Ben Nevis, nr Fort William

Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles


Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland. C. T. R. Wilson (1869-1959) spent some weeks at the meteorological observatory at the top in September 1894 and observed the optical phenomena, especially the glory. His attempts to reproduce these phenomena inspired him to create artificial clouds and the cloud chamber in 1911.
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The Mathematical Gazetteer of the British Isles was created by David Singmaster.
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