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October 5th 03, 02:15 PM
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First snowfall for Perthshire
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! -- Paul |
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October 5th 03, 02:30 PM
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First snowfall for Perthshire
"Paul C" wrote in message ... 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! Hey, I remember my Grandpa telling me about this! It was something to do with the fact that Schiehallion is a very symetrical mountain and consistent gravity measurements could be made around it. OK, I'm intrigued now and just Googled it: http://www.jmt.org/cons/sch/sch_ref_maskel.html Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk |
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