A couple of weeks ago on The History Channel was a story about Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America car. At the end was a brief glimpse of a slide rule in his hands.
I just got a copy of "The First Reactor" published in the 60's by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Has story of Fermi doing calcs with his slide rule and predicting the location of the needle on the graphing machine. Dec. 2. 1942 was the first sustained atomic reaction. There's a photo of Fermi holding a duplex rule but the angle doesn't allow for good view. Size of a K&E 4070. Charlie
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