• Re: Extensive German collection for sale
    Publicado el Martes, 03 de Octubre de 2023 a las 14:54 CEST por dirkjschreiber@...
    This is to inform you that the auction to sell my late father's extensive collection of slide rules has ended.The collection has been sold to a well known and active ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 19:17 CEST por andreas.poschinger@... (Andreas Poschinger)
    Hi it is considerable simple, if taking to issues in mind.  ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 18:50 CEST por jerry_mccarthy_uk@... (Jerry McCarthy)
    Yes - I've been trying variants too - it's not that straightforward, as it turns out.Regards, Jerry McCarthy, U.K. ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 18:42 CEST por dicklyon@... (Richard F. Lyon)
    I was intrigued, too.  So I tried it out for a 12-5-13 triangle, which requires a bit of adaptation.I think the key to understanding it is to know that the ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023. Emulated H and P scale?
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 18:36 CEST por andreas.poschinger@... (Andreas Poschinger)
    PS: Maybe as backgound if not said by Wolfgang Bode: Rietz was the basic slide rule for civil engineers. ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023. Emulated H and P scale?
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 18:31 CEST por andreas.poschinger@... (Andreas Poschinger)
    Hi Jerry, if it is about how to solve triangels by emulated H and ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 11:35 CEST por jerry_mccarthy_uk@... (Jerry McCarthy)
    Many thanks, Eamonn!Regards, Jerry. ...

  • Re: Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 09:33 CEST por eamonn123@... (Eamonn)
    Hi Jerry, The figure can be found on the back of many Faber Castell 1/87 and 111/87 slide rules. Here are several examples from the ISRM: https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Faber/S169_Faber-Castell_1-87_early.jpg https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Faber/AW_Faber_1-87_SystRietz_dc43-8_DonatedByRaymondDuBois.jpg https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Faber/Faber_111-87_Rietz_dc467_GiftOfLeroyHauslerCollection.jpg Best regards, Eamonn

  • Wolfgang Bode's talk at VIM2023.
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 09:18 CEST por jerry_mccarthy_uk@... (Jerry McCarthy)
    I was intrigued by Wolfgang Bode's talk yesterday, but I think I might have been dozing off as I missed some of the salient points.I wonder if anybody could point ...

  • Re: Gilson-type slide rules from other Manufacturers: A Crowd-Sourcing Inquiry
    Publicado el Lunes, 02 de Octubre de 2023 a las 00:12 CEST por dicklyon@... (Richard F. Lyon)
    One more thing ... I just noticed my 101-C doesn't match any of the three variants at https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/Pickett.htmThe logo has italic Pickett in the triangle and circle like variant 3, but with ...

  • Re: Gilson-type slide rules from other Manufacturers: A Crowd-Sourcing Inquiry
    Publicado el Domingo, 01 de Octubre de 2023 a las 23:51 CEST por dicklyon@... (Richard F. Lyon)
    Right, what Dean said.John, you asked for date info, too.  I don't recall if you found and reported on that already in your talk, but in case you didn't see ...

  • Re: Gilson-type slide rules from other Manufacturers: A Crowd-Sourcing Inquiry
    Publicado el Domingo, 01 de Octubre de 2023 a las 23:47 CEST por edeanbutler@... (Edward Dean Butler)
    Rod:Dick set this to the entire io slide rule world (‘crowd sourcing”) which included you, me and a zillion others.Dean

  • Re: Gilson-type slide rules from other Manufacturers: A Crowd-Sourcing Inquiry
    Publicado el Domingo, 01 de Octubre de 2023 a las 23:34 CEST por rod@... (Rod Lovett)
    Hi Dick,You sent this to the wrong person!Regards,Rod

  • Re: Gilson-type slide rules from other Manufacturers: A Crowd-Sourcing Inquiry
    Publicado el Domingo, 01 de Octubre de 2023 a las 23:25 CEST por dicklyon@... (Richard F. Lyon)
    John, Thanks for your talk today on "Where are the Gilson Clones?" at the virtual Oughtred Society meeting.  Very  interesting and well researched.  I mentioned yesterday that I'm making an ...

  • Re: Extensive German collection for sale
    Publicado el Lunes, 25 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 14:30 CEST por dirkjschreiber@...
    Hello,I would like to thank everyone who has sent in a bid for the sale of the collection of my father Georg Schreiber. This is to inform all of you that ...

  • Instructions that are not instructions!
    Publicado el Sábado, 23 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 03:10 CEST por gabbardo@... (João Roberto Gabbardo)
    Another correction:  I'm sure that several of you noted that the pictures and texts on the verse of the Plastograf stadia rule ar not instructions but a set of ...

  • Unknown stadia rule that is Plastograf!
    Publicado el Sábado, 23 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 02:37 CEST por gabbardo@... (João Roberto Gabbardo)
    Hi tio all, I think all of you, except me, saw the name of the manufacturer in the photo of the back of the unknown topographic ruler that I put ...

  • New pictures of the 20-D Octololg
    Publicado el Viernes, 22 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 03:18 CEST por gabbardo@... (João Roberto Gabbardo)
    Hi to all, I added two pictures on the albul of the Octolog 11-D showing the clever construction of the rule to allow remove/place again the cursor.Best regards,João Roberto 

  • Re: Help on groups.io
    Publicado el Viernes, 22 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 02:13 CEST por gabbardo@... (João Roberto Gabbardo)
    Hi Dave,very thanks for the answer. Well, have made the unsubscription in the email option, but  sometimes this method doesn't work. Let's ...

  • Re: Help on groups.io
    Publicado el Viernes, 22 de Septiembre de 2023 a las 00:07 CEST por dave.g4ugm@... (Dave Wade)
    Joao,Same way as you un-subscribe from any list. In an e-mail received in you corporate click on the “unsubscribe” link.Dave