Tom Ring wrote:

And denigrating slide rules is silly. Most of the world that surrounds
you was calculated with a slide rule's resolution. When used properly
they give answers that are as accurate as is needed for engineering.

I was one of the last classes in school to use a slide rule - they went
to calculators the next year.

I have to say that using a slide rule changed my outlook on math in all
it's forms. Took a absolute idiot at math to the dilettante I am today.
8^)

I use calculators all the time now, but I still have a slide rule that I
use in the garage....

- 73 de Mike N3LI -