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Re: star-to-star distances
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Sep 29, 16:06 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Sep 29, 16:06 -0500
Fred, Thank you for your valuable advise. Do you use machine oil or vegetable oil? On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Fred Hebard wrote: > Regarding artificial horizons. > The Davis horizon works well with oil, The Russian manual says about "a plate with machine oil which an assistant holds in his hands". The assistant is probably needed to absorb the vibration of the ship's engine! Alex.