📏 Clear Midori Slide Ruler - Model 42260006 Review

Before calculators and watches, that was all. In the past few decades, I've lost the ability to tap into that good entertainment.

I didn't read the description carefully enough. It's just a plastic ruler with an extra sliding part. As far as I can tell, the sliding part has no function. I was hoping it would be a small slide rule. :(

I grew up in the 60's and 70's when scientists and engineers used "slide rules" for basic calculations. There were no calculators. Although this product can be finely worked, it is not what was then commonly known as a "slide rule". That's a brake caliper. Maybe good, I don't know. I didn't buy it and I don't intend to. The photos show that this is not a "slide rule". I feel sorry for the reviewer who claimed to have forgotten how to work with this. It doesn't work like a slide rule because…