[AT] Blizzard of '78

[David Bruce]

I have a couple - one was my dad's and one I bought when the campus 
store a State was liquidating their inventory.  On those Thursday 
evening chemistry tests I took that one with me as a back up for the 
calculator.

David
NW NC

On 1/29/2011 10:59 AM, Larry Goss wrote:
> Anybody need a slide rule?  I still have my collection stored under the stairs in a utility closet.  My 6-foot classroom slide rule is stored on top of the wall cabinets in my office -- for emergency use when the power goes off and my batteries go dead!
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: charlie hill<charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:21
> Subject: Re: [AT] Blizzard of '78
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> Al, ours were Thursday night exams.  90 minutes to work 30
>> problems in
>> Harrelson Hall on those itty bitty swing up desks with a test
>> booklet, a
>> work booklet an answer sheet and a slide rule.  You think
>> things like
>> Avogadro's Number or the Molar Gas Constant are tough on a
>> calculator?  Try
>> them on a 23 scale K E or Post slide rule.   The
>> answer sheet was multiple
>> choice.  5 possible answers to each question.  The
>> possibilities were the
>> correct answer and the 4 most probably mistake answers.
>> You didn't have
>> time to check your work.  You pretty much had to go with
>> the first answer
>> you came up with and believe me it was on the answer sheet.
>>
>> Charlie