Sep 19, 2004 this manual s cover lists a range of post slide rules but this is the only reference to post in the entire manual, all the references inside the manual refer to hemmi rules, including all the diagrams and illustrations. Bissaker slide rule 1654 circular slide rule king pocket calculator 66 sclales thacher calculator 30 ft. Complete manual with table of settings, equivalents and gauge points 1891, 32 pages. The slide rule was strong in conversions with a constant factor. Updated december 1, 2002 how to clean a slide rule. Slide rule was invented by english minister william oughtred in 1622. There is also a version as a word document which is smaller 2040 kb. Some of them relate to standard rules thornton, faber castell 283n and would be useful whatever rule you have but others are for specialised rules. In the case of 283n, the w scales are actually 50cm. Additionally, the slide rule does not tell you where the decimal point is located in the answer. Instructions for some common and notsocommon rules in english, french, german and spanish.
A complete slide rule manual neville w young 12 1 chapter 12 tangent t, t1, t2 and st scales it is an advantage to have two tangent scales t1, and t2 on your slide rule, instead of just a single tangent scale t. How many days will it take for 8 men to finish the job. With this circular slide rule, inverse proportion should always be done between d and cl. In a separate calculation you find the order of magnitude by combining the powers of 10. The purpose of this particular and quite idiosyncratic slide rule page is to describe common scales used on slide rules, and the kind of mathematical expressions. Later descriptions of a principle of the slide rule, especially those that appeared in many slide rule books and manuals, lost the generality of runges and stokes formulations.
Apr 25, 2005 concise circular slide rules 28n manual. Last year 38 friends made the whole amount possible. Steves slide rules complete slide rule listing alternative format last update 3621. Mannheim slide rule 1850 faber castell 283n nestler 23r mannheim issac newton put 3 scales in parallel in 1675 to compute cubes, and proposed the cursor in 1677, but was ignored. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 15 2 5. The theory of exponents and the rules of oper ation with signed numbers are both involved in a complete treatment of this topic. In this manual it is assumed that the reader is familiar with this theory. A manual for a good vintage slide rule about 100 pages.
This is a very sophisticated duplex log log rule, made in a low cost plastic format by pickett for schools. Mathematical foundations of the slide rule with ack corrected. A standard manual for circular slide rules, direct from concise in the fall, 2002. Crescent lufkin 58 x 8 red end wood rule with 6 slide rule extension x48n. Round the original problem to convenient numbers and solve it in your head. The slide rule the book, written by florian cajori, is the standard work on the early history of the slide rule. Notes on frederick post slide rules, in the journal of the oughtred. It is unfortunate that, for some reasons not easy to see, the slide rule is sometimes regarded as a difficult instrument with which to become proficient. I was going to enter this into the party like its 1929 contest because slide rules. Slide rule, instructions, how to use, 15 books on cd ebay. Had we set up example 2 on the c and s scales, we would have found that for the hair line over 71. The t1 and t scales are identical and used for angles between 544 and 45, while the t2 scale allows us to.
A complete slide rule manual neville w young 15 4 6. Slide rules that are round offer the length of a 10 rectangular slide rule in a pocketsized roughly 3. There is no way i can give all of that detail in an instructable that has 21 steps plus an introduction. Basic slide rule operation for scientists and engineers 10. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 11 1 chapter 11 sine and cosine s and st scale on the s scale the graduations in black are for sines.
The p scale is related to the d scale such that for a number x on the d scale, immediately below it on the p scale we have 1. Henry suttons slide rule top was an early circular rule circa 1663. Smyth, 1967 this instruction manual is for the 68 1400 analon slide rule. The slide rule and other instruments which give the same facilities for rapid calculations, are covered by the term mechanical calculation. Oughtred society slide rule reference manual the oughtred. You may want to download a pdf copy of this instructable to your computer so you can learn the material in small bits. Today, slide rules can be found on ebay, antique stores and estate auctions. Mannheim slide rule 1850 faber castell 283n nestler 23r mannheim issac newton put 3 scales in parallel in 1675 to compute. Oct 05, 2020 a complete slide rule manual by neville w. See the oughtred society slide rule reference manual for a listing of the most common and the oughtred societys pocketbook of the gauge marks by panagiotis venetsianos for a complete listing.
A complete manual paperback january 1, 1967 by alfred l slater author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. An almost complete book on slide rule use hodder and stoughton download in pdf format 407kb instruction manuals. A standard singleface rule with scales to solve problems in multiplication, division, squares, square roots, reciprocals, trigonometry and logarithms. A compilation of user manuals for breitling watches new and old. To ensure that we understand the terminology here are the main parts of the slide rule. By the early 1900s engineering students in the us were commonly taught to use slide rules. Theres also an additional frontandback scan of a separate sheet for the trig scales on the model 300.
