TABLE Of the most remarkable elevations measured in the interior of New Spain. The work published with the title of Nivellement barometrique fait dans les Regions Equinoxiates du Nouveau Continent, in 1799-1804, contains more than two hundred points in the interior of New Spain, of which I determined the elevation above the level of the sea, either by the barometer, or by trigonometrical methods. We have merely inserted in the following table the absolute heights of the most remarkable mountains and cities. The points marked with an asterisk are doubtful. My Recueil d'observations astronomiques et de mesures barometriques edited by M. Oltmanns may also be consulted, (vol. I. pages 318 to 334.) Height above the level of the sea, according to the formula of M. Laplace. Names of places of observation. Volcan de Popocatepetl, volcan grande de Mexico ò de Puebla Pic d'Orizaba or Citlaltepetl Nevado d'Iztaccihuatl, Sierra Nevada of Mexico Coffre de Perote or Nauhcampatepetl Cerro de Axusco, six leagues to the S.S.W. of Mexico 3674* 1885* 12052 + This column is added by the translator. |