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Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
From: David Pike
Date: 2016 Jan 9, 13:20 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2016 Jan 9, 13:20 -0800
I don’t believe my stripy Faber was as up-market as a 2-83N. Mine was a fairly simple affair more like this one http://www.ebay.ie/itm/1960s-Faber-Castell-Slide-Rule-Calculator-In-Original-Case-/252135311654
I don’t even recall it having more than one side, but it looked really smart to a teenager. What a pity I missed the sale. DaveP
On 2016-01-06 16:49, David Pike wrote: > > My first one at school was one of those Faber Castells with the parallel green background stripes. How many other teenagers were seduced by those green stripes which promised so much? Many think the Faber-Castell 2/83N is the greatest slide rule ever made. http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Faber/Faber-Castell_2-83N_NovoDuplex_DonatedByRodVance.jpg
