[Shop-talk] Re laser range finder

[David C.]

I had forgotten about the CRC Handbook.  When I was working in the nuclear 
industry in the early '80s (pre Google) I was on the lookout for a 
good  used one but could never find one I could afford, or thought I 
could....don't much need one now but would still like to have a used copy 
if the price was right.

Dave C

At 08:48 AM  10/10/2007  -0700, Galt, Stuart A wrote:
>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
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