[rollei_list] OT: Slide Rules
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:20:06 -0400
At 05:53 PM 10/17/2008, Robert Lilley wrote:
>I seem to recall that my K&E Log Log Duplex Trig didn't have any ram or hard
>drive. You had to move a wood bar and a bit of glass in consort with scales
>to get a very simple answer denoted as a number.
Gotcha trumped. I have the same, with the IB and
with the leather scabbard. I replaced the glass
covers over the cursor with the plastic upgrades
in the 1960's after I bashed a Kennedy supporter
(RFK, not JFK) over the head with it at a debate
tournament, back in the longago. This was my
father's slide rule in college and mine through
high school: I avoided taking science classes in
high school beyond the requirements, and I
satisfied that with Geology 101/102. Neither required slide rules!
I also have a King cylindrical slide rule which
provides four-digit accuracy, if you have a
magnifier available. Someday, I'll sell off all
my Leitz/Leica, Rollei, Hasselblad, and
Zeiss/Zeiss Ikon holdings so to be able to buy a
Curta .... I'll probably have to toss in my '84
Audi 4000S, the most fuel-thrifty vehicle yet produced, as a premium!
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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