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  • Category: Mathematics
  • Founded: Dec 21, 1998
  • Language: English
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29323 Simon Frasiar
jydsktelefon Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
1:10 pm
Now is this just bizarre, or am I missing some rare exotic version of the N4? ebay item 6248280200 ... Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail...
29324 Lennart Börjeson
lenborje Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
1:37 pm
They seem to be square root scales, in my case familiar from the FC 62/83N. /Lennart ... -- !++ ! Lennart Börjeson ! Starrängsringen 2 ! S-115 50 STOCKHOLM ...
29325 Jerome Mc Kenna
jeromemck Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
1:38 pm
It is bizarre, I don't see anything unusual about that rule either. When I bought mine, I paid in the low $40's. It looks like auction fever. Jerry ... of the...
29326 Duane Croft
duanecroft Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
3:28 pm
Hi Simon, I have no idea what is going on with this N4 and a couple recent previous auctions that went so high. Is it the same person buying them? I don't...
29328 Charles Oxford
cjoxford2 Send Email
Feb 1, 2006
8:42 pm
Thanks to those who have written. I'm pretty sure which room thet're in but not which box. It'll be a few weeks before I can move boxes to find the rules and...
29329 Philippe DEAU
pdeau Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
12:01 am
Hi All, If you remember a fellow of this forum, Matteo Munari who is based in Italy offered us the possibility to get Sun Hemmi 259D sile rule NIB and still...
29330 Una Daly
unatdaly Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
12:05 am
Dear Slide Rule Group Owners, I am technically not a slide ruler collector although my household does contain 2 such devices -- neither available for sale....
29331 John Mosand
jomosand Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
12:16 am
Pardon me but, these statements about musical instruments are just a little bit off. For one thing, instruments made by Stradivari are not from the ...
29332 William L. Drylie
wldrylie Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
2:05 am
Hello Everyone; I hope everyone here has been well during my absence. I left the country for awhile to work, then was out of State on work. During my last...
29333 William L. Drylie
wldrylie Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
2:06 am
Hi again; I could not resist contributing an interesting slide rule problem before I went back to work again. You know me :-) Using the equation s=1/2*g*t^2...
29334 raycr13 Send Email Feb 2, 2006
2:30 am
It's been thirty years since I owned a sliderule, when I left the Marine Corps I left mine in the hands of my replacement, thinking I could always get...
29335 William Gartin
william_gartin Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
4:50 am
... Interesting. I'd never thought of this. What would be done, if one wanted to safely play the instrument? Could they be slowly brought up to a high humidity...
29336 rob walton
mgtc49racer Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
4:50 am
Simon- I think perhaps the better question is "are the bidders and seller from AZ?" Every now and then these SR syndicate people from Scottsdale or Phoenix...
29337 marion moon
sliderulenut Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
5:52 am
... Well, let's try this: rephrase the original expression as S/t^2 = g/2. set rule as C(2)/D(316) = C(t^2)/D(20000) which give C(t^2) = 1265. Move cursor so...
29338 CTLPELWV@...
carbide01 Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
5:56 am
I have a very similar rule branded as Post. No doubt it dates from the WWII years, when Post's normal supplier (Hemmi) was not available (to put it mildly)....
29339 Randal Foster
algorithmnation Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
8:32 am
2 answers....and since they deal with wood they might even be related to ancient slide rules, too 1. The older wind instruments are generally in such a state...
29340 rob walton
mgtc49racer Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
12:52 pm
To all who look for the SR group for honest direction- Looks like those running this site are more interested in covering up than opening up to the truth. The...
29341 Maurice Quinn
varrus_1999 Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
12:53 pm
Speaking as an engineer, and one with a fair amount of education and expertise with wood design and construction, I would have to say it would be quite...
29342 John Mosand
jomosand Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
1:11 pm
I'm going to take each statement in turn but, first I should give you something about my background for what I'm talking about. I was a professional orchestra...
29343 Jerome Mc Kenna
jeromemck Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
1:21 pm
I don't see any evidence of price fixing, just an example of irrational exuberance (or bidding frenzy). I have no idea who redactor99 is but I have recently...
29344 David Smart
smartware_co... Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
2:41 pm
Although EBay is getting a bit of a caning on this list at the moment, have a look there anyway. There seem to be slide rules selling there for $US10 (+/- a...
29345 KrazyKyngeKorny
raykornele Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
3:17 pm
Message is not flagged. [ Flag for Follow Up ] Date: Thu 02 Feb 2006 08:10:35 AM EST From: John Mosand <jomosand@...> [ Add to Address Book | Block...
29347 KrazyKyngeKorny
raykornele Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
3:33 pm
... Well, well. Rob didn't get the SR he wanted because someone out bid him. Rob, there is a simple solution. If you want an item, figure out how much it is...
29349 marion moon
sliderulenut Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
3:46 pm
... Boy, old age, late hours and fatigue will take its toll. I hadn't anymore than wrote an incomplete solutiona and hit the send button when the egg hit my...
29350 gkarusa Send Email Feb 2, 2006
3:56 pm
I fail to see where there is evidence of price fixing here. As far as the prices are concerned, a slide rule, as well as anything auctioned, is worth what...
29351 Jerome Mc Kenna
jeromemck Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
4:04 pm
Miles, I couldn't agree more. I certaintly don't see any connection between any of the transactions mentioned and Walter Shawlee. When I've dealt with him,...
29352 Bruce Arnold
brucearnold_nc Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
6:52 pm
Goodness gracious, well you got your post printed, but I have to heartily disagree. The fact that at times any of us may participate in a bidding frenzy --...
29353 Duane Croft
duanecroft Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
6:53 pm
Rob, Most of the people in the slide rule group know Walter and no one's going to believe any accusations against him without any evidence. There have been...
29354 Larry Stewart
hemmifan Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
6:53 pm
Rob: I can assure you that Walter (Walter2) is a person of the highest standard and would never be involved in such shady dealings as you suggest. I have dealt...
29355 rob walton
mgtc49racer Send Email
Feb 2, 2006
6:53 pm
All- Walter was merely one of the bidders in one of the suspicious auctions. His bidding stopped when the bidding got ridiculous. It goes to show how the...
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