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great masses, one higher than the other, and though its bulk is impressive, its outline is much less striking than that of many other Highland hills. Its See also:

SUMMIT

summit consists of a See also:

plateau Too acres in See also:

AREA

area, with a slight slope to the See also:

south, terminating on its See also:

north-eastern See also:

side in a sheer fall of more than 1500 ft. See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

Snow lies in some of the See also:

GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges all the See also:

YEAR

year See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round. The rocks of its See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

HALF

half are mainly See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite and See also:

GNEISS

gneiss; its upper half is composed of porphyritic greenstone, and a variety of minerals occur. Its circumference at the See also:

BASE

base is about 3o m. It may be described as flanked on the See also:

west and south by the Glen and See also:

WATER

Water of Nevis, on the See also:

east by the See also:

RIVER

river and Glen of Treig, and on the north by the river and Glen of Spean. From 1881 till 1904 meteorological observations were taken from the summit of Ben Nevis, the observers at first making the ascent daily for the purpose. In 1883, however, an See also:

OBSERVATORY

observatory, equipped at a cost of {4000 (raised by public subscription), was opened by Mrs See also:

Cameron See also:

Campbell of Monzie, who provided the site. The observatory, which was connected by See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire with the See also:

POST

post See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office at Fort William, was provisioned by the Scottish Meteorological Society, to whom it belonged.

The See also:

BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of maintaining it, however, proving too great for the society's means, See also:

APPEAL

appeal was made in vain to See also:

government for See also:

NATIONAL

national support, and the station was closed in 1904. The bridle road up the mountain leaves Glen Nevis at Achintee; it has a gradient nowhere exceeding 1 in 5, and the ascent is commonly effected in two to three See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours. There is a small hotel on the summit for the convenience of tourists, especially of those anxious to See also:

witness sunrise. From the summit every considerable See also:

PEAK, THE

peak in Scotland is visible. Observations conducted during several months have shown that, whilst the mean temperature at Fort William was 570 F., at the summit of Ben Nevis it was 41° F., and that though the rainfall at the fort amounted to 24 in., it was as much as 43 in. on the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the Ben.

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