Boat test tube baby

	Boat test tube baby
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Family	Test tube baby
Number of cells	18
Bounding box	10×6
Period	2
Mod	2
Heat	2
Volatility	0.11
Strict volatility	0.11
Rotor type	Orthogonal on-off
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B378/S01235678
Important rules	Conway Life
# of rules	28 = 256
Isotropic rules	B3i/S2-an3cenq – B2-ae34-ajnw5-c6-k78/S01234-t5678
Pattern files
Plaintext	boattesttubebaby.cells
RLE	boattesttubebaby.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_03544ozca511
Pentadecathlon ID	18P2.155

Boat test tube baby is a period 2 oscillator. It is similar to test tube baby, but boats are used to stabilizes the corners.

The image to the right displays two possible stabilisations using boats; cis-boat test tube baby and trans-boat test tube baby.

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