I believe that the +ACM_ and +ACY- are codes representing the left carat (<) and the ampersand (&), which, if inserted in the description will create the...
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Allen B, Carlisle
profali5205@...
Mar 31, 2001 12:41 am
I too teach high school mathematics and feel exactly the same as you regarding use of the calculator in the classroom. I teach a couple of algebra classes and...
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cjoxford@...
Mar 31, 2001 3:24 am
Can anyone direct me to info on Fearns Calculator company? I have a day/week adder that would be handy for bankers and schedulers and a trig calculator that is...
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary@...
Mar 31, 2001 3:24 am
Greetings, Jim Cerny brought this one up. He has a K&E 4097D with the following scales on the back of the slide: = S B L T = The catalogs all list the scales...
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Jeffrey A. Weiner
j_weiner@...
Mar 31, 2001 3:25 am
Noting the thread about the warped stator reminded me of a Versalog I have in my collection. It doesn't have a warped stator, rather the braces at one end are...
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brodis01@...
Mar 31, 2001 3:25 am
I cannot vouch for the legendary properties of bamboo-core rules, but a few observations from recent experience seem worth mentioning: There does not seem to...
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Kent Walker
walkerk@...
Mar 31, 2001 5:17 am
Can anyone help with identification of a Sum Hemmi rule with an unusual horseshoe cursor? The cursor has a riveted "spinner" pointer which I assume is for...
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Andrew Nikitin
andrewnikitin@...
Mar 31, 2001 5:52 am
+ACM- is utf-7 encoding for # sign
+ACY- is utf-7 encoding for &.
Obviously, Craig is using outlook express version 5.50.4133.2400 and has
utf-7 setting set...
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Joćo Roberto
gabbardo@...
Mar 31, 2001 5:53 am
Hi, Gary Unfortunately my friend tell to me that he don't have the book with the issue about how determine cubical roots from A scale, he only have...
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sliderules@...
Mar 31, 2001 1:13 pm
Kent What you have is a slide rule with a digit registering cursor. These were originally made by Faber Castell and you can see an image of one and a...
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manfred_hausmann@...
Mar 31, 2001 1:14 pm
I believe you have a Hemmi No 64 Reitz model, probably 1920's or 1930's. I have the same rule with a horseshoe cursor without the pointer; the model No. was...
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JaMAKSIN@...
Mar 31, 2001 1:15 pm
Hello all, A reference each (especially for those who haven't seen it) might find of interest: "The Standard Manual of the Slide Rule, Its History, Principle,...
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walter2@...
Mar 31, 2001 10:46 pm
With regard to more Fearns data, Ray Hems in the UK has advised he has a large collection of data, original catalogs and examples of Fearns circular rules. He...
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Clark McCoy
clarkmccoy@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:18 am
Michael The 2 that I have serial numbers 35772 and 65014 have = S B L T = Clark ... From: Michael O'Leary [mailto:mpsoleary@...] Sent: Friday, March...
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JoĆ£o Roberto
gabbardo@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:18 am
Hi, Joe The book sounds very interesting, but, how to find easily it? On my country, Brazil, certainly it will hard to find. Do you know someone that want sell...
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Duane Croft
dcroft@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:18 am
I couldn't find anything on bamboo or wood, but aluminum and magnesium both have coefficients of linear expansion "around" 25E-6/C ("around" depending on...
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Chris Redding
credding@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:18 am
Hello, I was reading Time and I saw scores of names of phobias. Many of them silly. Silly in the sense that anyone even bothered to make up a name, e.g....
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Michael O'Leary
mpsoleary@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:19 am
Ron, One the issue of sharing resources, I figure I might as well step up. As you all know, I have been working with Clark McCoy to post the K&E catalog slide...
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abaum@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:19 am
... While the mental image of a cold Pickett suffering from terminal looseness made me chuckle, it also prompted me to get out my own Picketts and have a...
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conesus
conesus@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:19 am
This is the loud mouth math teacher again. I was whining about the occasional student who can't do the simple calculations we take for granted. Let me...
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John Mosand
jomosand@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:20 am
A final comment on this matter: Some individuals must have misunderstood the article in question or else not having read it carefully. Math, calculators or...
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D.Thompson
dave@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:20 am
hi Charlie et al, ... I'm afraid that the Fearns Calculator company ceased trading a few years ago. I believe that it was based in Gateshead, UK and at one...
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Andrew Nikitin
andrewnikitin@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:20 am
Hello, Joe.
----- Original Message -----
From: <JaMAKSIN@...>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 06:50
> For example, Page 173, "Expressions Solved with One...
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Allen B, Carlisle
profali5205@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:20 am
There is a neat way of solving equations of the form a=b^x where "a" and "b" are known without use of the Log-Log scales or if your rule doesn't have them. The...
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Mike Gabbert
gabbertm@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:21 am
Hi, Note: The characters "+ACM-" and "+ACY-" appear to be misread ASCII characters. Coming between the K and the E, "+ACY-" probably should have been a plus...
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sliderules@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:21 am
From time to time my wife comes home with a slide rule. Since I am left-handed she sometimes, but more rarely, buys me things for left- handers. This slide...
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Allen B, Carlisle
profali5205@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:21 am
I recently purchased an old K+E N4092-3 Rule from ebay. It arrived in good condition but it was obvious it could use some cleaning. I tried something that I...
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Korny
raykornele@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:21 am
... One of the big distributors who had their name on K&E products was Kendrick and Bellamy in Denver, Colorado. My math teacher always got copies of K&E's...
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Mike Gabbert
gabbertm@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:22 am
I have noticed a what seems to me to be an unusual number of ex-library copies of "An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule" appearing on eBay over the past...
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Duane Croft
dcroft@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:23 am
This isn't directly about slide rules, but since we did have a thread about the "NASA never landed on the Moon" Conspiracy Theory, I thought I'd post it. NASA...
