At 12:30 2/4/98 -0800, Don wrote:
>With all of this dialogue about slide rules, I am appalled to note that
>Pickett & Eckel is the only brand name mentioned. Am I the only person
>to have been brought up with a Keuffel & Esser ivory covered mahogany
>rule?
Not quite "brought up with," but that's what I have now. It was originally
my father's. Certainly I didn't mean to slight K+E, who made not only
slipsticks, but exceptionally fine drafting tools of many kinds.
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