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Forbes' Data on Boiling Points in the Alps

Description:

     A data frame with 17 observations on boiling point of water and
     barometric pressure in inches of mercury.

Usage:

     forbes

Format:


     'bp' boiling point (degrees Farenheit).

     'pres' barometric pressure in inches of mercury.


Source:

     A. C. Atkinson (1985) _Plots, Transformations and Regression._
     Oxford.

     S. Weisberg (1980) _Applied Linear Regression._ Wiley.

