On tonight's Australian ABC <Collectors> show there was a short video by Ralph Rallings, showing off his collection. I wondered if any other collectors may...
Hello Cyril Ralph is a professional engineer who worked in Tasmania in a goverment department involved with infrastructure and roads. I think he is retired ...
Pearu Terts
pterts@...
Sep 1, 2005 5:20 pm
28113
I wonder if the roots of the names Hobart and Hoboken (New Jersey) are similar :-) Gary Flom ... From: "Pearu Terts" <pterts@...> To:...
I don't know about Hoboken, but Hobart in Tasmania was founded in 1804 and originally called Hobart Town after Lord Hobart, Secretary of State for Colonies...
Tasmania's first European name was Van Dieman's Land, given by Abel Tasman, the first European navigator to get there. But although the Dutch were the first...
We just got in the new Slide Rule Universe and ISRG lapel pins and tie clips, you can see them all here: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/pins.html the ISRG items...
I do recall the story of a vet who stuck a large trocar or canula (needle) into the side of a cow to relieve a gas build up, then lit the escaping gas. The cow...
Hello ISRG fellow members --- The Oughtred Society received the Email below today. Does anyone want these rules? If so, please respond directly to the sender,...
Why don't you take them for the student slide rule project? John PS the Post 258 went for a high price ($416) a couple of days ago. [Non-text portions of...
So, to reestablish an earlier thread, now that the cows are done jumping, I believe, (but I could be way wrong) that the rule that Jim Cerny referred to as a...
... Hello, Ted. The e-mail in the post appears as "MMmaven@a...". Apparently yahoo strips it in a lame atempt to protect somebodies identity or something like...
... From: "Andrew Nikitin" <nsg21@...> ... That's an option set in the Group settings for this group. ... If you post it as aaaaaaa @ bbbbbbb.com it...
If you click on the person's address, it will bring up a Yahoo mail screen. The mail will be routed properly, even though it looks like the destination...
... Strangely, that option seems not to work for me. I receive my SR postings as a Digest, and addresses are quite open and "unobfuscated" (which is how I...
Hi, Joe. ... That what I assumed it supposed to do. However on more than one occasion when I tried to do this way I never got a responce back, so I reposted to...
... If you read postings on the Yahoo website then email addresses are truncated (as described by Andrew Nitkin) but you can send messages by clicking on the...
Hello, I didn't see the beginning of the string, but if anyone wishes to give away one or more slide rules, and they are in usable condition, I am interested,...
I found your group through a Google search for D. M. Knapen. It turned up your message/thread 6871 about the earliest American slide rule. About 20 years ago...
Does anyone have a manual or copy (English or German) for this business oriented slide rule? ************************* Group owners comments: If anyone has...
Albert D. Mason
almason@...
Sep 6, 2005 8:04 pm
28136
I am pretty sure I have one. I am out of town right now and won't be back until the 19th. I'll check and it I have it I'll let you know. John ... From:...
The Oughtred Society Swap Sheet Online The swap sheet has been updated for September, and is now available for viewing. Go to : www.oughtred.org and on the...
Thank you for information. I went to the site and printed out a copy. Also I am amazed that one site has all those manuals. I really appreciate the ...
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