Group: sliderule Message: 9468 From: Frederick Paul Kiesche III Date: 03/07/2001
Subject: SR: Another Movie Reference
Greetings:

I noticed the use of a slide rule during one scene of "When
Worlds Collide". This is a George Pal film based on the
classic books ("When Worlds Collide" and "After Worlds
Collide").

Early on in the movie one of the main characters is
processing data gathered from an observatory in South
Africa. She uses a "differential analyzer" (computer) and
also uses a reference book and a slide rule (can't tell
what kind) to analyze the data.

Fred Kiesche

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