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Re: Bob Goethe's Mark 2 Navigators slide rule, test drive comparisons.
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2019 Nov 21, 05:13 -0800
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2019 Nov 21, 05:13 -0800
Engineers at Michigan in the 60's used slipsticks. Also said to favor peanut butter as lube. And said to have kept buckets of water next to their desks to cool the stick when it started to smoke during exams.
