The Canadian Alpine Journal, Volume 15Alpine Club of Canada., 1925 - Canada |
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... aneroid barometers . The Work of the Boundary Surveys The International Boundary Surveys between Canada and Alaska had been at work for a number of years on the southeastern section of the boundary before work on the 141st Meridian ...
... aneroid barometers . The Work of the Boundary Surveys The International Boundary Surveys between Canada and Alaska had been at work for a number of years on the southeastern section of the boundary before work on the 141st Meridian ...
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... aneroid , Short & Mason , London , was furnished specially for the expedition by the Canadian government , and was provided with complete calibrations by the Physical Testing Laboratory , Ottawa . This was also the only instrument ...
... aneroid , Short & Mason , London , was furnished specially for the expedition by the Canadian government , and was provided with complete calibrations by the Physical Testing Laboratory , Ottawa . This was also the only instrument ...
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... aneroid , Short & Mason , London , was furnished specially for the expedition by the Canadian government , and was provided with complete calibrations by the Physical Testing Laboratory , Ottawa . This was also the only instrument ...
... aneroid , Short & Mason , London , was furnished specially for the expedition by the Canadian government , and was provided with complete calibrations by the Physical Testing Laboratory , Ottawa . This was also the only instrument ...
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... aneroid barometers , as the instruments are supposed to be " compensated " for temperature . Actually , this compensation is never exact , and may not be even approximate except within rather limited ranges of temperature . The large ...
... aneroid barometers , as the instruments are supposed to be " compensated " for temperature . Actually , this compensation is never exact , and may not be even approximate except within rather limited ranges of temperature . The large ...
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... ANEROID BAROMETER NO . PTL 8408 Name : Mountain Special . Range : 31 to 14 in . Diam .: 4 in . Smallest Scale Division : 0.05 in . Submitted by : Geodetic Survey of Canada . Date : April 27th , 1925 . 4 ..... -12 -21 -22 -5 20 23 28 ...
... ANEROID BAROMETER NO . PTL 8408 Name : Mountain Special . Range : 31 to 14 in . Diam .: 4 in . Smallest Scale Division : 0.05 in . Submitted by : Geodetic Survey of Canada . Date : April 27th , 1925 . 4 ..... -12 -21 -22 -5 20 23 28 ...
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Page 16 - come now to the two splendid records of the Russell expedition of 1890 and 1891. These, under the joint auspices of the National Geographic Society and the United States Geological Survey, were instrumental in adding greatly to our knowledge of the country. Russell's exhaustive studies
Page 27 - 16 miles from east to west and 8 miles from north to south, and
Page 127 - in the belief that the pass north of it was the true source of the North Thompson River. Northward of this pass gleamed an
Page 90 - In strong wind the snow blows up from the ground and fills the air with ice crystals, forming an intransparent layer many
Page 90 - away disappear in the drifting snow. In such weather it is difficult and dangerous to move about.
Page 127 - obviously monarch of the range. "The dominant feature of the scene was the magnificent mountain which the
Page 90 - thick; it is often possible to see the blue sky at zenith, while objects only a few