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Unfortunately, I don't need to radiocarbon date the leather case of my Pickett 12" slide rule to know how old it is...
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14C has a +/-40 year margin of error, so it wouldn't be of much use for most slide rules.
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This method tells you only when the cow has died, but not when the case was made. And the plastic is not "organic" at all in this context. Bad luck!
(Der Vorschlag war ja hübsch, aber ein bisschen sollte man schon über die Grundlagen wissen. Sch... Physik!)