To: Paladin2
Hoover Dam, Empire State Building, Build stuff to win WW II in four years...
By people with sliderules.
33 posted on
05/18/2016 12:37:57 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
I have it on good authority that the Hover Dam had a safety factor of 10 (they wanted to build more so the first one had to be good...).
34 posted on
05/18/2016 12:41:31 PM PDT by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: SpaceBar
There are sliderule graphic models for computer monitors that are fun. Slide rules are still very quick to pick gear pair tooth counts to get close to the ratio you want.
36 posted on
05/18/2016 12:45:33 PM PDT by
Paladin2
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