D Peter Maus wrote:

Nerd? 'Squares' is more like it. With pocket protectors...and six inch
Sun-Hemmi bamboo slide rules.


Actually, mine's aluminum. And circular.


All the better to shield oneself from the bent paper clips shot via the
magnum India Rubber bands. Those thin coloured rubber bands were a joke
in comparison.

My dad had a round one too, but it was for ease of flight path
calculations and wind corrections.




mike

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m II wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

Nerd? 'Squares' is more like it. With pocket protectors...and six inch
Sun-Hemmi bamboo slide rules.

Actually, mine's aluminum. And circular.


All the better to shield oneself from the bent paper clips shot via the
magnum India Rubber bands. Those thin coloured rubber bands were a joke
in comparison.

My dad had a round one too, but it was for ease of flight path
calculations and wind corrections.


I have an E6b, as well. But I used my round slide rule for damned
near everything.

I had a Bowmar Brain when they were first released. And a Sinclair
Scientific. Neither were either fast enough, or versatile enough to
replace the sliderule.

That, however, has changed.





mike

D Peter Maus wrote:

I have an E6b, as well. But I used my round slide rule for damned near
everything.

I had a Bowmar Brain when they were first released. And a Sinclair
Scientific. Neither were either fast enough, or versatile enough to
replace the sliderule.

That, however, has changed.

I met a kid in the late sixties who had a chemistry slide rule. It had
all the elements on it. The thing would show you what would combine with
what and in what ratio. It was about a foot long and three inches wide.
I've never seen another one.



mike


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m II wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

I have an E6b, as well. But I used my round slide rule for damned near
everything.

I had a Bowmar Brain when they were first released. And a Sinclair
Scientific. Neither were either fast enough, or versatile enough to
replace the sliderule.

That, however, has changed.

I met a kid in the late sixties who had a chemistry slide rule. It had
all the elements on it. The thing would show you what would combine with
what and in what ratio. It was about a foot long and three inches wide.
I've never seen another one.


I may still have mine.




mike