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of Devonshire and Cornwall.
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Table of the heights of different places in Devonshire and Cornwall, determined by the barometer.[1]

Names of Places Heights in feet, above the level of sea Observations
By the Barometer By the trigonometrical measurement of Lt. Col. Mudge.
Devonshire
Exeter 123 Mean of four observations
A hill, one or two miles north of the village of Thorverton 703
Oakhampton 423
Ivy-bridge 310 Mean of four observations.
Summit of a hill to the N.N.E. of Ivy-bridge 1130
Harford Church in Dartmoor Forest 658
Source of the river Erme in Dartmoor Forest 1131
Two Bridges in Dartmoor Forest 1148
St. Mary Tavy 648
Brentor Inn 802
Corwnall
Whitesand Bay Cliff to the S. of Saint Germains 338
Hill on this side Saint Mellion, on the road to Callington 436
Hill beyond St. Mellion, on the common: the highest point in the road between Saltash and Callington 675
Callington 428
  1. I made use of the portable barometer of Sir Henry Englefield, Bart. which seems particularly suited for the geological traveller. The heights have been calculated according to the formula of Sir George Shuckburg, which Sir H. Euglefield recommends in the paper where he describes this instrument. Phil. Mag. Feb. 1808.