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Virtual Slide Rule
February 17th, 2009 by Beth

I have never in my life needed a slide rule, but this one is a blast to play with.

It’s a follow up to yesterday’s printable rulers.

Virtual Pickett N909-ES SIMPLEX TRIG RULE with METRIC CONVERSION Slide Rule.


3 Responses to “Virtual Slide Rule”

Frederick Heald writes:
February 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm

This one’s even more fun:

http://www.vcalc.net/curta_simulator_en.htm

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Beth writes:
February 17th, 2009 at 8:57 pm

I agree… that is fun. But what the heck is it?

Frederick Heald writes:
February 18th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

It’s a Curta calculator!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta

Invented by a prisoner in Buchenwald in WW2 – pretty amazing story.

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