MLUG: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] beginner slide rule wanted
RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] beginner slide rule wanted
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Matt Ross wrote:

> If you do happen to find someone locally selling one of the 20" behemoths
> for a reasonable price, let me know. While it's not very useful in a
> practical sense (no graph mode on a slide rule), it is very intimidating in
> a meeting to use a slipstick to do your calculations.
> 
> I've never seen anything but a 4" one for sale, and only one of those (which
> I bought of course :-)

It looks like the authoritative site for such things is:

  http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html

This is apparently where I'll get a decent 10" model for less than $20.

Note that a 20" slide rule will apparently run you some serious money, 
since they're kinda rare and were the highest quality and most exotic 
rules to begin with.

jking


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