Shameful unearthing of family secrets
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hirezToday I got around to properly inspecting the slide-rule I rescued when we were sorting through Pa's worldly goods.
As one might expect, the internet is not short of sites dedicated to slide-rule collection, so it didn't take that long to work out that it's quite old enough to have belonged to my grandfather. I believe that's a War Department stamp on the thing, too:
Which, I don't know. I don't even know what I think about that yet. I think I would perhaps like to work out how to drive the thing, just in case electricity stops unexpectedly and I am called upon to perform some hard sums.
As one might expect, the internet is not short of sites dedicated to slide-rule collection, so it didn't take that long to work out that it's quite old enough to have belonged to my grandfather. I believe that's a War Department stamp on the thing, too:
Which, I don't know. I don't even know what I think about that yet. I think I would perhaps like to work out how to drive the thing, just in case electricity stops unexpectedly and I am called upon to perform some hard sums.
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Date: 2013-02-09 08:55 pm (UTC)I saw one in Arizona a few months back - old equipment on display at the Lowell Observatory. Beautifully made.
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Date: 2013-02-09 11:30 pm (UTC)It's a Model K, number X9350, which makes it very slightly younger than me. And a perfectly fantastic thing. Practical, pocketable, quick to use, and works as well as the day it was made.
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