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Re: Troughton circle in Dresden
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2005 May 24, 22:18 -0400
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2005 May 24, 22:18 -0400
Perhaps you've discovered a new correctable observation error: the "bulldozer error". If you could come up with a set of correction tables, perhaps there is a paper to be submitted to the Institute of Navigation ;-^) Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Hebard"To: Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:54 PM Subject: Re: Troughton circle in Dresden >I was hoping to be able to write up my visit with Alex, which > occurred right as he was leaving for Europe, and also at a busy time > for me. The SNO-T had excellent optics, in my opinion. I also liked > the light weight, at Alex mentions. > > We were taking artificial horizon sights of the sun from Alex's > famous shaky porch, and a large bulldozer leveling ground nearby was > shaking the porch enough that it was hard to find a moment when the > images weren't quivering. I don't know whether it the vibrations > from the bulldozer were being transmitted through the ground or > through the air from its noisy exhaust. Alex's apartment is built on > fill on or near a swamp, so the ground may be quite easily vibrated. > > Between the bulldozer and being rushed for time, I wouldn't put much > stock in our observations for accuracy, but we got to handle each > other's instruments. > > I'm really glad Alex has found a place that will calibrate sextants! > And also glad that he can now trust the accuracy of his. > > Fred Hebard > > > On May 24, 2005, at 1:59 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > >> >> I recently had an opportunity to try the brass sextants >> of Fred (CP and a small Husun/Mate). I found them extremelly heavy:-) >> My hand was tired. >> And Fred said he liked my aluminium SNO-T, because of its lightness. >> >> A >>