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- From: wes@ian.stx.com (John S.)
- Subject: Re: Obscure Help Needed
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.182930.1042@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: STX, Lanham Maryland
- References: <1992Nov11.152829.25858@pixel.kodak.com> <GOLDM.92Nov20101257@sage4a.rpi.edu> <1ej4mtINN7i0@nuala.hal.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:29:30 GMT
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- In article <1ej4mtINN7i0@nuala.hal.COM> juan@nuala.hal.COM (John Thompson Reynolds) writes:
- >
- >Has anybody out there seen any slide rules for sale? The closest
- >thing I've been able to find is a simple circular slide rule included in a
- >"basic navigation kit".
- >
- >|> In article <1992Nov11.172831.14882@julian.uwo.ca> jdnicoll@prism.ccs.uwo.ca (James Davis Nicoll) writes:
- >|> I still find it hard to believe that I could so completely
- >|> forget a skill I used every day not so long ago. It's also hard to
- >|> believe no book store seems to stock books on the subject anymore.
- >|> Are there no slide-rule makers left?
- >|> --
-
- I'm not sure which part of the above was posted by who, but I may have
- one for sale. When I first started studying engineering a few years
- back, my father gave me one that I looked at for about 5 minutes out of
- curiosity. Then I tossed it onto a shelf and forgot about it. Can't
- imagine why anyone would want to go through the trouble of learning to
- use it. If I can find it, and my dad doesn't want it, (which I
- seriously doubt. I'm pretty sure he's never used one), I guess it's for
- sale. I'll look for it.
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- wes@ian.stx.com (John Shepherd) Hughes STX, Lanham, MD
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