e pelled the observers (Capts. Perrier and Liacombe) to Perrier occupied the northern stations of Troya and pass of Chimborazo, more than 13,000 feet above sea- Mirador (3,500 and 38,800 meters above sea level), begin work very early in the morning and to stop at level. A month later the little… … The-Geodetic Station at La Loura de Quito (Ecuador). monuments. the following The following manner: First is a typical ex- came the funda- ample of these difficulties. Because of fogs, ten weeks mental geodetic and astronomical operations, including ever, to advance the bar about ninety times each…
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