Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1895 — Altitude of Observation. [ARTICLE]

Altitude of Observation.

The very highest observatory in the world is that situated on Mont Blanc, at a height of 14,500 feet above Sea level. The highest in Asia is that on the side of Point Everest, 10,000 feet above the Mediterranean’s level, and the high est In the United States is that on the top of Pike’s Peak, In Colorado. It is 14,147 feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico. The highest on the Atlantic coast of North America Is the one situated on Mount Washington, height 6,288 feet