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