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Until recently the highest meteorological station in the world has been that established by this observatory on Mt. Chachani, at an elevation of 16,650 feet. After making a careful examination of the volcano EI Misti, Professor Bailey has succeeded in establishing a station upon its top at an elevation of 19,200 feet. The mountain as seen from every direction, is an isolated, sharp peak, and is therefore especially suited for the study of the upper atmosphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Observatory. | 3/6/1894 | See Source »

...home during the erection of the stone-house. Through the assistance of the American Minister of Bolivia, Mr. Anderson, an expedition of much archaeological interest, was made to Tiahuanuco and the sacred islands of the Incas on Lake Titicaca. A trip was also made to the summit of El Misti, a nearly extinct volcano, some nineteen thousand feet in height...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Astronomical Expedition to Peru. | 1/25/1892 | See Source »

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