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The title was a variant of the American saying, "Would you buy a used car from this man?", meaning that the person was not someone you could trust, and that was obvious from the person's face. A Democratic Party poster campaign in the 1960 presidential election used the slogan "Would YOU buy a used car from this man?"
We Buy Any Car office in Asda car park at Middleton, Leeds. We Buy Any Car Limited (often stylised as webuyanycar) is a car buying service with over 500 UK [3] and 170 United States locations. [4] UK headquarters are in Hook, Hart, Hampshire, England [5] and United States headquarters are located in Media, Pennsylvania. [6]
William Oughtred (5 March 1574 – 30 June 1660), [1] also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. [2] [3] [4] After John Napier discovered logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic scales (lines, or rules) upon which slide rules are based, Oughtred was the first to use two such scales sliding by one another to perform direct multiplication and ...
Boise will join more than 500 cities worldwide, and about 130 in the U.S., that host Open Streets events annually, according to a Boise Bicycle Project news release.. The event is set to close ...
Clavis mathematicae (English: The Key of Mathematics) is a mathematics book written by William Oughtred, originally published in 1631 in Latin.It was an attempt to communicate the contemporary mathematical practices, and the European history of mathematics, into a concise and digestible form.
For example, a 10 cm (3.9 in) circular would have a maximum precision approximately equal to a 31.4 cm (12.4 in) ordinary slide rule. Circular slide rules also eliminate "off-scale" calculations, because the scales were designed to "wrap around"; they never have to be reoriented when results are near 1.0—the rule is always on scale.
WoodenBoat is an American magazine written for owners, admirers, builders, and designers of wooden boats. The company's headquarters is located in Brooklin, Maine.It was founded in September 1974 by Jon Wilson, a former boatbuilder.
There is a glassfibre derivative with aluminium spars called a Devon Yawl. The mould for this was taken from a 1968 Salcombe Yawl and because of the nature of its construction is a one-design. There are approximately 300 Devon Yawls and they are built both in the UK and USA.