Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >