Open AccessI. Remarks on the height of mountains in general, and of those of Swisserland in particular, with an account of the rise of some of the most consierable rivers of Europe
Publication year - 1728
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9223
pISSN - 0261-0523
DOI - 10.1098/rstl.1727.0061
Subject(s) - mount , notice , sea level , geography , history , geodesy , physical geography , climatology , geology , engineering , law , political science , mechanical engineering
In a former Paper, I took Notice tatDicæarchus foundMount Pelius inThessalia , to be 1250 Paces high, which make 6250Roman , or 6822Paris Feet, a Height which we may well pronounce too great even for the absolute Height ofMount Pelius , I mean its Rise above the Level of the Sea.