Reference number | MM/4/81 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Reuben Burrow, Greenwich, to the Royal Society |
Date | 26 January 1775 |
Description | Forwarding the observations he and Nevil Maskelyne made in relation to Schiehallion.
The observations were to determine the earth's density by measuring the deviation of a plumb line produced by the gravitational attraction of the mountain Schiehallion in Perthshire, and by observing stars near the zenith on both the north and south sides of the mountain. |
Extent | 3 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |