Hi Dave, Most museum collections are like icebergs. You only see a small part of them because there is never enough public display space. But given sufficient...
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otto5657
Sep 1, 2003 8:45 am
First, let me start by saying hello to all. I am your newest member! I would like to take advantage of all of your wide experience and ask what you think of...
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Cyril Catt
newcastleewc...
Sep 1, 2003 9:05 am
Hi Scott, welcome to the forum. Peter Hopp's book <Slide Rules: Their History, Models, and Makers> is the first major listing of slide rules and manufacturers...
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slack_jawed_yokel2003
slack_jawed_...
Sep 1, 2003 9:07 am
Decilons Can Still Rule in 2003 ... Just recently, we had to undertake a site visit as part of a HVAC bidding pre-qualification exercise. In all, there were...
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Ray Kornele
raykornele
Sep 1, 2003 4:13 pm
... From: Cyril Catt <cscatt@...> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:57:28 +1000 To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Subject: SR Mental arithmetic ... =====I...
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marion moon
sliderulenut
Sep 1, 2003 5:07 pm
Did August set a record for the number of postings? Looks as if it did to me. Marion Moon...
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John Cadick
john_cadick
Sep 1, 2003 6:19 pm
Thanks, Ted. ... From: tedhume@... [mailto:tedhume@...] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:25 AM To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Subject: SR Dietzgen...
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Ray Kornele
raykornele
Sep 1, 2003 6:22 pm
... From: "James Stephens" <j m_step@...> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:12:56 +0000 To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: SR Mental arithmetic ... ...
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Bob Otnes
countinghous...
Sep 1, 2003 8:25 pm
Hello: I have been working up an article on binary slide rules. Before I get too far along with it, has anyone else out there had the same idea? Please let me...
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jimcerny2
Sep 1, 2003 8:26 pm
In a burst of enthusiasm this long weekend, I started to compile a list of machine-time slide rules and slide charts. Then it occurred to me to ask if someone...
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jimcerny2
Sep 1, 2003 9:15 pm
Back on August 9th (posting 20229), Dick Rose, Ted Hume, and I reported to the ISRG list on progress with the several plans for remembering Michael O'Leary....
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Michael Coover
mikecoover
Sep 1, 2003 9:15 pm
To all, A great case of the precision of a slide rule being "good enough", perfectly transportable, virus free, AC/DC power free, engaging of the mind, and...
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Cyril Catt
newcastleewc...
Sep 1, 2003 10:58 pm
Craig, my direct emails to you appear to be bouncing, Cyril...
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Dave Martindale
dmmartindale
Sep 1, 2003 11:48 pm
... In fact, the way you describe for picking the values does give a logarithmic spacing of the values. It's two different descriptions in text form, but ...
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Fred Kiesche
godel2escher...
Sep 2, 2003 12:56 am
Greetings: While in Home Depot to get some parts to fix our vent for the dryer, I noticed something very dusy on the shelf behind the vent parts. I picked it...
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Doug Bateman
nametabs
Sep 2, 2003 2:09 am
Subject: SR Some Sightings Watching a PBS show, Transistorized, the host was fiddling with a slide rule during some of his commentary. Might have been a K&E....
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Ray Kornele
raykornele
Sep 2, 2003 2:59 am
Resistor values are figured so that they have a common ratio. For ten steps, take the tenth root of ten to get the common ratio. Call this r, 1 x r is the...
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kkdarling
Sep 2, 2003 3:18 am
... Hi Jim. These days I'm never surprised at seeing previously unknown flight computers. (Yes, I would count this as one.) Although seeing one made by a big...
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gflom
CalcuNation
Sep 2, 2003 3:20 am
I find that when I think of a digit 1-6,I think of the # as it appears on a die(I don't know why,but have done this since childhood).When helping children add...
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gflom
CalcuNation
Sep 2, 2003 3:42 am
Jim Thanks for posting the picture,looks great.What is the metal part used for at the right side of the cursor? Gary Flom ... From: jimcerny2 To:...
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George C. Kaplan
gckaplan1618
Sep 2, 2003 4:39 am
... That was a great story from SJY, but I have to say that it says more about the poor preparation by those young guys in suits than about the capabilities of...
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Wei, Michael
michael.wei@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:50 am
... From: George C. Kaplan [mailto:gckaplan@...] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:19 AM To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: SR Decilons Can...
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slack_jawed_yokel2003
slack_jawed_...
Sep 2, 2003 1:16 pm
Hello Mike & George..... Indeed, I agree with the current over reliance on software boxes without having a firm grasp of the basics. Can't speak for the PDA...
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jimcerny2
Sep 2, 2003 2:31 pm
On July 28th, Bill Robinson posted his then current list of slide rules with hyperbolic scales (message 19886). I recently encouraged him to post in it the...
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wayne.brown@...
wayne_brown_...
Sep 2, 2003 6:46 pm
Fred, Thank you *so much* for mentioning that the "Mad Scientists' Club" books are being re-released! I thoroughly loved those stories as a boy and would love...
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paul currie
currie45324
Sep 2, 2003 6:50 pm
In reference to the PDAs you can download for a minimum amount of money a great scientific calculator for your PDA. IN my case I have a HP15 emulator in mine...
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Jean-Francois
ppchain
Sep 2, 2003 11:51 pm
Good day to all of you. I read you a lot, and do not write often. But now it is time I pay a tribute to someone I love... and share it with my invisible...
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Bruce Arnold
brucearnold_nc
Sep 3, 2003 1:06 am
... Hash: SHA1 She's a keeper, Francois. Great story. Bruce Arnold New Bern, NC ... Version: PGP 8.0.2 Comment: http://members.cox.net/brucearnold/default.htm ...
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Neil Voshart
nvoshart
Sep 3, 2003 2:06 am
Bruce - Are you referring to Josée or the Deci-Lon? ... Hash: SHA1 She's a keeper, Francois. Great story. Bruce Arnold New Bern, NC ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
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Lee Armstrong
sliderulesam...
Sep 3, 2003 2:27 am
Marry her immediately! Jean-Francois <ppchain@...> wrote:Good day to all of you. I read you a lot, and do not write often. But now it is time I pay a...
