Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >