Klenke - Oct 12, 2003 3:21 pm - Voted 10/10
Is that a building?Excellent hiemal scene!
Is that a building in the dale at center? Looks like it.
Schiehallion is a pretty neat mountain. I should have climbed it when I drove past its east side in May 1997. It should have a page devoted to it on this website.
BriMo - Apr 23, 2008 7:25 pm - Voted 9/10
Historic sceneLovely picture, Tony - great conditions.
There aren't many buildings in that direction, Klenke; if you scroll forward a few images in the Ben Nevis collection you'll find a map.
Wikipedia says that Maskelyne's observations (which took him 17 weeks of field work) produced an estimate of 4.5 for the specific gravity of the Earth, and that the modern figure is 5.5. 22% error is large, but considering the instruments used, the method and the conditions, I think it's amazingly good.
General Wade was building his military roads in the Highlands around 1730, and they may have helped Maskelyne approach Schiehallion, but I'm sure that he then had to suffer the moors and the midges around the mountain on foot without tracks or paths. Big up, Nevil! Makes up (a bit) for dissing John Harrison's chronometer...
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