The university of chicago pickett the worlds most accurate slide rules. However, some manuals are much harder to find than the rules they originally came with engineers never read manuals, they just stick them on the bookshelf, or, toss em. Some guys my age buy the nice car they never had in high school. These instructions are for a hemmi slide rule designed for problems in electrical communications. Seiko is one of the few fully integrated watch manufactures. Sharp and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Or, try the slide rule guy see the the quick and easy lawrence slide rule instruction book the slide rule universe great resource.
There are already a couple of tutorials posted at instructables on using a slide. However, given their somewhat esoteric nature they can be hard to find, so you might want to order them directly from the publisher. Instruction manual for the aristo studio slide rule nos 868968. The oughtred society also has slide rule books for sale.
Instead they will be linked on the corresponding breitling watch model page. Very popular and common selfteaching slide rule manual, published by a major us bookseller and available in many versions. Hed overcome so much from being a child with a bad stammer. Asphalt paving job calculator slide rule style this asphalt paving calculator provides the following information with one setting. Calculating the quality of vintage slide rules collectors. Theres also an additional frontandback scan of a separate sheet for the trig scales on the model 300. The policy of isrm is to continue this practice, without restrictions in order to provide research and educational information to the world at large. It takes many hours to scan slide rules and manuals. Links library with links to many websites that contain information about slide rules.
If you have enjoyed the many offerings of isrm, and would like to partner toward its expansion, you can send donations using the secure paypal button on the right. After reading and learning so much about the wonderful world of slide rules i just had to have my. Many of the more useful and comprehensive manuals have been. Quickly calculates the number of concrete blocks, bricks, bags of masonry cement, and cubic feet of concrete. Several of these rules were manufactured by pickett for various correspondence courses in electronics. There is also a version as a word document which is smaller 2040 kb. A standard manual for circular slide rules, direct from concise in the fall, 2002. The slide rule the book, written by florian cajori, is the standard work on the early history of the slide rule. A book from the same era as my recently acquired slide rule was the best introduction i could have asked for.
International slide rule museum slide rule library archive of books, manuals, instructions and ephemera. Neville w young circa 1972 in my search for instruction in the use of the slide rule i ran across this wonderful by neville w young. Some donors have provided these booklets and other paper items, such as advertising flyers, directions for cleaning slide rules, warranty certificates. Slide rule instruction manuals here are a few instruction manuals for aw faber faber castell slide rules that i have acquired, most came with slide rules as indicated. Dec 29, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In addition are a few manuals i have written for my own jugglers and radix series slide rules. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Compared to a calculator, a slide rule is severely limited in its accuracy. In the following, i will describe these slide rules and their specialized. Slide rules prices are strongly influenced by the general availability of a specific slide rule model. The photo are from slide rule museum and bing images. Slide rule instructions manual for 1445 slide rules on.
A history of the logarithimic slide rule and allied instruments together with on the history of gunters scale and the slide rule during the seventeenth century, mendham, nj. I would have expected that manuals with as many pages as these would. Slide rule books quality slide rule books and manuals. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Reviews of modern books for collectors, as well as some old slide rule instruction books.
Five pickett electronics slide rules brian borchers the ve pickett slide rules described in this article were especially designed for electronics calculations. Slide rules home page instructions manuals contents preface to the beginner instructions for use multiplication and division c and d scales division multiplication. All other scales on a slide rule are referenced to the c and d scales. For intro books i think a search for slide rule manuals will turn up dozens of suitable results, perhaps including a manual for the very model you end up with. I went on ebay and bought the nice slide rule i never had in high school. Based in louisville, colorado, mike can be reached via his website, slide rule museum, which is a member of our hall of fame.
However, this approach is of no use in the case of the hemmi 256. This is the second edition of the oughtred society slide rule reference manual, compiled with help from collectors all over the world, and organized, written, photographed and designed by talented volunteers from the oughtred society. Lots of new fabercastell and hemmi vintage manuals, including some rare ones just in. Slide rule was published in 1954 and represented nevil shutes selected remembrances from childhood to 1938.
Slide rule library main desk archive of books, manuals, instructions and ephemera. Updated september 15, 2002 slide rule online links. Obviously most of us arent going to use a slide rule for day to day math in jobs or school, but sometimes its interesting to see how these old tools work. An incredibly rich visual publication, it has almost 100 color photos. However, some manuals are much harder to find than the rules they originally. Spheres slide rule marketplace buy slide rules online.
