[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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