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It is an interesting evidence that you present,
but it is not clear what is the basis of these statements.

I have NO experimental data. Only "thought experiments"
Here is another one:
Let us place ourselves into the situation
that was already described:

One observer is tall, his height is H and another is short,
his height is h. Place them in such a way that they see
the same common point on their horizons.

So that a ray from the horizon goes to the eye of h first,
then (through his head) to the eye of H.
Now (this is a thought experiment!) let us remove all air
over the eye of h. That is suppose that there is no refraction
on the way from h to H. So the light goes straight from h
to H.

Then (I claim) the "refraction correction to the dip"
for H will be exactly the SAME as the refraction correction
to the dip
for h.

The ray of light is "curved" (that is changes its direcdtion)
only on the way from the horizon to h. Then the same
change of direction will apply at the H place, no matter
whether H is on an aircraft carrier or on the peak of Tenerife
on in the outer space.

Now, if we restore the atmosphere, that is the air between h and H
be can only get a greater correction.

Alex.

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Bruce Stark wrote:

> I've dug up a couple of things that tend to confirm
> what Trevor and I
> believe.

   

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