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Hi Douglas

I actually DO have an MHR-1 (German Version of the Bygrave).  Get ready to 
hear the collectors moaning, I USE it, without gloves.

It is a joy to use.  The solution of Az and h are just as fast as can be.  The 
MHR-1 doesn't suffer from the actual Bygrave problem where the scales slipped 
relative to one another.  Weighs alot less than HO229 and much smaller too.

Gary's Flat Bygrave is even lighter and smaller, essentially  two sheets of 
mylar.  You may wish to try it.  It really does work and give the feel 
without selling your house to own one. Or the my Visual Bygrave, which 
extends the scales perfectly from 0 to 90 degrees, far beyond what either 
physical realization can do.

I do believe that Ronald has a sample of actual Bygraves//MHR-1's

They do appear on eBay from time to time.  Be prepared to spend a bundle.

Best Regards
Brad


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From: NavList@navlist.net [NavList@navlist.net] On Behalf Of 
douglas.denny@btopenworld.com [douglas.denny@btopenworld.com]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:11 PM
To: NavList@navlist.net
Subject: [NavList 8877] Re: Star-star distances for arc error

I should have also commented:

I would dearly like to get my hands on a real Bygrave slide rule or the German 
equivalent to play with and try it 'for real'; (hands covered in white gloves 
to preserve it of course).

I have only seen one example and that was in the Aviation museuum in Hendon. 
It looked in poor condition too.

From a programme supplied by Dr. Kolbe I made one with a cardboard tube and a 
sliding clear outer ("cos") scale just to try the operations for the fun of 
it.  It proves the principle but is near impossible to use as the two scales 
become so confusing one on top of the other.

I have not yet tried using different colours for the different scales to see 
if it is then possible to use it more successfully.
Interesting to speculate if Mr. Bygrave tried this and rejected it as being 
impracticable, reverting to the separated scales of a conventional 
cylindrical slide rule and movable cursor to reduce confusion possibilities.  
Probably not.

What I do wonder is what happened to all these Bygrave slide rules - and the 
German ones?  There must have been hundreds made and yet now they are 
incredibly rare it seems.  The Air Ministry must have had boxes full of them 
somehwere on the shelves of some nondescript warehouse in teh middle of 
nowhere.  It is nice to contemplate that perhaps they are still there? ...

...though much more likely thrown out by some idiot who was following orders 
to throw away "that rubbish over there on the shelves released from the Air 
Ministry inventory as uselss and obsolete!

Vandals!

Douglas Denny.
Chichester.  England.


Douglas Denny.
Chichester.  England.



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