He tested our boiling point thermometers and was able, by averaging the results of many readings, to fix the ship's height as 153 feet above sea level. Burley said this was nonsense, but Wish pointed out that due to the earth's not being a perfect sphere, but larger at the equator than at the poles, the result was quite in accordance with the known facts. 6 April 200825 March 2008 (Reccy)11 February 2007 3 May 2006 27 Fegruary 2005 5 April 2004 |