Slide rules -

[Robert S. Rosenthal]

Well folks, I know for a fact that George P. Burdell Jr. NEVER would be
caught dead with a calculator.  After all, in Math 102 they used the
enormous K&E on the wall to show us that the square root of 49 was
approximately 6.999 which rounded off to 7.  Don't laugh, the Prof. was
asking the class for numbers to demonstrate the use of the slide rule and
some smart a.. called out 49.

On another note,  in 1981 I was asked to come back and speak to a graduate
EE seminar.  This seminar took place on the Monday after the homecoming
weekend.  The first words spoken to me were "Did you see the homecoming
queen?  She is one of ours ... has a 3.9 GPA".  In my freshman year (1956)
Ga. Tech had 11 coeds and NO potential homecoming queens.  Since I have now
retired to Atlanta perhaps I should dig out my old Post and give it a try on
campus.  Might work.

Bob Rosenthal
W4IH

-----Original Message-----
From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List
[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of Barry A. Watzman
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 10:39 PM
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: Re: Slide rules -


>re: "the presence of the slide rule at one's side impressed girls mightily"

Since slide rules have not changed, girls must have changed a LOT.

I was always uncomfortable going out with strange girls.  Problem was, if
you were a boy, then by definition, all girls were strange.


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From:  Keith Rowland [SMTP:k4kgw at MINDSPRING.COM]
Sent:  Friday, March 19, 1999 12:09 PM
To:  HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject:  Re: Slide rules -

Hi Bill, et al:

My E6B has lived in my Comanche 260B for 32 years, and lived in an
assortment
of aircraft prior to that, beginning with a C-54 in 1949 (the C-54 belonged
to
the Air Force--the 260B is ours : ).)  I also still have and use two Pickett
engineering slide rules, one large and one small.  The large one I used to
carry dangling from my belt, like all the other engineering hopefuls at
Georgia
Tech in those days.  As has been said, no batteries required, plus we
believed
at the time that the presence of the slide rule at one's side impressed
girls
mightily.

Keith

Bill Coleman AA4LR wrote:

> On 3/18/99 10:01 PM, Bill Watson NV4T at Nv4t at aol.com wrote:
>
> >I remember showing my then teenage son a sliderule and his comment that
it
> >was
> >neat and he wondered who could have been clever enough to invent it.  The
> >best
> >part-it's portable and no batteries needed!
>
> Slide rules may be pretty much dead in the engineering sector, but they
> are still in use daily by pilots. For those pilots whose aircraft do not
> have a flight management system (FMS), the old E6-B flight computer is
> indispensible. Sure, there are electronic equivalents, but as Bill said,
> the batteries never wear out.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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