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It seems to be very generally assumed that the surface of the ocean attains a uniform level, or nearly so, in all lands, and forms a sort of zero-point or datum line, from which the altitude of mountains is calculated, and to which barometrical readings are reduced.
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JAMIESON, T. Osciliations of the Sea-level. Nature 26, 319–320 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026319d0
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