... I can't help you with this exact device, but something very similar appears here http://www.sunsetwheel.com/ if you were wanting to buy one. MfG Jerry...
This is my first post here. I am a Japanese engineer, collecting slide rules for about 8 years. Recently, I bought a great number of molds for plastic...
Cyril et al I picked up a 1965 copy of the 'Mathematics' book in this series at a flea market only a couple of years ago- not in good condition and certainly...
I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and assess your No-Name #01 as an unknown Relay/Ricoh mold. That style of labeling the log-log scales is very...
Welcome, Mika! I wonder if you can share some history where the molds came from? What an interesting find. It's a shame so many rusted but good that you are...
I am relatively new to the slide rule (been using one for about 8 months) and have come across old slide rule tests. I quite frankly don't know how to complete...
Welcome Mika, Ihave never before heard of "Heaven" rules and would dearly love to have one. Do you know anything about this brand? Charlie - Phoenix, AZ USA...
How would you have handled this? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJlgrtpGZY&feature=related I posted this here only because we have had on and off discussions...
Some interesting observations here: Where the letters are readable (i.e., left-to-right readable), they appear raised. Where they are backwards, they appear to...
... From a mailing to Barbershop Harmony Society treasurers: For chapters having shows that would exceed the annual minimum fee of $210, please use the ...
I've seen a similar type thing with Sonic Drive-Ins. They had a coupon on their receipt that said 0.99c for a breakfast burrito. A burrito for less than a...
Hi everyone, I was pretty sure I had a copy of this book: green leatherette with one "Richard Wimbish" in gold lettering on a special raised section on the...
Most Japanse slide rule collectors believe Heaven, Hope and Hato (Japanese word for "Pigeon") were only a brand name, and these slide rules were produced by...
I found these molds in the local flea market. The seller explained me that previous owner of these molds was an employee of a slide rule manufacturer, and he...
Just got a chance to listen to this. :-) How painful. He was on the right track pointing out that the answer is in cents, but the gulf was still too wide...
The Life Science Library book >Mathematics< was apparently first published in 1965, and may have come with a Concise circular model 28N rule with the Time-Life...
Dear Michael, You weren't the only one to work the reference desk at a library. I did this in the North Carolina city of High Point while earning my undergrad...
It was produced by a guy in Australia some time ago. I have both the Sundowners Almanac and the Sunset-Sunrise wheel in my collection. I will check on the...
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...
I have just got a UK Air Ministry Navigational Computor Mk.IIID* Ref No. 6B/180. These are basically similar to the well known ASA E6-B or Jeppesen CSG-9...
Please see my article from IM2007 on dead reckoning computers that contains a section on these Mark III computors. Where you mentioned Mark IID, that must be a...
Ronald van Riet wrote: > Please see my article from IM2007 on dead reckoning computers that contains a section on these Mark III computors.< Many thanks,...
Probably some here who haven't seen this. Amazing what you can do with a little 'lateral thinking'!! I know a few math teachers who use this one a lot in...
Hi! I think if you just post the specific problem here, you'll have more techniques shown to you than you can remember :) We're always glad to help and show...
Folks, one of the columnists of Electronic Design News make a nice comment on the lack of knowledge about the relevance of significant digits and how the slide...
Awesome. Here's one I find troubling: cube root{(14.6 x .0229)^2} x {sqrt(.336) x 1.09}^3 I'm particularly interested if there's anyway to do it continuously...
I scanned that one; I need to start on some more. Heh - it's only been @#*$& flippin' years now... Try http://mikeyancey.com/projectSliderule.php I've scanned...
... months) and have come ... complete the latter problems ... specific techniques used on ... Generally, from the inside out, left-to-right, such as: Consider...
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