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The converse is true: slide rules let you do calculations quickly and easily (since they hang in the leather holster on your belt) without having to carry an ex
by bregma 6y ago
The converse is true: slide rules let you do calculations quickly and easily (since they hang in the leather holster on your belt) without having to carry an expensive and heavy copy of the rubber bible or similar work and stop and look up numbers then scratch the values down on paper and work the problem.
- stan_rogers 6y agoAgain, you're thinking of an era where slide rules were relatively affordable. That's mid-twentieth century stuff (although the key word is relatively; my first good slide rule cost more than a month's rent at the time).