Group: sliderule Message: 10191 From: babylon5@ecity.net Date: 21/08/2001
Subject: MISC: Slide Rule Sightings
Last night my wife and I were watching the 1978 Disney movie "The Cat
From Outer Space". I had looked down for a second and my wife jumped
up and said, "Hey, look, he's using a slide rule!" Sure enough, I
backed it up and it was at the point where Dr. Wilson was calculating
how much gold he would need to fix the cat's space ship. I tried to
figure out what type it was, but was not able to. From the
thickness, it looked like a duplex bamboo/mahogany rule. It was nice
to see one in use though!

Regards,
Miles