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Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again

From: Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:37:15 -0700

On 2012, Mar 14, , at 09:26, John Denker wrote:

You can do a lot with a slide rule.

Remember that things like the Saturn V and the SR-71 were almost entirely
slide-rule designs.
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I don't understand -- because SR is acronym?

bc still has his SR 16 in its original box w/ instruction, and a small circular SR given him in 8th grade (ca. 1951)

p.s. Re: a lot with: One thing I did was make a log scale graph axis using a linear SR.

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- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: "Richard L. Bowman" <rbowman@bridgewater.edu>
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  - From: Paul Lulai <plulai@stanthony.k12.mn.us>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: Paul Lulai <plulai@stanthony.k12.mn.us>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: "Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: "Rauber, Joel" <Joel.Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>
- Re: [Phys-l] Significant figures -- again
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>

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