This bring up a curious point, what Jeff has written is both right and wrong. It is correct when he states that the LL scales on a Pickett N4 goes to 10^10,...
... I don't know of any 10 inch slide rules with more than 80 inches of LL scales. I'm fairly new to slide rule collecting also. So, they may exist. I'm just...
Members of the group may be interested to know that my relentless quest for slide rules has uncovered yet another treasure trove. This time I have located a...
Hi Bob, Nestler made a chemical rule. I have one and will contact you privately in a couple of days about it. Take care. Dick Dick Rose rarose@... ......
I've now posted the updated slide rule price analysis for July on my site at: http://www.sliderules.clara.net/prices/prices.htm This month the gently downward...
Thanks to all of you who replied to my questions about the price analysis on my slide rule site. 1. The general consensus seems to be that it is useful as it...
Greetings all! Jim Bready: Thank you for replying to my request for information on my former mystery HEMMI Rule. I had noticed the dual woods used in its ...
Hi everyone! Well, here we are in snowy Tassie. The move interstate went real well and we're extremely happy with our (needs to be repaired) house and the...
Here is an example that is perhaps somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but I bring it up to illustrate a comment to a couple of contributions to this thread. 1 -...
Hi Jeff, That is a great example and I am delighted that you brought it to my attention. Most of my calculation experience has been with run of the mill P-Chem...
I thought I sent this email before but nobody reacted so I probaby did not send it or I was ignored because of its content. Still here is it again as I find...
I agree with Herman, and probably many other forum members, that it would be nice to have a price guide for slide rules, and that an effective price guide...
Hi Aki, ... From: Aki Karhu <akikarhu@...> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 06:21 AM ... Wow! 4.1! That should be really lousy emulator. Thanks god, this...
The protagonist of "Have Space Suit..." young Kip. It was his birthday, and his father was the one who said one shouldn't be allowed to vote if one doesn't...
Greetings All! I want to thank everyone that sent in all the helpful info regarding my Hemmi Rule! Paul: Thanks to you I now have a clear picture of when the...
Ron: I agree with Charlie. What you are doing is really helpful, but trying to increase the informational dimensions may be more effort than it is worth. Of ...
... From: wayne <wef@...> ... That may be true for regular logarithmic scales, e.g. C/D. Trig scales, however, behave in a very different way, and on some...
John K. Ahlstrom I could not get through to your personal address so I send this one via the egroups and see if it works You are number 4 asking for the...
Hello, I acquired this weekend a version of a 10" PIC rule which appears to have been used to calculate Speed - Time - Distance at sea. It has 4 scales on the...
... Of course, in my article, I only covered the basic readings of sines etc., not any further possible advantages (and that was also before I had any...
Hi there, yesterday night I re-read George Duckworth's SLIDE RULE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE Part 1, Makers A thru J from 1996. Does anyone know if he ever published...
... From: Jeff D. Harper <jdharper@...> -snip- ... -snip- Jeff is correct in his observation. I would, however, like to illustrate why the demand for...
Hello Wayne: That's a very interesting, and most appropriate, question, since "accuracy"; and "number of signifigant digits" are (in many cases) two different...
Ron, Whether you buy stamps, old camera's or slide rules the price is very dependent on rarity and condition and sometimes the additional items such as case,...
Hello All- I've enjoyed this recent discussion of accuracy. part of my interest in sliderule use stems from a grad school observation: most of what I did with...
Since I get asked the same questions over and over about cleaning slide rules, I finally took out my camera, and shot some step by step restoration pics to...
