I recently received a slide rule and I have never used one before. I have asked several people but none know how to use it. It is a Pickett Microline 120 if ...
Welcome to the club!! Be sure to check out Ron Manley's site at <a href=http://www.sliderules.clara.net target=new>http://www.sliderules.clara.net</a> for...
Thanks for the welcome. However, I have been operation sliderules since 1952 and had one hour a day for four school years plus an additional hour a day for ...
Sounds like a tremendous background. I didn't know that the Pythagorean triangles could be done on a rule. Tell us more.<br>The basic tips were more directed...
At the risk of sounding negative, I am dreading our eventual migration to Yahoo Groups. Several Clubs I was already a member of have migrated and it is very...
There are three settings that can be used for Pythagorean solutions.<br><br>I will use a 3, 5, 5 triangle for demonstration.<br><br>You use the D (or DF) and B...
Inthe previous message, the line<br><br>I will use a 3, 5, 5 triangle for demonstration.<br><br>should read<br><br>I will use a 3, 4, 5 triangle for...
I know what you mean. Yahoo groups can be frustrating with the ads and slowness. In answer to your last question, I haven't been able to post or read on Yahoo ...
Greetings:<br><br>(1) You can avoid the ads on Yahoo Groups by getting the digest version of the mailing list.<br><br>(2) I find this version to be frustrating...
Greetings:<br><br>It's been a slow several months on the collecting front. I picked up a Pickett Model 600-ES for my briefcase/backpack/shoulder bag (I switch ...
I should be getting an N3 ES any day now. Sphere had some, but I think they are now sold out on them. I sure wish I could find another Shanhai Flying Fish....
Well gang, we have been migrated to Yahoo Groups. This will take some adjustment, but we can make it work. I invite all members to post regularly and often....
Greetings: FYI, I've gotten notification on several of the astronomy-related lists that I subscribe to that Yahoo! will be doing some server swaps this...
I just purchased my first Slide Rule, a Pickett 120T off of e-bay. I am in the process of getting a Pickett 160C-T. I have not used a Slide Rule in almost 30...
Welcome to all who have joined! Please feel free to leave messages, ask questions, tell us about your sliderules, start an argument, whatever it takes to get...
I look in from time to time. For a while after the change I couldn't access this site (possibly because I had upgraded my firewall). Have other members had...
Hi Ron and all, I've noticed there hasn't been much traffic either, in fact for about a month. I hadn't thought of the problem of being able to access the ...
Miles One thing which has interested me lately is some of the finer points of slide rule design. Two examples. I was recently given a very complex "black body...
Ron, I don't have too many in the way of specialty or too unusual of designs and layouts. Other than the Mannheim, which of course you need to switch the...
Miles I helped a non-profit organisation with a web site and a member gave me the black-body rule. It is about 18" long by 3 1/2" wide and weights a ton. I...
Glad to see that we have several new members. Please be sure to introduce yourselves and tell us about your slide rules. Thanks to Ronald Manley for posing...
Ron, That was a nice gift of them to give you for the help with the web site. I do recall the two that you mentioned by Thornton that sold on eBay earlier...
Mile Since you were bidding on a black body rule does that mean you understand about the high level physics involved? If so, I'd be gtrateful if you could have...
Ron, I do have to admit, my knowledge in the high level physics involved with the black body rule is rather limited. I am in Meteorology actually. We did...
Ron, I do have to admit, my knowledge in the high level physics involved with the black body rule is rather limited. I am in Meteorology actually. We did...
Bob What type of rule do want? I'm not a dealer but I do have a few duplicates. I also know other places where you can buy rules. You can contact me directly...
... Hmmm. I don't know how many little shops are still around that deal in scientific collectibles. I wonder how reasonable prices tend to be on eBay. -- Mark...
Anybody have any idea where I can buy a slide rule in France? Thanks, I've got four - Pickett N902-T with leather case - Graphoplex 640 With plastic grey and...
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