61. Isaac Newton & Weighing the World - Schiehallion, Perthshire
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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In this episode Neil takes us to the top of one of Scotland’s most beautiful mountains – Schiehallion in Perthshire.
Following in the footsteps of Isaac Newton and a group of intrepid C18th scientists we set off to the wonderful wilds of Rannoch moor to measure the weight of the world.
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| 1:29.8 | In the late 18th century, the deep interior of Scotland was still wild and perilous. |
| 1:37.5 | In the famed wilderness of Rannachmoor sits a mountain known to some as the fairy hill of the Caledonians. |
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