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Re: Russian trick
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 4, 22:41 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 4, 22:41 -0500
Dear Robert, Thank you for your info. Is mercury available these days anywhere? Its reflecting surface should be the best you can hope for. > My system is just to use waste oil from the boatyard in a dish. Yes, oil better resists wind than water. (I first experimented with ordinary water). Alex.