The DVD, 'Trinity and Beyond" plus "Atomic Filmmakers'- well worth a look. I've just finished watching both features.Very interesting and some amazing shots of...
... Hello, Jim and others, I first have to apologize. I have two similar Russian SRs that look very much alike. I did, however, identify the Darmstadt type...
_ In 1996, Michael Keith presented an 18 verse poem based on Poe's "The Raven", encoding in words the first 740 digits of Pi! It appears in "Pi: A Source...
I didn't know that this was really an English Literature group! Then again I'm not sure the term "literature" really applies to the recently posted poems! As...
Hi marion, Dieter von Jezierski's book (p. 60) mentions that Faber Castell set up a slide rule factory in Kiev, which -- we think -- made plastic Darmstadt's, ...
James Stephens
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Jun 1, 2004 9:56 pm
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... I was going to refer to Dieter's book but have misplaced it (along with who know what else) as I recall some reference to Russian rules there. Barnes'...
Paul hi, The great advantage of folding the scales at Pi is for circular trig. Invariably you need to multiply or divide your result by Pi. So you do your...
- I should mention that on a rule with multiple hairlines (even without a DF scale), it can also be done neatly. a) Place right h.line at the diameter on D. b)...
"The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants. Instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI...
[Argh. Forgot to edit the Subject on the last one.] William Shanks calculated pi to 707 places by hand in 1873-74, but made an error from the 527th place...
See comments in 3.2 Rearrangement, specifically paragraph 3. http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/harold/srf/allcalcs.pdf Richard [Non-text portions of this message have...
Richard Alexander
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Jun 2, 2004 9:54 pm
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... That would have been a good approach for the Air Force on the GPS system. In the mid-90s the international science guys found that the universal...
- Which reminds me of the story of how the 'Hall of Fame of Discovery' in Paris had decorated the inside of their cupola with Shanks' 707 digits. Then, after...
Hi Group, It seems to me that I remember that someone is still in this business (please see the request below). If anyone remembers who it is, could you ...
For about a year the Slide Rule Trading Co. web site ( http://home.att.net/~ross1/SRTC/SRTC.htm ) has include a complete illustrated catalog of every Hemmi...
- I have read Thimbleby's article with great interest. Much good thinking there! But, he only seems to have been familiar with a rather limited range of ...
Perrygraf is the one I know. http://www.perrygraf.com/ I seem to recall someone mentioning another one or two. Cheers, Ron McConnell "Not everything that...
i did a very brief search of the message archives, but did not find anything related to this.... on mr. lise's site, there is a chart showing the date codes ...
John, Please don't hesitate to correct errors; I appreciate it. The page was indeed in error on the right side of the table. It has been corrected. Thanks, ...
This was interesting. Forgive me if this has been mentioned already! It can be found at http://www.sheldonbrown.com/sliderule.html ... by Sheldon "Slipstick"...
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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Jun 6, 2004 7:39 am
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Sheldon arguably has the best cycling site on the web. I can't believe I flatted twice today, broke my chain, and all in the rain. I ought to just stick with...
- To all members of our esteemed group: Since the level of contributions seems to be at a low, I would like to suggest a new style for our site (like I did a...
... I realize that I'm not a contributor of this list but I do read it regularly and very much enjoy it. If we are taking a vote or offering opinions, I'd like...
KrazyKyngeKorny ... From: John Mosand [mailto: jomosand@...] To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:53:03 +0200 Subject: SR Time for a...
The level of contributions to the forum rises and falls from time to time. There appears to be most in January and least in July, and weekends appear slower...
... I'm for keeping it moderated as well. However, the beauty is that you can read messages or web forum format even now. I personally have stopped all the...
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