The Dutch Circle of Slide Rule Collectors is pleased to invite you to the 9th International Meeting of Slide Rule Collectors, from September 19th to 20th,...
A co-worker of mine had this audio excerpt from an Air Force training video that is an incredible treatment on inductive logic. The "Whose on first" routine...
Last night I disassembled the Pickett Electronic rule that I mentioned some days ago, that wouldn't "slide". I cleaned the tongue and groove as best as I...
Pickett recommended white petroleum jelly (Vaseline). I have used it on most of my Picketts, and it works quite well. Just put a dab on each side of the slide,...
I'm pretty new to all this, but in reading through some of the slide rule sites, I gather that the most benign lubricant to use for an Aluminum, and I presume...
That's an absolute classic, although a few who have heard it think it must be a gag. Any chance of getting the video that supposedly went with it? Cheers, Kip...
... From: "Ernest Tomlinson" <thiophene@...> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 10:24:20 -0800 To: <sliderule@yahoogroups.com> Subject: SR Lubricating an aluminum...
Ray Kornele
raykornele@...
Mar 2, 2003 1:16 am
17871
Clark: This can't be serious! Please tell me it isn't a real training video! I'm still chuckling. Know it is off topic but thanks for adding this to the...
Hi guys I wish to register. John St Clair [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
JohnStClaire@...
Mar 2, 2003 1:16 am
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Kip The fellow that gave it to me does service military customers so there is a good chance that it is real. He doesn't have the video. Clark ... From: Kip...
I just received a catalog from deutscheoptic in San Diego. I have never heard of them and don't know how I got on their mailing list. The seem to specialize in...
I really like BreakFree CLP for both cleaning and lubricating metal slide rules. Have not tried it on plastic ones. I use a drop of BreakFree on the swab of a...
Rem Oil by Remington, also sold in stores that carry shooter's supplies, gun cleaning gear, etc., is a Teflon-based lubricant in aerosol or liquid form (the...
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:23:57 -0500, "BruceArnold" <brucearnold@...> wrote on the subject "RE: SR Lubricating an aluminum slide rule?" the ... [snipped] I...
Michael J. Rosenborg
mrosenborg@...
Mar 2, 2003 7:18 am
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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....
sliderule@yahoogroups...
Mar 2, 2003 2:33 pm
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ARISTO (Dennert & Pape) issued several series of publications on the use of slide rules for teachers in grade schools, in high schools, in vocational schools...
... mentioned some ... best as ... it now <snip> I would confirm this with the members of the group who have a background in chemistry, but I believe that...
Wherein alcohol's do contain a hydroxyl group, so does water for that matter and it is neither acidic or basic. Alcohol's like isopropanol are not "alkaline"...
... From: <SonodocSCH@...> To: <sliderule@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:12 AM Subject: SR Re: Lubricating an aluminum slide rule? ... ...
I have recently started to catch up with my analysis of slide prices. I have now been doing this for more than three years and the one consistent trend is that...
Greetings Ron, I, for one, use all the sources at my disposal, including your site and Rod's. While Rod gives the prices in a searchable database, your site...
This is a very tedious process! The auction may very well be over by the time I go through all that!! Out of curiosity, is there any one out there who buys a...
Greetings Jim, I understand your position. For me, it takes about two minutes, less time than it takes to get Excel running on my machine. As listowner, I ...
I'm sure this is what many of us do. I myself watch for certain rules that I am interested in adding to my collection. When I see one, I evaluate as best I can...
I often by because a rule takes my fancy, without researching the pricing history and so on. The fact that I can almost never afford anything over $25 keeps...
Now that I've accumulated quite a stash of these rules, I have yet to see any indication of manufacturer. I mean the "graphic firing tables" (single slab of...
To Mr Guare's earlier message below, yes I am one of those who would buy a slide rule regardless of its market/resale price because I want it, if I want it bad...
Cthulhu fatagn
cthulhufatagn@...
Mar 3, 2003 11:59 am
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... True, this works a lot of the time. Yet as someone else mentioned, it does depend on how badly you want the item. In my case, lately it's been simply a...
(this post is either going to get people cracking their knuckles and diving into their keyboards with disturbing grins on their faces, or elicit a bunch of...
The next Slide Rule Convention will be held in conjunction with the Antique Scientific Instrument and Retro-Tech Show on March 29, 2003 in Arlington, Texas...
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