Joe hernandez, the entire set of four manuals for the cleveland institute of electronics 515t slide rule are now available online. You may also find my slide rule books of interest for more info. I first read slide rule years ago after enjoying many of shutes other books, and it shaped my life in many ways. Understandably biased toward european slide rules, this book none the less features a. Cleveland institute 515t slide rule and users manuals. Models, to books and manuals, to cleaning and care, to slide rules on the internet, to collecting. There are a number of manuals for slide rules here which are available for download.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. One fascinating thing about slide rule is the parallels and examples that one can draw to the fiction mr. There are also a number of other sites where manuals for download may be found, please look at. Some of them relate to standard rules thornton, faber castell 283n and would be useful whatever rule you have but others are for specialised rules. Slide rule history, from galileos sector at the end of the 16th century to present day. Some donors have provided these booklets and other paper items, such as advertising flyers, directions for cleaning slide rules, warranty certificates, and.
Joe bought the manuals and slide rule on ebay as a set, and he was kind enough to scan the manuals and send them to me for posting on rf cafe. Isrm gets over 60,000 hits per day from appreciative visitors, collectors and researchers. Greatly expanded, features a new set of pages contains tips for restoring your slide rule to its former glory. Slide rule, how to use it everyday handbooks series calvin bishop on. After reading and learning so much about the wonderful world of slide rules i just had to have my own copy as this one would need to be returned to the library. Pickett model 14 war department technical manual, rule, slide, military. You can enter and read a number typically to two or three decimal digits only. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. The site has instruction manuals for a number of slide rules.
In this interview mike konshak talks about collecting vintage slide rules, and their history and uses. Cleveland institute 515t slide rule and users manuals rf cafe. Has lots of illustrations and a special emphasis on practical problems and examples. As most slide rules have a common set of scales, one can generally get by without a manual, or with a manual from another model rule. Mathematical foundations of the slide rule with ack corrected. The slide rule also does not tell you the sign of your result. Heavy duty calculator board with metal corner eyelets. The polyphase slide rule william breckenridge, 1924 a self teaching manual with tables of settings, equivalents. Cleaning the slide rule major historical developments in the evolution of the slide rule preface. Later descriptions of a principle of the slide rule, especially those that appeared in many slide rule books and manuals, lost the generality of. Slide rule manuals slide rules prices are strongly influenced by the general availability of a specific slide rule model.
Length of paving width of paving area square yards thickness of paving finisher lay down capacity guid. History of structural steel handbooks engineering news record march 8, 1917 3 pages, 690 kb. Brief instructions on the slide rules compiled by w. Impressively, it includes special chapters on common us rules.
Collecting slide rules oughtred society slide rule home page. An easy introduction to the slide rule asimov, isaac. Later descriptions of a principle of the slide rule, especially those that appeared in many slide rule books and manuals, lost the generality of runges and stokes formulations. All the images of slide rules in the galleries and the pdf files of scanned books, manuals and instructions have been free to download since 2003. He was made fun of at his school in hammersmith, not only by his school mates, but by his teachers, too. This book comes with the cardboard slide rule pictured. A standard manual for circular slide rules, direct from concise in the fall. Plenty of additional manuals can also be found at many of the sites listed on my links page. The slide rule by chas hoare published by technical press in 1953. Oughtred society slide rule reference manual the oughtred. We design and develop our own movements using leadingedge technology. A compilation of user manuals for breitling watches new and old.
Thanks to a number of volunteers and helpers we have been able to recover most of what used to be on the old slide rule documentation site and have made it available here in an updated format. The following books are written specifically for slide rule collectors, and are all currently in press. Field artillery military slide rule, war department technical manual, tm 6240 1945 this instruction manual is for a special slide rule for use by the military for artillery calculations. Slide rule universe take the learn to use and clean them link ron manleys slide rule site take the instructions link. David crates quality slide rules slide rule manuals. Finally, for a more general introduction to slide rules, please check out my introduction page. Instruction customer service seiko watch corporation. Slide rule instructions manual for 1445 slide rules. If you have a manual scanned that you can send over for us to post online that would be fantastic as it would make this resource more and more complete. Or, try the slide rule guy see the the quick and easy lawrence slide rule instruction book the slide rule universe. We have many new books coming, email in your requests. A member at instructables asked me to explain how to use a slide rule for the sake of those who came along about the time electronic calculators replaced slide rules.
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