| 11. | Gone from the executive suite are the engineers with pocket slide rules.
|
| 12. | A : The slide rule was the product of many mathematical minds.
|
| 13. | "My slide rule can do things a computer can't, " he said.
|
| 14. | Slide rules are still commonly used in aviation, particularly for smaller planes.
|
| 15. | That, and a slide rule to figure out the various playoff possibilities.
|
| 16. | Electronic versions are also produced, resembling calculators, rather than manual slide rules.
|
| 17. | The team had 6 hours to compute the pressure required, using slide rules.
|
| 18. | Solberg tells me that the prize goes to the fastest slide rule operator.
|
| 19. | As of late Monday, no bids had been place on the slide rule.
|
| 20. | Aluminium Pickett-brand slide rules were carried on Project Apollo space missions.
|
