Hi, I have just bought circular slide rule with the name: HECKENDORFF - see the attached picture. I can not find this name in any list of slide rules available...
Ray, I apologize that I haven't yet gotten all things working for the FireFox Browser. I should be able to get things working with most of the popular browsers...
... Pepys' slide rule is very intriguing. Also the (long range) project of tracking down references to SR's in other literature. For the time being, it appears...
One of the portraits of Pepys shows, hanging on the wall behind him, a case that look rather like one for a slide rule. If it were not important to him, why...
http://thekidsrule.com/VirtKidAdvanced/index2_Safari.htm Seems ok in Safari 3.1.1 for windows. If you have Safari browser on any other system, please let me...
Leo other members I tend to think of three ages of slide rule use: early, intermediate and modern. The intermediate age covers roughly the nineteenth century....
Bob I think it very unlikely that in Pepys' time there would have been anything which which we could today recognise today as a slide rule case. As far as I...
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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Hi All, I have just received the following e-mail from Bill Parsons: ======================================================= Hello Rod, I do not want to take...
For some reason, we have gotten a lot of queries at the Slide Rule Universe recently about how to restore scratched and scuffed plastic cursors, especially...
Hi all, I just acquired a Pickett and Eckel Deci-Point. Does anyone know where I can find instructions to download? I can't figure out the decimal keeping...
Hi Steve, If you go to Greg's Slide Rules download manual section at: http://sliderule.ozmanor.com/man/man-download.html and move down the page to: Pickett...
... While Novus is readily available over the web, many people want local sources. Plastic supply shops are one good source but smaller towns don't have such...
May be you haven't realised yet that most of us have at home a very good sustitute for Novus polish: plain old toothpaste. It has a micronised abrasive, hard...
Hi Rod, Thanks for taking the time to send that link - unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be applicable to the Deci-Point. The thing I don't understand is how...
Addendum to previous post: I have found an explanation of the scales on the rear of the Deci-Point in Eckel's U.S. Patent #2,466,883 which can be found on-line...
Hi everyone!! I am still looking for a Pickett N906-T National Fire Sprinkler Hydraulic Slide Rule for quite some time. Does anyone out there have one or know...
I have converted Eckel's patent 2,466,883 to pdf format and uploaded it to the files section for anyone who needs instructions on how to use the scales on the...
I want to thank everyone who helped me work out some of the browser related issues at my virtual slide-rule page by sending me screenshots of how things looked...
Hey Steve and the gang; This and many other patents are on google's patent site. And it has a pdf button to click for a download of the patent in pdf format....
Hi All, I took Alvaro's advice and used toothpaste on the plastic cursor of my Hemmi No. 130W. It worked great. All the scratches are not completely gone,...
Hi Graeme, Thanks for sharing your collection, and the information on PicLens. I'm blown-away by the many amazing collections of the members here, as well as...
I was watching DVDs of "ALF" season 3 last night and noticed Willie had a 10" yellow picket in his hand during a dream sequence where he goes back to his...
Hi Tim: In principle, any slide rule is collectible! If they are part of a context. Which ones are valuable or not is something else, and has little to do with...
Tim I agree with everything John has said. One thing which made a difference for me as a "just started" collector was buying Peter Hopp's book "Slide Rules:...
The Oughtred Society Swap Sheet The swap sheet has been updated for May 2008, and is now available for viewing. Go to : www.oughtred.org and on the left side...
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