Word: misty
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Africa in order to determine the best location for this southern station of the University Observatory. Since its foundation at Arequipa, Professor Bailey has been in complete charge of the work there. In 1893 he established a meteorological station on the summit of the famous Andes peak, El Misti, which rears its head 19,000 feet above sea level. In this little hut which is by far the highest station erected for scientific observation in the world observations of the greatest importance were carried on for over 10 years...