The Los Angeles Times this morning (Sunday May 26) has an image of the circular slide rule for calculating effects of nuclear bombs. It is part of a collage to illustrate the lead item of the Opinion Section (page M1), an article comparing current US foreign policy with cold-war era policy.
The image is in authentic color (white and blue-green) and full-size (5.125" diameter), but not fully legible, although the main label, "Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer" is quite clear. It is very similar to one in my collection, but is blank at a position on the rim where mine says "Designed by the Lovelace Foundation".
Related question: The notation on my specimen is the only thing I know about the Lovelace Foundation -- plus the assumption that it was named for Ada. Does anybody have more information on that Foundation?
--David McFarland
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