XVI. A comparison of barometrical measurement, with the trigonometrical determination of a height at Spitzbergen

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1824
• Subjects: Norway; Endeavour; Fair Haven; Small Bay; Norway Island; Spitzbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1824.0019; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1824.0019

The hill selected for the comparative measurement was, as far as could be judged, the highest, within convenient dis­tance, of which the ascent was practicable, being rather above the general height of the hills on the western part of the north coast of Spitzbergen; the summit was distant less than...