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TERMINATION OF THE MERIDIAN LINE. 127
fully determined. An obelisk marks it, and bears the
following inscription:—
Det Nordlige Endepuxt
af den MeRIDIANBUE paa 25° 20’
fra det Nordlige Ocean til Donau Floden
igjennen
NORGE SVERIGE OF RUSLAND
Efter Foranstaltning of
IIans Majestat Kong
OSCAR I.
og
Kaiserne
ALEXANDER I.
NICHOLAS 1.
ved uafbrudt Arbeide
fra 1816 til 1852
udmaalt af
de tre Nations Geometer.
Brede 70° 40’ 11"’3.
The which signifies that here is " the northern
termination of the meridian-line of 25° 20’ from the Arctic
Ocean to the River Danube, through Norway, Sweden,
and Russia, which after the ordination of His Majesty
King Oscar I. and the Emperors Alexander I. and
Nicholas I., by uninterrupted labour from 1816 to 1852,
was measured by the geometers of the three nations—
Latitude, 70° 40’ ll"-3."
The Constitutions, after two days’ stay at Hammerfest,
started to return, and our English party was augmented
by Professor Ilildebrandt (who speaks English so well
that I at first mistook him for a Scotchman) and the
three Englishmen who went to the North Cape: they
were students from Oxford, and immediately on
going-on board subjected me to a severe humiliation. I should
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