...primitive, but effective. took us to the moon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule
Aluminium Pickett-brand slide rules were carried on five Apollo space missions, including to the moon, according to advertising on Pickett's N600 slide rule boxes
Peter VE7NGP
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:16 PM To: Steve Meuse Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RARE Photo of AMSAT ACs
Depending upon the audience, I'll sometimes stop to say:
"How many presentations have you attended the past decade where "slide rule" was mentioned?"
(grin)
Clint
... What's that funny thing you're holding? ;)
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