Re: B5 and Sir Isaac

>  Having just spent some time reading the Urban Legends home page
>(www.urbanlegends.com) I am in a skeptical mood.  This sounds pretty
>implausible.  My understanding was that the gravitational fields of
>objects smaller than large mountains were impossible to measure - the
>tanker experiment would appear to supply an excellent measurement
>technique.  Anybody have any supporting facts on this issue?
>
yes I no it sounds odd but it was back a in the 70's I think and was 
discovered as the bi-product of fluid dynamic experiments that took into
account waves,surface tension(that does not have a range in meters)etc.

As for mountains the map of N.India was altered a while back when
accurate 
satelite mapping revieled that the old BGS maps were ~1.6 km out. 
The plumb bob had become more and more deflected towards the mountains
as
the mappers moved N.

P.S.
I hope I'm not a word wrapper bandit but I do'nt think I can change the
settings on Eudora Light so have taken to returning each line!!
Does it work?

Jon (top cat)
SDL