Comments on: Virtual Slide Rule http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/02/virtual-slide-rule/ Free and Low-Cost Tools You Can't Live Without Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frederick Heald http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/02/virtual-slide-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Frederick Heald Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/?p=145#comment-17 It's a Curta calculator! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta Invented by a prisoner in Buchenwald in WW2 - pretty amazing story. <abbr><em>Frederick Heald’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.obtainium.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244:zen-hotdog&catid=1:blog&Itemid=2">Zen Hotdog</a></abbr></em> It’s a Curta calculator!

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

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

Frederick Heald’s last blog post..Zen Hotdog

]]> By: Beth http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/02/virtual-slide-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Beth Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:57:33 +0000 http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/?p=145#comment-16 I agree... that is fun. But what the heck is it? I agree… that is fun. But what the heck is it?

]]> By: Frederick Heald http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/02/virtual-slide-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Frederick Heald Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:36:32 +0000 http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/?p=145#comment-15 This one's even more fun: http://www.vcalc.net/curta_simulator_en.htm <abbr><em>Frederick Heald’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.obtainium.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244:zen-hotdog&catid=1:blog&Itemid=2">Zen Hotdog</a></abbr></em> This one’s even more fun:

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

Frederick Heald’s last blog post..Zen Hotdog

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