hugh ] wrote:

And I still have my engineers slide-rule.

Any extra geek points for Pickett 4" circular slide rule that fits nicely
in a shirt pocket?

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

In article , Martin
writes
Remember "Logorithisms"

Clever little thingies, especially when spelt correctly !

I still have my book of 5 figure log tables.


Perversely I've never been able to forget

Tan = opposite over adjacent

Cosine = adjacent over Hypotenuse



--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In message , Janet Tweedy
writes
In article , Martin
writes
Remember "Logorithisms"

Clever little thingies, especially when spelt correctly !

I still have my book of 5 figure log tables.


Perversely I've never been able to forget

Tan = opposite over adjacent

Cosine = adjacent over Hypotenuse



Or the squaw on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squaws on the
other two sides.
--
hugh
"Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if
I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own
common sense." Buddha

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:55:25 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:42:04 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , Martin
writes
Remember "Logorithisms"

Clever little thingies, especially when spelt correctly !

I still have my book of 5 figure log tables.


Perversely I've never been able to forget

Tan = opposite over adjacent

Cosine = adjacent over Hypotenuse



and ACTS?

I still remember the function thingies, considering the triangle as
base, perpendicular, and hypotenuse, by

P over H: the sign of a Public House
B over H: the cost of a Boarding House
P over B: we tan the Poor Beast.

And they've still not proved of the slightest use to me. But even so,
I wish I knew maths.

--
Mike.

In article , hugh
] writes
Or the squaw on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squaws on the
other two sides

Isn't it funny how odd things stick in the memory and others wander off?
I can remember almost half of the Pied Piper poem and that's really
long! No idea why I can't remember many others equally as well.
And stuff like cylindrical areas and so on, seems my brain has absorbed
that but i can't remember what i went upstairs to collect sometimes
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:08:37 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote:

In article , hugh
] writes
Or the squaw on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squaws on the
other two sides

Isn't it funny how odd things stick in the memory and others wander off?
I can remember almost half of the Pied Piper poem and that's really
long! No idea why I can't remember many others equally as well.
And stuff like cylindrical areas and so on, seems my brain has absorbed
that but i can't remember what i went upstairs to collect sometimes

Snap! Ditti! At school we sang the Pied Piper and I can still
remember a lot of it.

Pam in Bristol

hugh ] wrote:

Or the squaw on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squaws on the
other two sides.

ISTR "Squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the
other two hides."
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

But I'm so glad that nowadays the concept of logarithms isn't swamped out by learning the mechanics of log tables.

And looking back to my own days of learning maths - why was it that so few people could get hold of the idea of counting to a different base when we were all using base 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24 and 60 in our everyday lives? (and indeed we still use most of those)

In message , kay
writes

'Martin[_2_ Wrote:
;910549']
Remember "Logorithisms"

Clever little thingies, especially when spelt correctly !

I still have my book of 5 figure log tables.


But I'm so glad that nowadays the concept of logarithms isn't swamped
out by learning the mechanics of log tables.

And looking back to my own days of learning maths - why was it that so
few people could get hold of the idea of counting to a different base
when we were all using base 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24 and 60 in our
everyday lives? (and indeed we still use most of those)[/i][/color]




--
kay
So you agree with me that a pH of 6 is greater than a pH of 7? (To get
back on topic)
--
hugh
"Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, Or who said it, Even if
I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own
common sense." Buddha