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AT the last meeting of the Russian Geographical Society, in the section of Physical Geography, M. Rylcke communicated the results of his precise measurements on the levels of the Baltic and of the Black Sea. These measurements were begun in 1877, by order of the General Staff, according to the resolutions of the Brussels Congress. Accurate measurements in the ports of the Baltic have proved undoubtedly that the level of the sea at Cronstadt is, by nearly two feet, higher than at Reval, and that its height decreases regularly from north to south, this conclusion being fully supported by Prussian measurements at Memel and at Kiel. For a comparison of the level of the Baltic with that of the Black Sea the necessary computations are not yet advanced enough to yield trustworthy results.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 21, 73 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021073a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021073a0