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War and Peace
An unusual demilitarized slide rule And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.- Isaiah 2:4 Like almost any human invention th
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Obsolete media: 35 mm negatives
I was trying to find storage space for some stuff when I ran into a drawer full of… this. These, as everyone of my generation would recognize but no one born in this century would, are 35 mm negatives, cut into manageable sections and neatly archived in s
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Deciphering the "textile" slide rule
A unique hand-made industrial calculator Some of my favorite slide rules are the one-of-a-kind handmade ones, and while most have an obvious function, this one kept me in the dark for a long time. I bought this slide rule at an Oughtred Society swap many
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Before Lego
The Mobaco construction system My grandchildren play with Lego. My children played with Lego. I and my brothers played with Lego. But my mother and my uncle had their childhood before Lego was invented; and they played with Mobaco. Mobaco was a children's
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A tiny spiral slide rule
The Logomat Pfiffikus 2001 The slide rule in the photo next to the quarter is 48 mm in diameter and weighs 5 grams. A true featherweight! Being so small is a limitation: the circumference of the disk is 150 mm, which is equivalent to a six inch pocket sli
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