Schiehallion
Schiehallion (Scottish Gaelic: Sìdh Chailleann) is a prominent mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Schiehallion has a rich botanical life, interesting archaeology, and a unique place in scientific history for an 18th-century experiment in 'weighing the world'. The mountain's popularity amongst walkers led to erosion on its footpath and extensive repairs were undertaken in 2001.
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Schiehallion Experiment - Repeat Experiments
... measurement of the mean density of the Earth was made 24 years after Schiehallion, when in 1798 Henry Cavendish used an exquisitely sensitive torsion balance to measure the attraction between large masses of lead ... John Playfair carried out a second survey of Schiehallion in 1811 on the basis of a rethink of its rock strata, he suggested a density of 4,560 to 4,870 kg·m−3, though the then elderly Hutton vigorously ... The Schiehallion experiment was repeated in 1856 by Henry James, director-general of the Ordnance Survey, who instead used the hill Arthur's Seat in central Edinburgh ...
... measurement of the mean density of the Earth was made 24 years after Schiehallion, when in 1798 Henry Cavendish used an exquisitely sensitive torsion balance to measure the attraction between large masses of lead ... John Playfair carried out a second survey of Schiehallion in 1811 on the basis of a rethink of its rock strata, he suggested a density of 4,560 to 4,870 kg·m−3, though the then elderly Hutton vigorously ... The Schiehallion experiment was repeated in 1856 by Henry James, director-general of the Ordnance Survey, who instead used the hill Arthur's Seat in central Edinburgh ...
Schiehallion Oilfield
... The Schiehallion oilfield is a deepwater offshore oilfield approximately 175 kilometres (110 mi) west of the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean ... The Schiehallion and adjacent Loyal field were jointly developed by BP on behalf of the Schiehallion field partners BP, Shell, Amerada Hess, Murphy Oil, Statoil and OMV, and the Loyal field partners BP and Shell ... The Schiehallion field, together with Foinaven and Clair fields, forms the frontier area generally termed as the West of Shetland ...
... The Schiehallion oilfield is a deepwater offshore oilfield approximately 175 kilometres (110 mi) west of the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean ... The Schiehallion and adjacent Loyal field were jointly developed by BP on behalf of the Schiehallion field partners BP, Shell, Amerada Hess, Murphy Oil, Statoil and OMV, and the Loyal field partners BP and Shell ... The Schiehallion field, together with Foinaven and Clair fields, forms the frontier area generally termed as the West of Shetland ...
Schiehallion Experiment - Measurements - Astronomical
... zenith for observers north and south of Schiehallion was 54.6 arc seconds ... density of the Earth was approximately double that of Schiehallion ... Maskelyne took the opportunity to note that Schiehallion exhibited a gravitational attraction, and thus all mountains did and that Newton's inverse square law of gravitation had been confirmed ...
... zenith for observers north and south of Schiehallion was 54.6 arc seconds ... density of the Earth was approximately double that of Schiehallion ... Maskelyne took the opportunity to note that Schiehallion exhibited a gravitational attraction, and thus all mountains did and that Newton's inverse square law of gravitation had been confirmed ...
Schiehallion Experiment - Finding The Mountain - Schiehallion, 1774
... search over the summer of 1773, Mason reported that the best candidate was Schiehallion (then spelled Schehallien), a 1,083-metre (3,553 ft) peak lying between Loch ...
... search over the summer of 1773, Mason reported that the best candidate was Schiehallion (then spelled Schehallien), a 1,083-metre (3,553 ft) peak lying between Loch ...
Schiehallion - Gallery
... View from the summit of Schiehallion looking over Loch Rannoch into the setting sun View from summit of Schiehallion towards Loch Tummel ...
... View from the summit of Schiehallion looking over Loch Rannoch into the setting sun View from summit of Schiehallion towards Loch Tummel ...
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