... Looking at your comments, Pepin, and at Paul's original post, he says his numbers showed up on the right half of the D scale, rather than the left side....
Thanks Cyril, Benfords law WAS what I was trying to recall by name. And my gut feelings I mentioned earlier were related to this. (It's tough getting...
Greetings all, this is an interesting topic. One of the more readable and accessible but highly detailed mathematics discussions can be found in Knuth's "The...
... A program on my HP 49G calculator generated the test values. It had only two steps: RAND ALOG (antilog of the random number) In slide rule terms, the...
Bob Finch wrote: ...Thanks Cyril, Benfords law WAS what I was trying to recall by name. And my gut feelings I mentioned earlier were related to this. It's...
My online simulator at http://nsg.upor.net/slide/ responds to "z", "x" to move cursor and "Z", "X" to move slide. In fact, lack of keyboard controls in other...
Hi Andrew, Very good! For some reason, using Fire Fox, I don't show a cursor at all. And, can the movements be done more quickly for initial problem set up (...
... instead of dumber. ... You can use the abacus or soroban for division too, in combination with the slide rule, for greater accuracy. The way I use it is...
If I understand the original problem correctly, it was based on a random number generator. This is quite different from Benford's selection of numbers. ...
Some of you may remember that I recently mentioned the existence of a book with log tables to 130+ digits. It caused a number of comments. Now I've tracked...
... all. And, can the movements be done more quickly for initial problem set up ( and then using the keyboard for final titration ... Sometimes due to networks...
Hi Folks: Here's the past week's top 40 completed eBay slide rule auctions (as of today). Have a good weekend, Dave For direct links, go to this page and...
Thanks! Gary ... From: Andrew Nikitin To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:21 PM Subject: Re: SR Sims ... all. And, can the movements...
John Mosand asked Klaus Kühn, who gave the full title, and reported the essential data here. A very quick library OPAC check showed me that there is a copy in...
I tried the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City as it has a very deep technical collection but can't seem to find it here. Marion Moon ... a book ... has one ......
I just made a box to hold a couple of slide rules for my father. I figured I'd share some pictures with the group, in case some of you might want to try and...
This is very cool. Well done. In a message dated 10/03/08 19:30:14 US Mountain Standard Time, this_tim@... writes: I just made a box to hold a couple of...
That looks fantastic - great work. Frank Carson ... From: this_tim To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:17 PM Subject: SR slide rule...
Hallo folks, I'm looking to acquire some Proceedings for some past International Meetings. In particular:- 2nd meeting - IM 1996. 4th meeting - IM 1998. 7th...
Hello: Sorry to get into this so late in the cycle, so please accept my apologies. I collect tables of logarithms: for example, I own an orignal example of...
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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Dr. Klaus Kühn informs me that among the ca 1800 log tables that he has recorded, there is another one by Uhler, with 215 decimal places! Publ. 1951. I join...
Hey everyone, House of Slide Rulers Here. I've worked out a great deal with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He has signed the Pickett 600es slide rule. The same rule he...
I have the bamboo Post Versalog 1460 rule. I notice that if I actually use the rule occasionally the slide moves perfectly, if just slightly stiff, but seems...
Hello, last year I found a Hemmi 25cm/10" slide rule made for SKF. This morning I tried to find some information about it on the web. To my surprise, my Hemmi...
Hi Larry, I have had a couple of bamboo slide rules (at least one Hemmi, a 259D) that didn't slide smoothly. It seemed that the bamboo had shrunk over the...
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