I had a circular slide rule for navigational calculations in the aircraft. I previously had several straight ones as a young physics major.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 2:36 PM mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Didn't want to go near it, in case I got a splinter. Somewhere, I have > the circular one I bought in my first year of sixth form. > > > On 28 March 2021 at 19:25 "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Did no one else recognize the horrible pun? > > > > On 3/28/2021 2:19 PM, Alan C wrote: > > > In my youth I was a Whizz kid with a slide rule. Took over my Dad's & > > > later bought a better one. I taught a couple of generations of Sixth > > > Formers how to use them and then along came the Scientific Calculator. > > > End of story. Anyone want a Slide Rule? > > > > > > Alan C > > > > > > On 28-Mar-21 08:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Mar 28, 2021, at 7:27 AM, Stanley Halpin > > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Occasionally I hear of people who still prefer to use a slide rule > > >>> rather than the calculator on their phone. I would probably be one > > >>> of those persons if only I had learned how to use the slide rule! > > >> Give it a try, using a slide rule is as easy as falling off a log. > > >>> Stan > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
