3 Mar
2013
3 Mar
'13
12:16 p.m.
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 11:41 AM PST Dave McGuire wrote:
I graduated from high school in 1987. Nobody had ever heard of a
slide rule by that time. They seem to have faded very quickly.
I graduated in 85. I had one. Never said I did anything with it...
I may have learned the very mostest basic function at one point. Couldn't tell you
what it was though.
5:10 p.m.
> Never take your Picket slide rule to the
beach!Dwight
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
...and never lube your Versalog with cornstarch. On a
humid day, it can
slow down calculation considerably.
. . . and using strong solvents on the scales might make them hard to read
4 Mar
4 Mar
12:41 p.m.
On 03/03/2013 01:21 PM, dwight elvey wrote:
Iwould also avoid 'lubricating' it with isocyano acrylic
hydro-copolymerising adhesive...
-tony
Never take your Picket slide rule to the
beach!Dwight
...and never lube your Versalog with cornstarch. On a humid day, it can
slow down calculation considerably.
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