Excerpt from On the Reduction of the Barometer to Sea Level: With Tables
Formula (i) is deduced from by neglecting all terms beyond the first; and making 6 30 inches, if used with Table XVI; but, if used with Table b may be any reading within the range of the table, and bnt the corresponding number from the table.
Although (i.) is sufficiently accurate for small heights, it is evident, on comparing it with the full formula that it becomes more and more inaccurate as the height increases.
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