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| Slide Rule w/Radio Attachment | ||
| Slide rule communicates results immediately with computer. |
| There was no whine of sirens, so it was not a battle alert. He put down his book, slipped into his coat, and headed for astrogation and instrument room. Several officers, including the ship's executive astrogational officer, were already there when he arrived. They nodded to him, rather curtly, but that was usual. He sat down at his desk, and took out of his pocket the tool of his trade: a slide rule with a radio attachment which connected it with the nearest—in this case the ship's—mechanical brain. |
| Technovelgy from Mission to the Stars,
by A.E. van Vogt. Published by Berkley Medallion in 1955 Additional resources -
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