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: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Dec 7 19:30:53 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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-- 
Regards,

Dick


In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Slide Rules [was Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"])
Message from dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason) ([Leica] Slide Rules [was Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"])
Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Slide Rules [was Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"])
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Slide Rules [was Re: [LRflex] Digital Leica "M"])