I have been watching the demand and prices drop on ebay for the little Russian pocket-watch style slide rules. It would be a fun novelty item to add to my...
As an example, I bought a Dietzgen on eBay that had my initials in gold leaf on the case. Fortunately, I was able to buy it for a routine Dietzgen price....
Jef Raskin, the real man behind the Macintosh computer, died on February 26th at age 61. http://www.raskincenter.org/pressrelease.html He was an unconventional...
I've had pretty good luck with them: the BidPay guys as well as the PayPal guys. I did have one set of problems with one guy, but it seems to have been mostly...
I, too, have had good luck with Russian sellers on ebay with no problems and reasonably fast service. The Canadian sellers do have a problem with our customs...
I'm not sure if it is that I am completely ambidextrous or that I enjoy multi tasking, but I can use two cursors. Good for assembling spreadsheets, working...
I bought one about a year ago. Everything went well except that it took 6 weeks. A friend at work also got one. His took4 weeks. My advice: have patience it...
As collectors, we have a responsability to make certain that slide rules marked with names, numbers, or initials from a prior owner (on the slide rule, ...
Some how, I think the name would matter a great deal. The name of a rather insignigicant engineer on a design team would be worth deal less than say a name...
I have been documenting some rules I bought over the past few months. It does make one read the rules a bit more carefully. Just because it says L on the scale...
Maybe that perfect condition old Pickett 800 I acquired is worth something with "R. Goddard" neatly scripted on the surface and inked neatly on the case. I...
we are just a few days away from the counter rolling over to 1/2 million visitors at the slide rule universe: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html If...
I have owned a slide rule for the past ten years i have sent e mails to various people from time to time to find out more and if it is worth any thing it is a...
The duplex Dietzgen that I bought on eBay is an example of an otherwise ordinary rule that one or two bidders might bid up above the expected price for one...
Specialist SRs that intentionally had two or more cursors were made so to facilitate particular calculations. That was the case for that Post 1490 "control...
Walter, I like the look of your new layout. It's a little better than the old look which was a little improvement over the previous version. Really though it...
It would probably be difficult to back up a good 'provenance' for a slide rule engraved with names like 'Einstein', 'Godard' or whatever. Besides, those names...
Hi all, Owner's initials and/or notations in the booklets, or books give me a strong sense that the sr or book has actually been used. I like that. Perfectly...
In reply to A. J. Barnes question regarding a J Routledge engineer's sliding rule, Routledge developed his pattern of engineer's sliding rule in about 1814,...
Thought some might like to see this flyer. 11th Annual Antique Science & Retro-Tech Show & Swap Meet Dallas / Ft Worth, Texas Saturday, 5 March 2005 At the...
During WWII there was a fellow living in the chicago area with the name of Adolph Hitler. Friends and acquaintences suggested he change his name. To which he...
The new Hemmi P135K slide rule has generated a lot more excitement in Japan than in North America. One of the major Japanese newspapers, The Mainichi, ran an...
Here's the translated text of the article. It's quite hard to understand. Derek. ============================================ Slide rule: To reissue Shiga...
That is fascinating about your book however im not interested in buying it just to find out about my rule. All I want is to know if it is marketable to some...
The talk about names reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask. How many slide rules do y'all have with the names of women on them? I've got a Keuffel...
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