The info supplied by Gary and Bill is the same that I have. I've got those old Hemmi books. My rule looks just like that. To answer Gary's question about the...
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cjoxford@...
May 11, 2000 5:34 am
Those lines are on some rules into the early 1900's and then were dropped. I have old K&E, D&P and others with the lines. Charlie...
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Bob Otnes
botnes@...
May 12, 2000 3:31 am
... Hello: The horizontal lines on older rules, sometimes called "embellishment lines" are a holdover, almost a tradition, from the time when slide rules were ...
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Wayne Harrison
nwharrison@...
May 12, 2000 3:31 am
Hi, just wanted to thank all for the information. I've sent images to Brian and Noel. Wayne H....
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Wayne Harrison
nwharrison@...
May 12, 2000 3:31 am
Can anyone help with identifying the manfacturer of this rule. It is stamped 'Denmark' one end of the slide , model is Poly-e no. 930U. The opposite end of...
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Cyril Catt
cscatt@...
May 12, 2000 8:59 am
Wayne, Peter Hopp’s index lists UTO as a current firm in the Danish town of Vonge, about 26 km west of Horsens in Jutland. Telephone/Fax +45 75 80 36 90. UTO...
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Friedrich Diestelkamp
diestelsr@...
May 12, 2000 7:35 pm
Hello Charlie and all Starting about 1950 Faber-Castell sold CASTELL-ADDIATOR with plastic rules. Known are several types (5 inch and 10 inch). As usual Faber...
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CVERNA
CVERNA@...
May 12, 2000 8:22 pm
What is an "addiator?" Jon J Cverna Warren, OH jjcverna@......
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D.Thompson
dave@...
May 13, 2000 10:38 am
Jon Cverna said... ... For the interest and edification of anyone else that may be curious I've stuck a couple of hi res pics of the Faber 111/54A and 67/54R ...
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Alex de Gast
adegast@...
May 13, 2000 10:38 am
I just acquired an N14 ES but it did not have a manual. Did Pickett produce a manual for this model? If so, any suggestions on finding one? Thanks....
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JON J CVERNA
jjcverna@...
May 13, 2000 1:01 pm
That is a very interesting slide rule! I had an adding machine like that, but never saw one combined with a slide rule. That was a great idea for it's time Jon...
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D.Thompson
dave@...
May 14, 2000 2:45 am
Jon said ... The real thought provoking bit is that the addiator is permanently fixed to the rear of the rule. Today's challenge.....how come the photo shows...
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Cthulhu Fatagn
cthulhufatagn@...
May 14, 2000 3:40 am
I again have the pleasure of listing a Lot of 3 Chinese Slide Rules for sale on eBay :- Item #332132760 Have fun bidding, people! ...
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Cyril Catt
cscatt@...
May 14, 2000 11:56 am
The addiator was certainly a useful aid. Back in the sixties I did much of the stats analysis for my master's degree dissertation - several months work - on...
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Graham McNamee
grahammcn@...
May 14, 2000 1:43 pm
Hello, My Castell Addiator also attached to the back of a 5 inch 67/54R Darmstadt Faber Castell slide rule looks identical to Dave's picture except that it has...
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Andrew Davie
adavie@...
May 15, 2000 12:01 pm
I believe the generic term for adders of this type is "troncet". Cheers A Hello, My Castell Addiator also attached to the back of a 5 inch 67/54R Darmstadt...
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Friedrich Diestelkamp
diestelsr@...
May 16, 2000 10:02 pm
Hello all of SLIDERULE and CALCLIST-L ADDIATOR is a slide adder (without decimal carry, operated by stylus) produced by German company ADDIATOR from 1920 till...
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Gary Lazarus
gary_lazarus@...
May 17, 2000 11:59 am
Ever get that feeling you're part of a martian experiment. Well I felt like that a little while back. I was just starting to get "cocky". Kind of getting that...
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Darren Samphier
samphier@...
May 17, 2000 12:00 pm
Freidrich, Do you know anything about the rule in the URL below: http://home.connexus.net.au/~samphier/arithma.htm You say that some addiator's were Arithma or...
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Manfred R Hausmann
manfred_hausmann@...
May 17, 2000 1:11 pm
(This message is a repeat. I seem to have been unsuccessful in my first submission.) I followed with interest the earlier discussion on horizontal lines ...
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D.Thompson
dave@...
May 19, 2000 3:47 am
Gary said ... Yes, I have the full book of instructions and examples for the FC111/22 business rule. Interest, compound interest, exchange calcs, profit...
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Cyril Catt
cscatt@...
May 19, 2000 8:31 am
Gary, thanks for the details. I have a Faber-Castell 1/28 “Bivius” rule (later called “Super-Business) which came without a cursor. My cursory :) ...
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Ronald Manley
sliderules@...
May 19, 2000 12:25 pm
Gary's amusing tale of his "Martian" rule spurred me into action. I have scanned and put on my web site two financial rules. The first is a Blundell...
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gerwkr@...
May 19, 2000 2:07 pm
Would someone please send me a copy of the Mathema manual. I'll pay copying and mailing costs. Am interested in how the hyperbolic scales are used. Thanks for...
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PHolland@...
May 20, 2000 1:05 am
... Hi all, some of the Faber-Castell 52/80 'Mentor' slide rules have scales for addition on their reverse side. Peter...
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Michael Clouser
mclouser@...
May 20, 2000 1:07 am
... have you tried: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html they have a lot of that stuff! ...
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John Mosand
jomosand@...
May 20, 2000 1:10 pm
... If, by 'non-log', one means 'equally-spaced': W&G model 432 has sin and tan scales of that type. Otherwise, there are many scales around that are neither...
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Ronald Manley
sliderules@...
May 21, 2000 2:31 am
I was thinking not so much of the standard types of scales, trig scales are clearly non-logarithmic for example, but more along the lines of my hydraulics...
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Gary Lazarus
gary_lazarus@...
May 21, 2000 2:32 am
Ronald what a wacky slide rule .... I couldn't help myself. I printed your coal calculation rule and cut it out. So now I have a paper version of your rule. ...
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D.Thompson
dave@...
May 21, 2000 2:32 am
... with reference to the Faber Castell range of Business rules (1/22, 1/28, 111/22) Having failed miserably to scan the manuals which have been folded in...
