The Schiehallion experiment is carried by Nevil Maskelyne out to determine the mean density of the Earth

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1774

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Événement

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56.67° N, 4.10° W

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The Schiehallion experiment is carried by Nevil Maskelyne out to determine the mean density of the Earth.

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1774 attempt to measure the Earth's average density

The Schiehallion experiment was an 18th-century experiment to determine the mean density of the Earth. Funded by a grant from the Royal Society, it was conducted in the summer of 1774 around the Scottish mountain of Schiehallion, Perthshire. The experiment involved measuring the tiny deflection of the vertical due to the gravitational attraction of a nearby mountain.

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