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| This hill is where they extrapolated how heavy the earth was from how heavy the hill must be. The work there inspired the invention of the contour line. The exact geographical centre of Scotland always comes out as close to this spot too. |
Posted by Branwen 8th October 2009ce Edited 9th October 2009ce
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| Great article on how Schiehallion was used to measure the mass of the earth at http://www.sillittopages.co.uk/schie/schie90.html |
Posted by mascot15th December 2009ce |
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