Affiliation:
1. P.O. Box 1861, Lillington, NC, john.hairr@utas.edu.au
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Mount Whitney, California, rises 14,505 feet in the Sierra Nevada of California. At the time of its discovery by members of the California Geological Survey in 1864, Mount Whitney was the highest peak in what then comprised the United States and remains the highest peak in the country south of Alaska. This paper examines early attempts to explore the mountain, measure its altitude and accurately plot its location
Publisher
History of the Earth Sciences Society
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,History and Philosophy of Science