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Re: Selection of slide rules, compendium of messages
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2011 Nov 24, 13:21 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2011 Nov 24, 13:21 -0800
The Stirling Decimal Trig Log-Log has the two tan scales which make it easier to use the Bygrave formulas. This is the first slide rule I ever had and I have had it since high school more than 40 years ago. there are several available on e-bay right now: http://www.ebay.com/itm/STERLING-Slide-Rule-DECIMAL-TRIG-LOG-LOG-1965-/300627077817?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fec52ab9 gl --- On Thu, 11/24/11, Dave Walden <waldendand@yahoo.com> wrote:
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