It is currently Mon Aug 24, 2026 7:46 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: O/T .. You miss Keuffel & Esser? There's an App for that..
PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:49 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm
Posts: 2606
There has to be a deep, deep interest in paleotechnology outside of that running on rails...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJPb8_2eXo


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: O/T .. You miss Keuffel & Esser? There's an App for that..
PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:58 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:46 pm
Posts: 188
K&E? No way. Mine is a Post Versalog log-log-duplex trig.


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: O/T .. You miss Keuffel & Esser? There's an App for that..
PostPosted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:05 am 

Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:42 am
Posts: 441
Location: Haslett, Michigan USA
One of my favorite old-building finds came a couple years ago while walking with the family on the streets approaching the Fulton Street Seaport museum. I spotted an impossibly-ornate office building of about five stories jammed in between two giant modern office towers. It was closed and obviously waiting for redevelopment. On the lintel over the doors, it said, "Kueffel and Esser." The kids didn't understand why I exclaimed over it.

Aarne Frobom
Point of Beginning, Michigan


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: O/T .. You miss Keuffel & Esser? There's an App for that..
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:02 pm 

Joined: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:12 pm
Posts: 22
Location: Stow, MA
My grandfather presented me with a K&E Polyphase slide rule when I was heading off to college. It came in a beautiful hard leather case. To keep this RPN related, think about all the engineering calculations done by railroad engineers with these instruments.
Tom Coughlin
Stow, MA


Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: O/T .. You miss Keuffel & Esser? There's an App for that..
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:33 pm 

Joined: Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm
Posts: 2606
In my first year of college @ Penn State 1980 , I was an engineering major, the calc teacher tried desperately to get us to use a slide rule as a fallback technology, with the obvious injunction that it didn't require batteries.

I wish I did, it still would've been a lot more useful than the FORTRAN programming (on punchcards no less) that was Comp Sci 101; and far better use of my time than about 15 megaclass electives.


Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: