tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598300425650630203.post769211043005387545..comments2023-06-16T06:52:59.220-07:00Comments on Dr.Sliderule's Archaic Science Ramblings: Going the way of the Slide RuleDr.Sliderulehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01041263408058380846noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598300425650630203.post-12655556425679551862013-06-14T08:54:38.292-07:002013-06-14T08:54:38.292-07:00The old fashioned pendulum clock is, for all pract...The old fashioned pendulum clock is, for all practical purposes, gone. I have one in my house as more of a curiosity than as a mechanism to keep time. Heck, If I want to know what time it is I pull out my iPhone. Now, there is one that might also go the way of the slide rule,-- the wrist watch too!Tom (Chicago)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598300425650630203.post-33070531811595530672013-02-08T16:04:28.561-08:002013-02-08T16:04:28.561-08:00I suppose that you have covered this by saying boo...I suppose that you have covered this by saying books, but the Encyclopedia and the books with tables of logarithms have become obsolete already. I use Wikipedia and a calculator way before I would use one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com