.m. 
57 
204-75 
3302 
4072 
3997 
Saussure. 
7- 
7. 
7 0 A.M. 
54 
204-36 
4167 
Forbes. 
1 45 p.m. 
73 
208-59 
2589 
1483 
1938 
Saussure. 
9. 
5 30 a.m. 
57 
52 
208-59 
1980 
Woerl. 
9* 
1 1 45 A.M. 
202-545 
3631 
5114 
5263 
Saussure. 
9- 
3 30 p.m. 
39 
197-640 
2891 
8003 
8038 
Saussure. 
10. 
6 30 a.m. 
38 
197-680 
208-560 
8170 
Bib.Univ.de Geneve. 
10. 
0 30 p.m. 
72 
6541 
1462 
10. 
9 0 p.m. 
63 
209-280 
444 
1018 
11. 
5 30 a.m. 
55 
209-64 
11. 
10 30 A.M. 
56 
202-82 
4148 
5166 
11. 
0 0 noon. 
66-5 
204-65 
1109 
4057 
4431 
Forbes. 
11. 
5 30 p.m. 
53 
199-45 
3157 
7214 
7136 
Forbes. 
11. 
7 45 p.m. 
58-5 
204-06 
277 6 
4438 
4208 
Saussure. 
13. 
8 15 A.M. 
57 
52 
203-92 
197-44 
4526 
Woerl. 
13. 
1 0 p.m. 
3892 
8330 
7904 
Saussure. 
13. 
7 30 p.m. 
61 
205-54 
4885 
3445 
3568 
Saussure. 
14. 
6 0 A.M. 
55 
205-55 
3712 
Woerl. 
14. 
10 0 P.M. 
67 
209-36 
2319 
1126 
1491 
Woerl. 
15. 
6 45 A.M. 
63 
209*26 
15. 
2 15 p.m. 
70 
206-72 
1566 
2692 
15. 
6 45 p.m. 
74 
209-70 
1856 
836 
1108 
Woerl. 
17. 
4 30 a.m. 
66 
210-35 
17. 
6 30 p.m. 
77 
211-04 
430 
406 
678 
Saussure. 
18. 
6 0 A.M. 
68 
211-20 
18. 
7 0 p.m. 
78 
210-68 
324 
735 
1004 
Saussure. 
19. 
4 30 a.m. 
66 
210-44 
19- 
0 30 p.m. 
57 
203-28 
4368 
5098 
4792 
Woerl. 
19- 
4 50 p.m. 
48 
201-07 
1323 
6421 
6580 
Saussure. 
19. 
10 30 p.m. 
61 
208-69 
4581 
1840 
2328 
Saussure. 
20. 
20. 
7 15 A.M. 
56 
208-35 
2183 
Woerl. 
8 0 p.m. 
47'5 
204-38 
2371 
4211 
4697 
Woerl. 
21. 
7 0 A.M. 
45 
204-545 
21. 
0 30 p.m. 
41 
199-235 
3112 
7323 
7626 
Woerl. 
21. 
6 30 p.m. 
55-5 
206-34 
4208 
3115 
3493 
Woerl. 
22. 
6 45 A.M. 
48 
206-17 
22. 
9 0 p.m. 
55 
208-28 
1251 
1864 
23. 
6 45 A.M. 
49 
208-37 
24. 
10 20 A.M. 
72 
209-26 
536 
1328 
1661 
Woerl. 
