In article <ljsghc$65b$1...@speranza.aioe.org>, Mark H Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Absolutely, snort. I still have my K&E (Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y.); > made of wood... (when ships were wood, and men were steel, and sheep ran > scared) ... to get to the S L T scales I have to pull the slide out > (turn it over) and reinsert it. You're right, the CF and DF scales are > missing, but the A B scales have the Ï symbol where it should be (more > or less). Mine is the 4058 C model, and you're right... has maths > equivalents and conversions printed on the back... For those who have no idea what we're talking about, take a look at http://www.ted.com/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything. If you just want to see what you do with a slide rule, fast forward to 14:20, but you really owe it to yourself to invest the 18 minutes to watch the whole thing.
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