An interesting slide rule for astronomers, beachcombers, sailors, lovers, lycanthropes and collectors: ...
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Dave Martindale
dmmartindale
Feb 1, 2002 7:48 pm
I just bought a copy of Machinery's Handbook from 1953. Much of the 1900 pages is the sort of stuff you'd expect - data on mechanisms, cutting tools, metal...
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James Stephens
j_m_step@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:58 pm
Look at the Pickett archives on Walter's site (Sphere Research). Pickett targeted specific rules at specific occupations, and there were recommendations for...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary
Feb 2, 2002 2:36 am
The chatroom is open. Yahoo! Groups chat requires the following: 1. a personal computer running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000 (or ME) 2. Microsoft...
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Cyril Catt
northlambton
Feb 2, 2002 9:05 am
Although engineers and scientists appear to have been the main users of slide rules, these devices certainly spread into the engineering workshop in later...
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dbaeus
Feb 2, 2002 9:07 am
I don't know the answer, but here are some potentially relevant observations and further questions. The Handbook section specifically labeled "Slide Rule" may...
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ed4444au
Feb 2, 2002 12:58 pm
desperately wanted cursor...
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CTLPELWV@...
carbide01
Feb 2, 2002 4:54 pm
I have an old Lawrence No.406 (or 408, can't read the no. for sure) with "US Navy" printed on it in red, that came from the tool box of a career navy ...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary
Feb 2, 2002 5:46 pm
Greetings, I looked into my 1914 edition of The Machinery's Handbook, and no mention was made of slide rules, although there was considerable information on ...
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William Lise
walise2001
Feb 2, 2002 5:47 pm
... I owned a picket in my junior and senior years of high school (from September 1961 to June 1963) and used one at college after that. (Never saw one used in...
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William Lise
walise2001
Feb 2, 2002 5:56 pm
From: "William Lise" <bill@...> ... That, of course, a citing of a newly discovered slide rule manufacturer <g>. Bill Lise @ Pickett...
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Bill Robinson
wrobinson62@...
Feb 3, 2002 3:31 am
Haven't looked a lot in my library, but my 1952 2nd Edition of Basic Mathematics for Technical Courses (Prentice Hall, Technical-Industrial-Vocational Series)...
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grnewell
richard@...
Feb 3, 2002 7:16 am
Greetings, I have recently acquired a Sun Hemmi 266 Electronics slide rule. Although familiar with most typical slide rule scales, I am embarrased to admit I...
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Bill Robinson
wrobinson62@...
Feb 3, 2002 7:24 am
Michael: The subject that you raise of slide rule affordability for a machinist is most interesting. My memory of the late 1930's is a little hazy in some...
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ronaldmanley
Feb 3, 2002 1:10 pm
Rich I cover a range of electronic rules on my web site at: http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/electronic/electronic.htm Hope it helps Regards Ron...
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jimcerny2
Feb 3, 2002 6:31 pm
In coming home from work the other day, I was reminded that my dog, Maggie, has lots of free time and that maybe she could learn to use a slide rule. So I...
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sliderule@yahoogroups...
Feb 3, 2002 10:15 pm
Greetings, There are a lot of things we do on this list which may not be obvious to newcomers, and some of us veterans need reminders from time to time, too....
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Dennis Farr
dennisfarr
Feb 4, 2002 12:15 am
I have a training aid that I would like to determine how unique (re: rare) it is. It appears to have been sold by Pickett but the box says it was: "Produced...
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Amedeo Muscelli
amedeomuscelli
Feb 4, 2002 12:19 am
Rich I put pictures of the original manual in: http://mipagina.cantv.net/amedeo/H266manual.htm only the chapter 9 related to electronics calculations. Hope it...
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dbaeus
Feb 4, 2002 12:46 am
Dear Jeff, Jerry, and Michael: Another possibility, rather than emailing the bidder, is to just sit back and observe -- and wait. Jerry already did some of...
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Korny
raykornele
Feb 4, 2002 3:01 am
... <snip> At Kress's 5 & 10 you could buy an all wood slide rule with instructions for 50 cents. ... Sounds like the one my father gave me in 1952. It was all...
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Bill Burns
williamvburns
Feb 4, 2002 3:02 am
... I didn't think there was any secret to dimethyl's identity: Nathan Myrhvold, former Microsoft VP. His goal was apparently to collect one of every CPU ever...
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William Lise
walise2001
Feb 4, 2002 3:04 am
A lot of things can be speculated about the depth of pockets of bidders in on-line auctions such as eBay, and here is another speculation, which I am sure is...
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Bruce Arnold
brucearnold_nc
Feb 4, 2002 3:19 am
I have had some of these same musings about who's who and bidding patterns and so on. Had not thought of Bill Lise's hypothesis, that sometimes the person who...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary
Feb 4, 2002 4:03 am
Dennis, I have heard of this slide set before. Apparently, these were available to schools, and may still be around in abundance. It is just a question of...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary
Feb 4, 2002 4:47 am
Greetings, Personally, I believe in bidding as high as I am willing to go, but in the last 20 seconds. If someone outbids me, they wanted it more than me. I...
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Dave Martindale
dmmartindale
Feb 4, 2002 5:59 am
Is it just my imagination, or was today a particularly weird day on ebay? I just got finished checking up on my list of "interesting" auctions for the day,...
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grnewell
richard@...
Feb 4, 2002 6:16 am
My heartfelt thanks to Ronald Manley and Amedeo Muscelli for their quick and on-the-mark replies. Richard Newell...
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jeromemck
Feb 4, 2002 2:53 pm
I completely agree with this. My comments about Mykl... were not meant to be a criticism. I've beaten him on some and lost on others. One thing about...
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cjoxford@...
cjoxford2
Feb 4, 2002 3:50 pm
What does this mean? jerry wrote: SNIP> Since I had been collecting for such a long period, I could separate sudden infatuations from items that I really...
