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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: 🎧 351: Before the war . . .
Description: BEFORE THE WAR, the best slide rules had come from Germany. Now the need for slide rules — for calculating artillery trajectories, plotting courses, calculating wind drift, figuring time to target, and the like — was great and pressing. The production of slide rules became a defense industry, and domestic slide rule manufacturers scrambled to meet the nation’s computational needs. ... Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe