[R-390] WWV Time

george stringe egnirts at comcast.net
Thu Dec 4 16:27:57 EST 2008


That was something I missed about the "out of calibration from hand 
heat".....boy, I could have used that 50 years ago ;-)

george

Gord Hayward wrote:
> Sorry George.  I have my bamboo Geotec right here.  About this time 
> the students (when I was young and we went to
> school through the snow in pyjamas since the horses froze.....) 
> perform the ritual of taking their slide rules apart, cleaning
> them, lubricating them with baby powder, polishing the cursor and 
> realigning the scales.  Its the pre-exam tuneup!  The
> bamboo is best to avoid calibration errors from hand heat.
> Cheers, Gord.
>


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