tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4091031295621625472..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Learning In A New WorldKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21183013966481933772023-02-19T19:02:35.219+00:002023-02-19T19:02:35.219+00:00Actually the "Rubber Handbook" is this:
...Actually the "Rubber Handbook" is this:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRC_Handbook_of_Chemistry_and_Physics<br />CRC = Chemical Rubber Company thus "Rubber Handbook"<br />I see there is an online version.<br />https://hbcp.chemnetbase.com/faces/contents/ContentsSearch.xhtml<br /><br />I have a copy.<br />It includes a table of logarithms, which is of little use since electronic calculators became common.<br />However, do you remember the scene in "Orion Shall Rise" in which the characters are in a sort of museum kept by the Wolf Lodge which include a *hand copied* table of logarithms, from some time not long after the collapse of our civilization.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-11452589843849533332016-09-02T08:53:25.041+01:002016-09-02T08:53:25.041+01:00Kaor, Paul!
And Holger was amused to think that e...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And Holger was amused to think that elvish magicians might also use spectroscopes! <br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com