I think that a better term would be 'regula' = ruler. 'Duco' is 1.person present of 'ducere', mostly used in the sense of 'figuring', 'reckoning', e.g....
Warren Salomon came up with the name for a small group of Hemmi slide rule collectors ... the Hemmi Roids. Let's don't ask him for a suggestion for the current...
How about a "Slide Ruler". ... From: tranka2010 To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:57 PM Subject: SR a person who collects slide...
... From: tranka2010 To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:57 PM Subject: SR a person who collects slide rules... A philatelist is...
I think that a better term would be 'regula' = ruler. 'Duco' is 1.person present of 'ducere', mostly used in the sense of 'figuring', 'reckoning', e.g....
First, a bit of Latin: regula, ae, f.: straight edge or strip, rule, ruler, standard logarithmus, i, m.?--I don't think was really a latin word until used by...
I believe the Catholic Church, which used Latin widely, certainly as long as slide rules were used, may have come up with a word for a slide rule, but I have...
My wife (who is not a slide rule collector) and I discussed this over breakfast and a few dictionaries. I came up with "logarithmaphile". She came up with...
I'm sorry. I just can no longer resist. :-) Many slide rule collectors tell me that their spouses, usually of the female persuasion, think that they, the...
Thank you Dick for your sense of humor Excellent ! Philippe Deau ... From: Dick Rose To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 4:39 PM ...
Gentlemen: Consider "conservator taleae" (collector of sticks), which comes from these two words: talea -ae f. [a cutting , slip; a short stake or bar]. ...
So, building on that, could we have "conservator taleae logarithmeae" (or whatever the Latin form of the word would be). Steve Treadwell ... from these ... ...
I found a source for clear plastic easels that work nicely for displaying my slide rules. I use the "Small" sze 1 1/2" high. These are described as being...
There has been a rash of messages back and forth on various Yahoo Groups of a new "service" called Grouply. Grouply allows you to supposedly manage your...
... Ratiolapsatist? Regulamobilist? Years ago, when the ISRG logo was being created, there was a fun discussion of possible Latin mottos to accompany it....
Thanks for this timely warning, Craig. Yes, Grouply does look as though it has potential for serious abuse. For the interest of other members, these two...
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... Not only does the information you provide to Grouply give them access to your messages. It also allows them to access the group membership lists and spam...
I assume that if you changed your password in Yahoo, Grouply would suddenly find itself unable to access your stuff any more. That'd be the first thing to do...
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Sorry for joining the discussion late, but I just realised my Latin dictionary is very modern. According to the foreword, this is the terminology agreed upon...
In light of this discussion, I've come to appreciate that people who specialize in integrating new words into "modern Latin" (an oxymoron if I've ever heard...
When considering terms, we must not forget that neither 'philatelist' nor 'numismatist' implies a 'collector'. Those terms are short because they merely...
... I'm dropping into this conversation a little late, but perhaps I could point out that although most sliderules are logarithmic, they don't have to be so! ...
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