Slide Rules (12)

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http://www.hpmuseum.org/srinst.htm
Basic Slide Rule Instructions Open in a new browser window
   Explains how to multiply, find cube and square roots and other operations. Includes illustrations.
   http://www.hpmuseum.org/srinst.htm
http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/thachpat.htm
Edwin Thacher's 1881 Slide Rule Patent Open in a new browser window
   Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 249117, dated November 1, 1881. Includes diagrams.
   http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/thachpat.htm
http://www.sliderule.ca/intro.htm
Eric's Introduction to the Slide Rule Open in a new browser window
   Slide rule resources and links.
   http://www.sliderule.ca/intro.htm
http://www.hpmuseum.org/sliderul.htm
History of the Slide Rule Open in a new browser window
   Basic facts involving the development of the slide rule. Includes diagrams and links to information on various types of slide rules.
   http://www.hpmuseum.org/sliderul.htm
http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/~fulling/m152/sliderul.html
How To Make a Slide Rule (or Log-log or Semilog Graph Paper) Open in a new browser window
   Fairly simple instructions.
   http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/~fulling/m152/sliderul.html
http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/sliderul.htm
How a Slide Rule Works Open in a new browser window
   Short lesson.
   http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/sliderul.htm
http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~arpepper/Cycling/slide_rule.html
How to Use a Slide Rule as a Bicycle Gear Chart Open in a new browser window
   Slide rules are useful for doing gear calculations. Briefly describes a method for doing so.
   http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~arpepper/Cycling/slide_rule.html
http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/instructions.htm
Instructions in Slide Rule Use Open in a new browser window
   Basic information and a number of manuals in pdf format.
   http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/instructions.htm
http://www.sagmilling.com/sliderule/
Internet Slide Rule Open in a new browser window
   Internet port of history's most heavily used advanced calculation aid.
   http://www.sagmilling.com/sliderule/
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/kankel/math/csr.html
Make Your Own Circular Slide Rule Open in a new browser window
   Templates, directions, and some links to other slide rule sites.
   http://solar.physics.montana.edu/kankel/math/csr.html
http://www.mwbrooks.com/bones.html
Napier's Bones Open in a new browser window
   A story about the use of a 6-inch Pickett "all-metal" slide rule (Model N 200-ES), with case.
   http://www.mwbrooks.com/bones.html
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/scales.html
Slide Rule Scales Open in a new browser window
   Describes the types of scales found on most slide rules.
   http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/scales.html

Last Updated: 2007-10-11 07:38:30