Hi Brandon,

I'm not your age but still use a slide rule. I don't know of anyone
your age who has an interest in slide rule. I'm glad to see that
using a slide rule is not a lost art. Best wishes.

Cheers,
Amin

--- In slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com, "leoackley" <la@...> wrote:
>
> --- In slideruleforum@yahoogroups.com, "br2hughes" <br2hughes@>
> wrote:
> >
> > People,
> >
> > I have recently taken an enormous interest in slide rules. >
main
> question(s): Does anyone know if I am alone in my slide rule...
> > ..... or must I be the sole person to ensure
> > that future generations don't lose sight of this wonderful
instrument?
> >
> > I am very curious to here about any responses.
> >
> > Brandon Hughes
> > br2hughes@
> >
> Brandon:
>
> You are a rare bird, but not alone. I have a student here at a
> technical university in Finland who uses a slide rule. I was the
one
> who interested him in them and taught him the use of it.
>
> I too am a newcomer to the group, but I am nearly three times your
age
> (!!!). I was attracted to the group by the words "utilitarian
BEAUTY of
> the slide rule". I am not really a collector, but more or less run
a
> home for orphan slide rules.
>
> My concern with them these days is with their beauty. Not just as
> objects (although many are beautiful) but with the mathematical
beauty
> of the things. One of my passtimes is to make an arbitrary setting
and
> them work out all the possible implications of that setting. (It is
> possible to find a large number of + and - powers of numbers
without
> using LL scales.)
>
> I would really advocate returning the use slide rules in schools.
If
> one really understands WHY a slide rule works, you have a
conceptual
> edge on others in understanding how the number system works (Why
are
> negative exponents defined the way they are? Meditation on a slide
rule
> will tell you on a deep level.)
>
> What kind of rule(s) do you use? The queen of my modest collection
is a
> classic Hemmi 260 that I bought in 1960.
>
> Leo
>