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Old November 4th 06, 12:17 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kev
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Default How do you find the limits of areas on a chart?


Sylvain wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:

True for slide rules in general, but they seem to have disappeared
just the same. People like new and shiny gadgets.


Actually slide rules are still in use in medical, photo, printing,
building situations. It's a lot easier, cheaper, safer to carry around
a small plastic disc to make common calcuations or lookups.

and they are becoming difficult to find; I have been shopping for
a decent slide rule (and a sextant by the way -- no, I am not
happy with what westmarine has in stock) for a while... you do
find stuff like that in garage sales sometimes when you are lucky
though.


I assume you belong to the Oughtred Society for the preservation of
slide rules and other mechanical calculators?

www.oughtred.org

And of course the International Slide Rule Group?

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/

Best, Kev