On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:56:21 +0100, "Rob Overfield"
wrote:

Ah Schiehallion. Theres a name to bring back memories. I once lost a camera
up there when I was 13, on the final day of a holiday...

It was from observations of Schiehallion that Maskelyne measured the
mass of the earth .....erm don't ask me how!


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Paul