Description
The data consists of 17 pairs of numbers corresponding
to observed boiling point and corrected barometric pressure, at locations in
the Alps.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. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Section 1.1.