Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/07

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Subject: [Leica] Slide Rules [was Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"]
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Wed Dec 7 19:11:52 2005
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Curta rotary calculators play an important, if small, part in "Pattern
Recognition" a fine novel by William Gibson. A very good novel, in my
opinion. I'll never look at jet lag the same again!

Adam

On 12/7/05, Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> wrote:
> I own and still use my father's KE Log-Log Duplex Decitrig and, no, my
> fingers have never gotten dirty from using it.  I also own one of the old
> Coast Artillery circular slide rules used in calculating the fall of
> shells, another one dating from my flying days back in the 1970's, and yet
> another one for use by a machinist.  I also own an Otis King rotary
> slide-rule.
>
> Now, I still lust for one of those Swiss Curta rotary calculators, mind 
> you!
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
> NEW FAX NUMBER:  +540-343-8505
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