If you learn how to use this, if youve ever seen a watch with a slide rule bezel and havent known how. Thompsons original 1930 slide rule book was also updated in a second 1952 edition the standard manual of the slide rule that many collectors feel is the standard slide rule reference text. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 20 1 chapter 20 root w scales 20. It includes a guide to the most common uses of a rule and instructions for some nonstandard rules. An outstanding design feature of this range is the introduction of end caps for holding the two stocks rigidly in relation to each other.
Manual the front side of the flight computer is a logarithmic slide rule post versalog slide rule instructions its a great instruction manual for those that want to learn how to use the slide rule or if only to refresh the use of it. Unfortunately, i dont have a copy of the revised edition, but even this early work has a lot going for it. The slide rule cannot be regarded as a modern invention since the first design dates from the early part of the seventeenth century, but every year sees additions and variations made and the uptodate instrument has, as might be expected, advanced greatly beyond the earlier types. Our original problem was 410 x 9, and we read an answer of 3. Some suggestions to help get you started in finding a rule of your own. Slide rule universe is a very large dealer, operated by walter shawlee in kelowna, british columbia, canada. The slide rule side the term circular slide rule shouldnt be intimidating. Instructions for using a slide rule the slide rule is a device for easily and quickly multiplying, dividing and extracting square root and cube root. There are many pages about slide rules on the web, and you can still buy brand new slide rules 40 years old but never used, and still in their factory supplied box in various places. If you use a different pdf reader, your procedures should be quite similar.
Instructions for using a slide rule project gutenberg. Instructions for the use of the slide rule 1847, pdf 1 mb. Slide rule image aluminum wide geeky cuff bracelet. Faber castell 810 complete set for basf rare 12 cm 5 circular slide rule in case with manual 1970s calculating tool germany. Greatly expanded, features a new set of pages contains tips for restoring your. An outstanding slide rule reference, and very hard to find. Sliderule instructor, for instruction on chadwicks improved slide rule, containing new and important rules upon the present practice of engineering, etc.
If you have a manual scanned that you can send over for us to post online that would be fantastic as it would make this resource more and more complete. How to use a slide rule the slide rule was invented by william oughtred in the 1600s, but only began to be widely used in the mid 1800s after a french artillery o cer named amedee mannheim developed a version that became popular among engineers. The slide rule depicted inside the manual is dietzgens national, model 1767, and the manual was received with 1988. A complete slide rule manual 1973 edition open library. Slide rules usually have gauge marks representing various constants. Sphere s slide rule site provides information about slide rules. This rule has special scales for handling dimensions, units. The site has instruction manuals for a number of slide rules. A few of the recent slide rules have scales that actually measure ten inches in length. The fabercastell slide rules 283n and 6283, incorporate these scales. Beginners slide rule manual the university of texas at. Dietzgen instruction manual for maniphase slide rule description the citation information for this sixteenpage booklet is. Introduction 1 introduction 2 multiplication and division c and d scale 3 division c and d scale 4 combined operation on the c.
Slide rules circular slide rules national museum of. All the images of slide rules in the galleries and the pdf files of scanned books, manuals and instructions have been free to. History of the logarithmic slide rule 1 editors foreward this version of the cajoris important book the slide rule was photocopied from the one in the library of whipple museum of the history of science at cambridge university. One must remember that the slide rule is a precision.
Aviation remains one of the few places that the slide rule still is in widespread use. Illustrated selfguided course on international slide rule. Jc podmore slide rule for sea and air navigation 1 pdf file in 1 zip file post hemmi manual 30 scans in 1 zip file post versalog 1 pdf in 1 zip file proof rule relay duplex 20 scans in 1 zip file sector ba simm slide rule manual 1 pdf file in 1 zip file al slater the slide rule a complete manual 5 pdf files in 5 zip files. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 19 1 chapter 19 further applications of the ll scales 19.
Cooke, a physics professor at the university as is. Spheres pickett slide rule company archive slide rules. The scales are also continuous, so there is no need to make adjustments, such as folded and inverse scales, for results of. To do a calculation with a slide rule you reduce all numbers to scientific notation with 24 digits then use the slide rule to perform the basic operations. This side of your computer simply consists of a rotating disk with numbers on the middle scale, which when set against similar numbers on the fixed portion outer scale, allows you to solve problems of time, speed, and distance, calculate. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 2 3 ii set the hair line over 8 on the c scale. Analon engineeringscience analysis slide rule michael p. Slide rule library main desk archive of books, manuals. His website is the largest slide rule site on the internet and contains a vast amount of slide rule information. A complete slide rule manual neville w young 14 2 b for the c and d scales set as above from steps 1 and 2, if the angle in degrees on the c scale takes us off the end of the d scale, we find the angle in degrees on the cf scale and hence its value in radians on the df scale. Faber castell 810 complete set for basf rare 12 cm 5 circular slide rule in case with manual 1970s calculating tool germany vintagemanstuff 5 out of 5 stars 15. Most slide rules have graduations in red for cosines, these reading from right to left. This slide rule has been manufactured after a comprehensive study of the functional requirements involved and forms part of a new range designed for maximum efficiency.
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