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Table showing the height of mountains according to several ancient and modern writers
Discussing the height of Snowden by J Caswell of Oxford and Halley's observations at the top of Snowdon on 26 May 1697
Lists the heights of mountains in France
Discussing the heights of the mountains of Switzerland - and the lakes, alpine plants
Read to the Royal Society on 7 and 14 March 1727

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RBO/13/94
Earliest possible date
1727
Page extent
21 pages
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Manuscript

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'Remarks on the height of Mountains in general and those of Swisserland [Switzerland] in particular; with an account of the Rise of some of the most considerable Rivers of Europe' by J G Scheuchzer, 1727, RBO/13/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_94/remarks-on-the-height-of-mountains-in-general-and-those-of-swisserland-switzerland-in-particular-with-an-account-of-the-rise-of-some-of-the-most-considerable-rivers-of-europe-by-j-g-scheuchzer, accessed on 10 April 2026

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