. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. of arock flanked by a wall on either side, and supphed it with a mercurybarometer, thermometer and psichrometer. Readings were taken by At altitudes o£ 17,000 feet and over the low temperature and the rarefaction of the airprevents the easy combustion of ordinary spirits of wine. It is necessary to have absolute alcohol,or at least 96 per cent., to start the Primus lamps and the little lamp of the hypsometer. In Chapter XIX I give a detailed account of the composit
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. of arock flanked by a wall on either side, and supphed it with a mercurybarometer, thermometer and psichrometer. Readings were taken by At altitudes o£ 17,000 feet and over the low temperature and the rarefaction of the airprevents the easy combustion of ordinary spirits of wine. It is necessary to have absolute alcohol,or at least 96 per cent., to start the Primus lamps and the little lamp of the hypsometer. In Chapter XIX I give a detailed account of the composition of the daily ration.(!Ji>il) s 194 diaptcT XI. Mr. Bailies three times a day from May 29tli to July loth, and ;it thesame hours observations were made at Leh, Skaidu, Gilgit and calculations based on these data give Rdokass an altitude of13,205 feet.^ It thus became a station of reference for the calculationof the Dukes observations in the high mountains during this period. We had now reached more than 13,000 feet above sea level, withoutexperiencing any symptom of suffering from altitude. We all slept.
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