Hi all; I am not a collector, just a user of slide rules who having acquired different rules over the years formed some preferences during my career. First...
All I know that AcuMath, Dietzgen and Pickett have in common is that they all were American companies (though some Dietzgens were made in West Germany) and...
Sterling was connected with Bordon. If I remember correctlty Acu-Math may have been connected wit hSterling. In an even, Bordon was in the plastic business...
I have an Aristo 972 with the yellow colored scales that I used to display on a shelf in my office for a number of years. But it seems to me that the...
All- Aside from a few lists from people, I've not received many Magnesium Pickett serial numbers. From the small sampling, so far, about all I can glean from...
And if I recall, it is the "Sterling" brand plastic slide rule that would fall into the junk catagory? I bought a slide rule off ebay a few years back, and...
I'm looking for instructions for a Flamer Castell 1/98 (398?) Elektro. Tried the usual places, but cannot seem to find. I'm confused, can anyone help me find...
Rob, Look at www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/electrical/electrical.htm I'm looking at the Elektro instructions I downloaded and printed from this site...
James Stephens
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May 1, 2005 5:58 pm
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I have had 70+ different Aristos on my workroom walls for nearly five years, the side with model name facing forward for easy identification. Therefore it is...
The Oughtred Society Swap Sheet Online The swap sheet will be updated again tonight, Sunday May 1st at 6:00 pm PST. Go to : www.oughtred.org and on the left...
... sun. ... what ... effect. Great point. The office (where my faded Aristo was displayed) had very strong fluorescent lighting, and I noticed fading on a...
Fluorescent lights do produce some UV. I once asked my dermatologist if it could be responsible for some of my actinic keratoses. He said not that it wasn't...
James- Thank you, I missed it. This will be good for my 30-something neighbor who recently dug out a nice Faber 1/98 Elektro to show me, that he was given...
I guess you guys are talking about plastic rules? I think what the problem is is not that they are plastic, although ultra violet is a well known fierce enemy...
I recall visiting a museum with lots of diorama displays - combined 3D models in the foreground and painted backgrounds - in a series of separate galleries....
... real ... Interesting. One history of the E-6B flight computer states that the first 42,000 orders in 1942 were for aluminum and brass calculators (with a...
The program to allow United States Postal Service (USPS) customers to create their own custom stamps is returning for a year's trial, starting May 17th, after...
The problems we are discussing are not so much about plastics as such, but rather some inks being affected by light. 'Plastic' covers a multitude of very...
What a fun thing to do. Thanks for the link!!! Cheers, Eli __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
I have had many requests for this part, and have needed dozens myself for repairs, so I was happy to buy up 200 of these new Pickett #36 parts, the large...
Check out eBay 6173672135. Went for 7 to 10 times what it typically sells for. SRs may be one of the better collectibles from an investment standpoint. Gary...
It looks in fact as if some people were exploding prices. Is it a durable and strong tendancy? Good new jou say Gary: maybe for those who have very important...
Hi: There were two bidders who both 'wanted it', but the price wasn't outrageous for one with a magnifier. (Earlier there was one that went for $85+.) Even...
... company >like Pickett, for example, could devise a way to make horrible, rotten, useless junk plastic slide rules, ... ... junk.... As a product...
... Acu-Rule, Acu-Design and Acu-Math slide rules were made originally by Festus Mfg. Co., Festus, Missouri, which then became Acu-Design, ST. Louis, Missouri,...
... Elektro. Tried the usual places, but cannot seem to find. I'm confused, can anyone help me find something about this one--for a neighbor. ... Here's the...
Yes, they are junk.\ ... company >like Pickett, for example, could devise a way to make horrible, rotten, useless junk plastic slide rules, ... ... junk.... As...
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