TaBLE oF ALTITUDES DETERMINED BETWEEN Pav-tING-Fu, CHI-LI, AND T’AI-YUAN-FU, SHAN-SI, BY 
GRAPHIC TRIANGULATION AND VERTICAL ANGLES. 



By foresight 












Description of point of which the altitude Adjusted altitude. sista Distance,|from or backsight 
was determined. Obtained miles. | to stations named 
Meters. | Feet. ; below. 
Depot at Pau-ting-fu (datum).............. 20 66 
Small pagoda hill 14 miles south of Chuang-li. 85 282 
Atlas sheet Gi. (Elevation of this point 
was found by leveling-alidade and reading 
and computing asin Y-level work.) 
East end base-line on NW. corner of wall at 66 209* 
T’ang-hién. Atlas sheet Gr. 
Station I.—Mountain north of T’ang-hién. 384 1261 
Lat. 38° 46’ 46”, Long. 115° 0’ 18”. The 
elevations of East Base and Station I 
were obtained from the best adjustment 
of shots to Pagoda and fore and backsights 
between stations. 
Station II.—Lat. 38° 44’ 4”, Long. 114° 55’ 156 511t 508 7.84 | Pagoda. 
40”. Atlas sheet Fr. 7} go18 | See 
516 2.94 | East Base. 
Station III.—On sharp-pointed hill on which 462 1515 1511 6.50 | St. 1 
is small stone hut. Lat. 38° 45’ 1”, Long. 1515 “5 Wes 
fe} , uv 
114° 53’ 20”. Atlas sheet Fr, top of hut. s 5.08 | East Base. 
1515 
rear 242) Ot LL 
1515 9-53 | Pagoda. 
Station IV.—Lat. 38° 46’ 40”, Long. 114° 356 1167 1164 8250 | St. 1. 
50’ 48”. Atlas sheet Fr. 1167 \ 2.87 | St. IIL. 
sine | 
I-2. A prominent point to the west. Not 334 1096 1086 8.46 | St. I. 
occupied. Lat. 38° 43’ 18”, Long. 114° 52’ 1097 6.36 | East Base. 
o”. Atlas sheet F 1. 1109 BeAAT\ tau. 
1092 2.44 | St. ITI. 
1094 3.98 | St. IV. 
Station V.—Lat. 38° 44’ 12”, Long. 114° 40’ 223 731 728 3.07 | I-2. 
6”. Atlas sheet F 1. 733 4.10 | St. III. 
731 
on 3.08 | St. IV. 
Station VI.—Lat. 38° 43’ 24”, Long. 114° 46’ 281 923 922 4.83 | I-2. 
34”. Atlas sheet F 1. 918 Sten | els, TOU 
927 5.31 | St. IV. 
927 2730 |iota Vie 
Station VII.—Lat. 38° 47’ 6”, Long. 114° 45’ 396 1300 12096 7.02 | I-2. 
56”. Atlas sheet F 1. 1297 7.LO) Oty LUT. 
1298 AAG Nits L Vic 
1309 AetOm|) es Vs 
1305 Aegon | ota Vike 
Station VIII.—Lat. 38° 45’ 32”, Long. 114° 375 1232 1234 9.95 | I-2. 
41’ 18”. Atlas sheet F 1. 1225 8.64 | St. IV. 
1236 4.49 | St. VII. 
Station IX.—Lat. 38° 49’ 2”, Long. 114° 40’ 602 1975 1979 
22”. Atlas sheet F 1. ee Dhl lea aS 
ae St. VIII 
| 1977 SSE pete nda 

* This and all following elevations were determined by vertical angles and known distances, 
+ The adjusted altitude is the mean of the separate determinations as ascertained by weighting each 
of them for conditions of distance, wind, etc., noted at the time of observing. 
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