My slide rule at the time was a Sterling pocket model I got at the drugstore for $2. I carried it in my bag or a jacket pocket.
Now I have over 100 of the things, including the venerable K&R 20" log-log duplex decitrig mentioned in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit Will Travel". Another Heinlein book that's on topic here is "Door Into Summer", in which the protagonist invents a mechanical drafting machine, built around an electric typewriter. It revolutionized drafting in the book, just as CAD revolutionized it for us. 73, Gwen, NG3P On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 4:02 PM Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On 4/24/2021 1:00 AM, Joe K2UF wrote: > > In 1955 we were the cool guys with a slide rule in a leather case hanging > > from your belt and india ink stains on your hands. > > I don't remember Drafting in high school, but I do remember it, along > with courses in Nomography graphical methods to compute equations) and > the derivation of emperical equations from graphical data, both of which > were taught with mechanical drawing in my freshman year of EE in '59-'60. > > My slide rule NEVER hung from my belt. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ard...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
