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Own a Little Bit of Berkeley Physics History

Posted by chrisd on from the slide-rulers-rule dept.

Five foot slide rules? Brass and Wood balances? Bakelite Metering Equipment. This and more are up on the block as a result of UC Berkeley's physics department wanting to clear out old gear (they need the room). The San Francisco Chronicle has a story about auction. Apparantly, about 20 items will be auctioned in a "test the waters" sales this Sunday, and the balance of the 1000 pieces will be sold July 28th...

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  1. L and S keyboard cousins by texchanchan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kear Lsalgkot Reaker,
    Re, 'L' and 'S' aren't even remotely close to one another on the keyboard.
    Lure they are. They're e.actly oqqosite each other, ohich makes them conceptually equivasent to the qart of your brain that ,an't uell left from right.

    --ti.mg;vmg;v