How Slide Rules Work
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After the Deluge, Noah is checking on all the animals. They’re all doing great, multiplying and filling the Earth, except for this one group of snakes.
“What’s wrong?” asks Noah.
“Cut down some trees for us,” say the snakes.
Noah does so and goes off to check on other animals.
A few weeks later he comes back and sees that there are snakes everywhere now!
“Wow, how did cutting down trees do all this?” Noah asks.
“We’re adders,” say the snakes, “and we need logs to multiply.”
This is an amazing write-up!
As a slide rule enthusiast myself, I am sure the folks over at: https://www.uksrc.org.uk -- would love to hear about this. I'll send them a message!
I got a new-old-stock slide rule from a local antique store, that had several for some reason, for Father's Day one year. Haven't mastered using it, but really neat.