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On Wed, 25 May 2005, Fred Hebard wrote:
> I think you might regard your balcony as a stable ship's deck, where
> artificial horizons also are not usable except under millpond
> conditions. :).
I am sure my balcony is more stable than a ship's deck,
even when a bouldozer is working nearby:-)
The Freiberger art horizon is certainly unusable
from such a platform, but the liquid horizon I used
from my balcony with some success in good weather,
when there was no buldozer nearby.
(But I noticed that a medium size dog running on the
ground 100 feet from my balcony disturbs the surface of
water:-)
As I wrote before, my Russian navigation manual recommends
using an artificial horizon (a plate with oil) from
the ship's deck in emergency. They recommend to stop the engines.
Now I have a copy of this Russian book (from the library of Congress)
so I am not citing from my memory anymore.
Alex.
