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Posted on 09/05/2006 6:38:30 AM PDT by xzins
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To: nuke rocketeer
A slide rule is an ancient calculating device. Also known as a slipstick I have my father's slide rule. The slider is corroded in place though. I want clean it up and learn how to use it.
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posted on
09/05/2006 1:13:09 PM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: The_Victor
I want clean it up and learn how to use it.
Psst! That there computer yer typing on has a calculator built in! I'm series!
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posted on
09/05/2006 2:46:02 PM PDT
by
BJClinton
(What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
To: NonLinear
So...you quit counting when you ran out of fingers? He can count to 11 with his shoes on...
43
posted on
09/05/2006 3:04:02 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Moderate Bumper Sticker: Bush Lied, Terrorists Died!)
To: tutstar
44
posted on
09/05/2006 4:36:46 PM PDT
by
Nightshift
(Faith is something everyone has. The question is faith in what?)
To: Tired of Taxes; DaveLoneRanger
We all need a laugh here and there!!
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posted on
09/05/2006 4:38:21 PM PDT
by
tutstar
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46
posted on
09/05/2006 10:25:50 PM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
To: Condor51
47
posted on
09/05/2006 10:32:16 PM PDT
by
Prost1
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To: The_Victor
Most of the 20th Century advances were made using the Slide Rule.
After the Abacus, it is the most fundamental mathematical instrument known before the calculator.
Without it, there would be no calculator or Lunar Landing...
Think about that!
I have one from my father, dating to the 1940s in pristine condition (last time I checked).
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posted on
09/05/2006 10:35:08 PM PDT
by
Prost1
(I get my news at Free Republic!)
To: TexasAggie65
[Slide Rules for us seasoned engineers were also called "slipsticks."]
Jeez, that sounds like it could turn into one of those rambling Grampa Simpson stories he always tells Bart that begins, "Back in my day we used to wear an onion on our belt, because that was the style at the time, though it was one of those yellow onions, not one of the white onions, of course back then we called onions 'beets'...".
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posted on
09/05/2006 11:20:23 PM PDT
by
spinestein
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To: redwhit
I keep one in my office, and use it occasionally too. I get some funny looks from some of the other engineers, but sometimes it is faster than a calculator and gives me all of the precision I need.
50
posted on
09/06/2006 3:03:57 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: xzins
Flight screeners became suspicious when he sined and cosined out loud. They also found a suspicious looking Pi in his carry on baggage.
51
posted on
09/06/2006 3:11:32 AM PDT
by
Bullish
( The pig headed monkeys of Islam can kiss my grits!)
To: xzins
To: The_Victor
I still have mine, and would ahve to pull it out, blow off 30 yrs of dust off it, and then try to remember how to use it without remembering all the log tables.
To: P8riot
I think I have one, too. I've had it for years, but I don't know when I got it, and I have no idea how to use it. My husband is a systems analyst, and I think even he saw it and asked, "What is this thing?" :-)
54
posted on
09/06/2006 9:19:06 AM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
To: Tired of Taxes
If you want to get rid of it I'll take it. FReepmail me, I'm serious.
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posted on
09/06/2006 9:26:01 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: P8riot
Are slide rulers difficult to find? Right after I posted, I took mine out of the drawer and compared it to a picture on Wikipedia. I don't think what I have is a slide ruler after all.
Mine is a "metric converter". There are photos of metric converters at the bottom of this site:
http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/slide/slidegallery.html
Whatever it is, I can't give it away. I think it might've belonged to my father. I've been holding onto it figuring my sons can use it with their math lessons eventually... maybe they'll figure out how to use it. ;-)
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posted on
09/06/2006 9:53:19 AM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
To: Tired of Taxes
They are quite hard to find. I've seen some on eBay, but like most everything else there they are overpriced. There are a few companies that still make them on a specialty basis, but they have for the most part,been replaced by the calculator. I'd keep it, specially if it has any sentimental value to it. It would be quite a curiosity for your sons I am sure.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:25:43 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: P8riot
It would be quite a curiosity for your sons I am sure.It's quite a curiosity for me, too. :-)
Maybe I'm getting old, but I remember when calculators were a new thing and very expensive. Now I can pick one up at the dollar store. Who would've thought that one day calculators would be so cheap, and rulers would be hard to find.
I'm always shopping the educational stores and catalogs. If I come across a real slide ruler that's inexpensive, I'll let you know where to find it.
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posted on
09/06/2006 10:44:49 AM PDT
by
Tired of Taxes
(That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
To: Tired of Taxes
If I come across a real slide ruler that's inexpensive, I'll let you know where to find it.Hey, thanks!
59
posted on
09/06/2006 11:02:47 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: Tired of Taxes
hee.. had to send that to my husband...
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posted on
09/06/2006 12:24:20 PM PDT
by
kiki04
("If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?" - THH)
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