I've provided this table here to show that I have actually used slide rules, and to give some idea as to the variety of scales they have.
When a color scanner becomes available to me, I will provide pictures of each of these so that it will be possible to actually see what these look like.
| Company, Model Number, Scales | Comments |
|---|---|
| Keuffel and Esser | between 80-100
years old, made of mahogany, frameless cursor
(slightly chipped), orange leather case; my
first slide rule
|
| 4053-3 | |
| A, B, CI, C, D, S, L, T | |
| Keuffel and Esser | my father's
rule from college; painted hardwood with
plastic cursor
|
| 4058W | |
| A, B, C, D, S, L, T | |
| Keuffel and Esser | my father's
rule from high school; painted hardwood with
framed glass cursor, frame very badly rusted
|
| N4058W | |
| A, B, CI, C, D, K, S, L, T | |
| Acu-Math | my mother's
rule from high school; plastic, looks just
like new (she always takes excellent care of
everything she owns)
|
| 400 | |
| S, K, A, B, CI, C, D, L, T | |
| Post Versalog | my favorite,
made of bamboo, framed glass cursor, mahogany
colored leather case
|
| 1460 | |
| LL0, LL/0, K, DF, CF, CIF, CI, C, D, R1, R2, L, LL/1, LL/2, LL/3, (T) T, (Sec T) S T, Cos S, C, D, LL3, LL2, and LL1 | |
| Flying Fish | my strangest
rule, plastic, hard plastic case, half the
instructions in Chinese, and made in China
|
| 1002 | |
| ln1I, ln2I, ln3I, DF, CF, CIF, H2, H3, CI, C, D, ln3, ln2, ln1, sh2, sh3, K, A, B, sin2 (cos2), H'2, tg2 (ctg2), tg3 (ctg3), C, D, DI, lg, th2 | |
| Hemmi | a circular rule
about 3 inches diameter with a blue center
|
| 1002 | |
| A, D, C, CI | |
| Dietzgen | a plastic rule
with a "mint green racing stripe",
no case
|
| 1768-P | |
| K, S, A, B, CI, C, D, T, L | |
| Pickett Microline | a plastic rule
that I bought to carry with me to avoid risking
the others
|
| 140 | |
| LL2, LL3, DF, CF, CIF, L, CI, C, D, LL2, LL3, LL01, K, A, B, (Cos) S, (Sec T) S T, T, C, D, DI, LL1 | |
| Lawrence Engineering Service | this is a simple
little rule with very few scales that's just the
right size to fit into my glove compartment,
painted wood with a glass cursor
|
| 10-B | |
| A, B, CI, C, D, K | |
| Dietzgen | a plain old rule made of hardwood and laminated with plastic, glass cursor (cracked), and needed some work to get it to work |
| 1746 | |
| DF, CF, CIF, CI, C, D, L, A, B, T, S T, S, D, K | |
| Sans and Streiffe | a bamboo rule laminated with plastic; I had to teach myself the P scale with this one (Pythagorean scale); the instructions I had were actually incorrect! |
| 312 | |
| LL/1, LL/2, LL/3, DF, CF, CIF, CI, C, D, LL3, LL2, LL1, LL/0, L, K, A, B, S, S T, T, C, D, DI, P (Pythagorean), LL0 | |
