I whakaarohia e Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, ki te Royal Society i te tau 1772. I whakaaro ia ko te whakamātautau ka "whakahonoretia te iwi i hangaia ai" me te Whernside i Yorkshire, te Blencathra-Skiddaw massif ranei i Cumberland hei whaainga tika. I hangaia e te Royal Society te Komiti o te Whakaaetanga ki te whakaaro i te take, me te whakatu i a Maskelyne, Joseph Banks me Benjamin Franklin i roto i ona mema. I tukuna e te Komiti te kaitirotiro me te kaitirotiro a Charles Mason ki te kimi i tetahi maunga pai. I muri i te rapu roa i te raumati o te tau 1773, i kii a Mason ko te kaitono pai ko Schiehallion (i taua wa ko Schiehallion), he 1,083 m (3,553 ft) te tihi i waenga o Loch Rannoch me Loch Rannoch i roto i te Central Scottish Highlands. Heoi, i whakaarohia e ia ko te whakamātautau "te honore ki te whenua i hangaia ai" me te Whakatikau i a Whakatikatika i a Whakatikatika
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