Ahhh many thanks!! Well spotted, Sir!
Perhaps Mr Fudge was CALCULATING how much to trim, or the curvature, or the
volume of his moustache! Or engaging in some arcane hirsute magic requiring
precise 3-significant figures magic-math.... Hmmmmm. JK seemed to be of the
correct age to have been within the last 2 or perhaps 3 generations of
students taught to use slide rules in schools .....


From: Mike Markowski <mm@...>
Reply-To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com
To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: SR sighting - Harry Potter!!
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:54:32 -0400

On Wed 28-Jul-04 at 338 EDT, Cthulhu fatagn wrote:
> Say, sometime back my daughter told me she came across mention of a slide
> rule in one of the Harry Potter books. However despite a concerted
effort
> neither I nor my daughter could find that reference again. Any luck, any
of
> you out there? If you can find it can you pls give us the reference as
well
> as the quote itself?

I think it's in the 1st book when Fudge, the Minister of Magic,
is introduced. He as described as being so meticulous that he
likely uses a slide rule to cut his mustache. It seems JK,
while a fantastic author, has never used a slide rule. Or maybe
wizards simply use them differently...

Mike Markowski




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