[Shop-talk] Re laser range finder

[Galt, Stuart A]

Hmm, the CRC book has all sorts of useful information.  I suspect that
most of the people here at work have never seen it either.  They would
just "google" the answer.  I had to explain what a slide rule was used
for last time someone saw it in my desk drawer... I said think of it as
an old calculator :)

Stuart (I can't be that old) Galt.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John T. Blair [mailto:jblair1948 at cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:18 AM
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Re laser range finder
>
> At 08:46 AM 10/9/2007 -0500, john niolon wrote:
>
> >Looking at logrithem tables find the cosine of the vertical
> angle and
> >multiply it times the distance down the hill.
>
> WOW!!!  I haven't seen a logrithem table since high school.
> I graduated in 67.  Plus they are big.  It's a lot easier to
> spend $10 for a scientific calculator, or take the numbers
> back to you computer (unless you have a lap top) and use the
> calculator provided in windows (just set it to scientific).
>
> In fact, most people at my office didn't know what a CRC
> table book was!
>
> John