I was digging in the back of a cupboard in my cellar and came across a number of things from the past. I wonder how many people remember, still have or still use any of these?
Dad's and grandad's sliderules
Grandad's 'multimeter'
Flexicurve and adjustable square (now replaced by CAD)
Dad's AVO model7
Case and U2 battery adaptor he made to get away from the strange square battery for the ohms range.
My first time accessing this site. Don't know what I'm doing actually.
But just to chip in about slide rules. I still have my old one plus my Dad's. This was a Hemmi - considered the cat's whiskers back in the old days. Even now, when I squint along it it's as straight as a die.
Since this is the History department, I would like to see if anyone can help me with a bit of research into my Dad's career. He worked for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) back in the 1930s and 40s. He took lots and lots of photographs of some of his field trips in England, Scotland and China. They are beautiful pictures but he didn't write anything on the back of them. They seem to be of the installation of cable systems in each of those countries before the second world war. I cannot find any details of them. I bought a book about the history of STC and it didn't help. Anyone have any ideas about how I might proceed?
My first time accessing this site. Don't know what I'm doing actually.
But just to chip in about slide rules. I still have my old one plus my Dad's. This was a Hemmi - considered the cat's whiskers back in the old days. Even now, when I squint along it it's as straight as a die.
Since this is the History department, I would like to see if anyone can help me with a bit of research into my Dad's career. He worked for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) back in the 1930s and 40s. He took lots and lots of photographs of some of his field trips in England, Scotland and China. They are beautiful pictures but he didn't write anything on the back of them. They seem to be of the installation of cable systems in each of those countries before the second world war. I cannot find any details of them. I bought a book about the history of STC and it didn't help. Anyone have any ideas about how I might proceed?
