http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2006/10/anybody-got-a-slide-rule/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:57:41 -0800 hourly 1 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2006/10/anybody-got-a-slide-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Phil Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:38:31 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/wordpress/?p=259#comment-246 A great story. I spent a year while in college using a Marchant to calculate spectral line widths from a stellar spectral plot. I can still hear the "ca-chunk" of the calculator in my head! The year was about 1959. A great story. I spent a year while in college using a Marchant to calculate spectral line widths from a stellar spectral plot. I can still hear the “ca-chunk” of the calculator in my head! The year was about 1959.

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