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Re: Sliderules, Logs, and Prodigies

To: [email protected] (Bill Frantz)
Subject: Re: Sliderules, Logs, and Prodigies
From: [email protected] (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 20:06:10 -0600 (CST)
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Bill Frantz" at Nov 1, 96 01:27:10 pm
Organization: Bool Sheet Software
Reply-To: [email protected] (Igor Chudov)
Sender: [email protected]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> 
> Slide rules are still, IMHO, the best calculator to keep in a car for
> calculating gas mileage.  They are rugged, have no batteries, are not
> attractive to thieves, and have sufficient accuracy for the problem.  They
> also teach the logarithm relation, which is valuable for understanding the
> physical universe.
> 

Gas mileage is easy enough to calculate without any devices.

	- Igor.

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- Re: Sliderules, Logs, and Prodigies
  - From: [email protected] (Bill Frantz)

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