Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Dec 6 14:09:27 2005
References: <43927BDD00017961@mssbzhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch> <5867e4420cc63724b0e82fd6a8cae710@btinternet.com>

Is it more accurate because it's made in Germany? ;-)
Douglas

charlie chan wrote:

> Hey I still own a slide rule - a Faber Castell which I used for my A 
> Level (High School) maths many years ago. I've been teaching my son to 
> use one. It's a bit like a M series - doesn't need batteries!
>
> Charlie Chan
> Cheltenham, UK
>
> On 6 Dec 2005, at 18:34, pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote:
>
>>> How many of us still OWN a slide rule?
>>> How many of us still USE a slide rule?
>>
>>
>> The current Breitling pilot watches (Navitimer, etc.) incorporate a 
>> circular
>> slide ruler. It is very practical for instance when travelling and 
>> converting
>> currencies. You just look at your watch, where you have turned the slide
>> rule to  point to the exchange rate and you can immediately read the 
>> amount
>> in foreign currency. Much faster than a pocket calculator.
>>
>>> -- Original-Nachricht --
>>> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"
>>> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:24:54 -0800
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking of slide rules, which of course, we were not really doing...
>>>
>>> MIT has the old K+E collection of slide rules.  I wonder if BD or 
>>> someone
>>> else knows if they are available on display?
>>>
>>> Apparently there are some really weird ones.....
>>>
>>> I found the article in my father's copy of the MIT Alumni journal.
>>> Apparently the "curator" thought that the really large, around 6 
>>> foot, slide
>>> rule for teaching was really rare....  She looked around 30 years old.
>>>
>>> How many of us in our 50's or 40's were put through slide rule learning
>>> using one of these old timers?
>>> How many of us still remember how to use a slide rule?
>>> How many of us still OWN a slide rule?
>>> How many of us still USE a slide rule?
>>>
>>> Old Timers........Youngsters....... and Slide rules....
>>>
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I know that there are a handful of so-called
>>> "classic" computer collectors, like slide rule collectors.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from pwerner at bluewin.ch (pwerner@bluewin.ch) ([Leica] Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M")
Message from topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (charlie chan) ([Leica] Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M")