Forbes {alr4}

Forbes' data

Description

The data consists of 17 pairs of numbers corresponding to observed boiling point and corrected barometric pressure, at locations in the Alps.

Format

This data frame contains three columns. The first two columns are identical to the data set named forbes in the MASS package.

bp

Adjusted boiling point of water in degrees F.

pres

Atmospheric pressure, in inches of Mercury

lpres

100 times log10(pres), rounded to two decimals

Source

Forbes, J. (1857). Further experiments and remarks on the measurement of heights and boiling point of water. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 21, 235-243.

References

Weisberg, S. (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

Examples

head(Forbes)