The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-08-05
MOUNT RAINIER
PROFESSOR MCADIE FINDS 1T
is HIGHER THAN MOUNT
WHITNEY IN CALI
FORNIA.
Outside Of Peaks in Alaska, itreach-
es Farther above the clouds
Than Any Other in the
United States-Alti-
tude Is IA, $50 feet.

O0lCeu OtdG6E-Altl.
tude Is 1850 feet.
Portland, August 2.-Portland
Oregonian: By baromet"ical meas
urements made by A. G.. McAdie,
Of the San Francisco weather bu-
reau, the dispute over which is the
highest mountain in the United
States has beensettled. 1t has been
question whether Mount Rainier,
in Washington, or Mount Whitney,
in California, is the higher. Mr..
McAdie and other scientists ha We
just returned from Mount Rainier,
where as leaders for members of the
Sierra, Mazamas and Appalachian
Notwithstanding clubs, they col
lected much valuable data on scien-
tific subjects that have long been
in dispute. Mr.. McAdie arrived in
Portland yesterday morning, and
other members of the Sierra club
will arrive today.
Barometers used in measuring
the mountain are the same as those
used in measuring Mount Whitney,
go there can be no doutt that the
comparisons in heights are correct.
Eight barometricdl readings taken
on Mount Whitney two years ago
register 10000 inches; four read
ings taken at the top of Mount
Rainier lat week register II. 632 or
1855. Which of the two readings
are exactly correct must be determ.
ined after corrections are made for
grovity, water vapor,.etc.
Mr.. McAdie and other scientists
are fully convinced that Mount
Rainier Is now the highest in the
United States, outside of Alaska.
The difference in height will be
hardly enough Tor Washington to
crow over, but they can boast of
between 10 and 20 feet difference.
The official height of Mount Whit
ney is 14,515 feet. The height of
Mount Rainier, as measured by Mr..
McAdie and Professor lie Contc, of
the University Of California, is A.
$50 feet, although before adjust
ments are made they will be unable
10 give the exact figures. There
may be diff renee OF two or three
feet either way. Mr.. McAdie ex-
poets to have completed his investi.
cations so that exact figures can be
given in about six weeks. Sea lev.
ell reading will be taken at Portland,
as Mr.. McAdie has come to the con
clusion that conditions are more
favorable here then they are at
Seattle or Tacoma. The barometer
readings taken at the summit of the
mountain will be corrected here fol
gravity, water vapor, latitude and
mean temperature of the ar.
Mr.. McAdie praised the work O.
the late Professor Mcclure, of Eu'
gene, when talking of previous mer'
curial barometer measurements or
Mount Rainier. Professor Nc.
!Clure wasthe first man to take 6
scientific measurement Of the noun
tain. and his readings do not dife,
to great extent from those of Mr.
McAdie and Professor LIE Conte
Mcclure lost his life on Mou,
Rainier IN 1897 while looking for
safe passageway for companion ant
although his body was never recov
cred, his readings were preserved
Professor McClure's barometrica
notes give the height of Noun
Rainier as IA, ,52S feet, his barome
ter registered 17.7oS inches. Anoth
er measurement of the mountain
made by a geological survey give
the height at 1851.
Measurements were also made c
Pinnacle Rock, on Mount Rainier
and it was found that its heigh
was greatly overestimated.
Mr.. McAdie gives the height {
Pinnacle Rock is 1000 feet instea
of 5000 feet, as has been claimed
That it would be hard to bo
beans at the summit of Mount Rair
ier Is proved by Mr.. McAdie, VIII
said that the. boiling point Registe
Z ed by a Centigrade thermomete
was 06.3S4 degrees, and by th
Fahrenheit thermometer 1876 d.
grees, difference of 26 degree
from the boiling point at sea leve
where water boils at 212 degree
Fahrenheit.
Mr.. McAdie has brought savers
tubes with him, which were scale