Greetings, There are a lot of things we do on this list which may not be obvious to newcomers, and some of us veterans need reminders from time to time, too....
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Dr. Klaus Kühn informs me that among the ca 1800 log tables that he has recorded, there is another one by Uhler, with 215 decimal places! Publ. 1951. I join...
Hey everyone, House of Slide Rulers Here. I've worked out a great deal with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He has signed the Pickett 600es slide rule. The same rule he...
I have the bamboo Post Versalog 1460 rule. I notice that if I actually use the rule occasionally the slide moves perfectly, if just slightly stiff, but seems...
Hello, last year I found a Hemmi 25cm/10" slide rule made for SKF. This morning I tried to find some information about it on the web. To my surprise, my Hemmi...
Hi Larry, I have had a couple of bamboo slide rules (at least one Hemmi, a 259D) that didn't slide smoothly. It seemed that the bamboo had shrunk over the...
Hello All - My 13-year-old daughter took the (Illinois) Cognitive Ability test yesterday in her 8th grade class. She said the instructions for the math section...
Hi all, I am a brand new member of this group. My name is John Schudy, I teach secondary math in the small town of Halfway, MO, I started collecting slide...
After several years since I introduced this problem to our list, now with many new members, I thought it might be time to pose it again :-) Here it goes: We...
Hi John, I'm a high school math teacher and a slide rule collector as well. I have used a classroom set of slide rules with my Algebra 2 classes as an...
Using the original post as spoiler space (with all due respect!) _____________________________________________________ After several years since I introduced...
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Hi Folks: Here's the past week's top 40 completed eBay slide rule auctions (as of today). Have a good weekend, Dave For direct links, go to this page and...
Hi Deane, Looks like it could be a Nestler. (closed frame, mahog w celluloid/plastic, if I'm seeing it correctly ). Certainly other possibilities. Gary ... ...
I was thinking that I had bought a Polish slide rule, but I'm not at home. However, if you search eBay for "slide rule Poland" you will get four hits, three of...
yes, the company was Skala. I enclose a picture of small SR od Skala. If you are interested to have such SR I could try to buy some on our auction service...
According to Hopp, Skala made several types of normal slide rules. In addition, I own a Skala SN-3m linear flight computer slide rule, a sort of plastic...
Greetings --- I would like to ask a couple of questions : 1. Has anyone attended a slide rule meeting other than those of the Oughtred Society? 2. Would...
... Before reading your reply, I thought that SR looked like some variant of the pre-war Post 1444. Now I'm not so sure. Even with the photo enlarged it's...
John, Jan-Kees, this is a very old problem. I originally saw it in Scientific American in about 1954 or so. The shape is a bit odd. The object is cut from a...
... For those having trouble seeing this object from the mathematical description above, check out http://pobox.com/~mark.armbrust/slide-rules/table.gif I've...
Picked up this at a flea market yesterday. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tractorb/computractor/ Its approx 5.25 inches square and made from something that...
Ted: Hope you receive many responses. Answers: 1. No. 2. Yes Bill ... From: Ted Hume To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Cc: Richard Davis ; Gary Flom Sent:...
Hi Ted, 1. No 2. Yes Cheers, Amin ... the Oughtred Society? ... many displays, an auction, and fellow slide rule enthusiasts with whom to trade and exchange...
That is interesting, because when I introduced this a few years ago, it was something that I thought of myself! I never saw it in Sci.Am. or anywhere else... ...
