[pure-silver] Re: What A Sllide Rule Is For...
- From: Helge Nareid <hn.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:36:45 +0100
On 17/07/2017 17:18, Richard Lahrson wrote:
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I think I learned how to add and subtract with it but
that's about it. Maybe a portrait prop today.
I'd be astonished if you learned how to add and subtract with a slide rule.
It is a useful tool for multiplication, division, logarithms and
trigonometric functions, but pretty useless for addition and subtraction
...
- The Horrible Pedant Helge
PS: Yes, I still have one - and I know how to use it ...
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