Of course, I do believe that slide ruler can be customized to any size of inner pocket or a briefcase. Sir Winston' technical adviser always had one slide ruler in his pocket. Just in a case. Once they were sitting in the empty hall waiting for a meeting to start. Sir Winston asked his Science-technical advisor: Can you tell me how much whiskey did I drink in my lifetime? His technical advisor took his truthful slide ruler, made some estimations and said: Well, My Lord, it would fill this room up to the arm-chair height." Sir Winston took a look at the arm-chair then raised his eye to the celling and said: Damn, so much to do and so little time left." Yes, slide rulers are very handy. Not sure 4 decimals are needle. Most engineering calcs I did during my career required two decimals only., NAvig trig would not require more. Anyway, plotting anything less that a thickness of a pencil lead or compass needle isn't not practical and a little bit ona side of early paranoya.
Yes, I will scan n a Table of Content. Will be sometimes next week. And I think the fact other members are reading the posts is a very good sign. Unless it is a very specific navig. question/problem they just read such stuff like this one for info only. But if you ask a specific nav. question-you will get very qualified and friendly responses. My personal experience.
NO, I'm not from Czechoslovakia. Never been over there but consider its capital, Prague a heart of Europe. And this is NOT my opinion. It is well-known fact. Cultural and historical for sure. I don't want to discuss what is going on in Europe anyway, just waste of time and space, and Czech republic is not an exception. Too obvious and very sad. One of my favorite authors is from that country. And of course my relatives-4th generation Americans also arrived to these shores on a steamer. Boing flights were overbooked.
Yes, I will scan n a Table of Content. Will be sometimes next week. And I think the fact other members are reading the posts is a very good sign. Unless it is a very specific navig. question/problem they just read such stuff like this one for info only. But if you ask a specific nav. question-you will get very qualified and friendly responses. My personal experience.
NO, I'm not from Czechoslovakia. Never been over there but consider its capital, Prague a heart of Europe. And this is NOT my opinion. It is well-known fact. Cultural and historical for sure. I don't want to discuss what is going on in Europe anyway, just waste of time and space, and Czech republic is not an exception. Too obvious and very sad. One of my favorite authors is from that country. And of course my relatives-4th generation Americans also arrived to these shores on a steamer. Boing flights were overbooked.