Slide rules are very cool. Their history is amazing. So much human knowledge in a stick of bamboo and plastic.
Hmm maybe I will dig one out and revisit. I'm just old enough to have caught the tail end of them, I can multiply and divide, that is about it.
Your photo is tantalizing. They're so nicely tactile.
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