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A PROPOSAL was made a year or two ago to erect of an observatory on the top of Ben Nevis for meteorological observations, but nothing was done owing to the want of the necessary funds. A committee has been formed, however, within the last few months for the purpose of raising a testimonial to Mr. David Hutchison, who did so much in opening up the West Highlands to tourists with his steamboats, and we observe that it is proposed that the testimonial take the shape of an observatory on the top of Ben Nevis. The committee is a large and influential one, and the proposed scheme has every appearance of being successfully carried out.
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Ben Nevis Observatory . Nature 24, 131 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024131a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/024131a0