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Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2016 Jan 11, 22:50 +0000
From: Stan K <NoReply_StanK@fer3.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:19 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2016 Jan 11, 22:50 +0000
For us navigators, the K&K 4080-3 has the trig scales marked in degrees and minutes rather the more common degrees and decimal degrees in most sliderules such as the K&E 4081-3.
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From: Stan K <NoReply_StanK@fer3.com>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:19 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
This site seems to confirm what Alan said, that Pickett started with magnesium then went to aluminum.
http://sliderulemuseum.com/Pickett.htm
Stan
Stan
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From: Gary LaPook <NoReply_LaPook@fer3.com>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 3:47 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
From: Gary LaPook <NoReply_LaPook@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000---.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 11, 2016 3:47 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Traditional navigation by slide rule
