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Old 04-21-07, 01:31 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Puster Bill
I adapted the instructions for that wheel (first picture in my post) to a linear slide rule. I did find that he uses 5.70 for converting from Yards per Second to Knots, which is incorrect. It's actually about 5.64, which I round down to 5.6.
Yeah the graduations are a bit sloppy as well which is why I hardly used that wheel. I'm going to have to shopping around my area antique stores for a slide rule. I made my own from this page but I'd like to have the real deal and not a laminated card stock one
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