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![]() Astounding Science Fiction May1951 Galactic Gadgeteers by Harry Stine |
![]() Met Life Ad for Engineers, l2-4-66 |
![]() Woodall Inductries Inc - Advertisment |
![]() Boeing employment advertisement catering to wives of engineers. |
![]() Nurd with Slide Rule on Hip, National Lampoon-The Gentleman's Bathroom Companion 1975 |
Row #02 |
![]() Jarman Shoe ad |
![]() "100 Extra Engineers", IBM Slide Rule advertisement, National Geographic (1952) |
![]() Slide Rule Cufflinks and Tie Clasp Ad (Popular Mechanics) |
![]() Slide Rule watch (1950) (top picture) |
![]() CIE Slide Rule Ad |
Row #03 |
![]() Watch In Space! - Breitling Navitimer Chronomat Ad |
![]() IBM ad in Foundry Magazine (Nov 1967) showing Georgia Iron Works slide rule in background. |
![]() Slide Rule Guitar Frets by Ilya Sivov 2009 |
![]() Vitro Corporation ad (Fortune Magazine) |
![]() Breitling Chronomat Ad (1948) |
Row #04 |
![]() Dave Kenney, the founder of National Lampoon, made a parody of a High Scool Yerbook in 1964, which shows a Slide Rule Club 1964. The class prophecy that Gilbert Scrabbler and Belinda Heinke win the Nobel Prize for "inventing a nuclear-powered car that drives itself where you tell it to..."), [The car is available now]. |
![]() Calculating by slide rule (EPA 1973) Archive Research Catalog |
![]() Math Department Display of instruments issued to cadets at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs (2009) photo by Fred Malmstrom, NMI Civ USAFA/CWCH |
![]() Math Instruments Case Smithsonian |
![]() Randolph Community College, Instructor Ronald Biddle, Electrical Maintenance Students (1964) |
Row #05 |
![]() Faber Castell Stamps |
![]() Slide Rule Postage Stamps Romania (1957)(reglasdecalculo.com) |
![]() Dietzgen Drafting Table with Slide Rule |
![]() Slide Rule shown in 1972 Enerjet Rocketry Catalog |
![]() Colin Barnes of UKSRC in a 1966 article. (England) |
Row #06 |
![]() MIT Tech Nov 17, 1933 - Walker Slide-Rule Thief Apprehended |
![]() MIT Tech Oct 3, 1904 - Get a Slide Rule (ad on left) |
![]() McKee Engineering Ad |
![]() K&E Building, est1867, 127 Fulton St. Manhattan, NY (1991) |
![]() SIC Chemical Engineering ad (Jan 1966) |
Row #07 |
![]() Popular Mechanics Article showing motor driven slide rule. April 1958, page 46 |
![]() Calumet And Hecla Ad |
![]() Allegheny Power Systems Ad |
![]() DIWA Raknesticka Electro Ad (contributed by IJ Shuitema) |
![]() Ir. IJzebrand Schuitema (one of the world's foremost authorities) Slide Rule Display in the Netherlands - Dutch KRING |
Row #08 |
![]() Make a Slide Rule Far Out Math |
![]() W. Stanley Slide Rule Practice Booklet (1938) |
![]() Physics World (Mar 2007) |
![]() Big Brain by Harry122 |
![]() Joe Miner, Official Mascot of University of Missouri-Rolla which is now the Missouri University of Science and Technology. |
Row #09 |
![]() Raccoon with Slide Rule by Daniel |
![]() VanMark Figurine - Masters 0f Learning - Math Teacher with Slide Rule and Calculator |
![]() Curso de Regla de Calculo (Class on Slide Rules) ad (1967)(reglasdecalculo.com) |
![]() IRS tax form with Slide Rule tag (Spoof) (ISRG) |
![]() Container Corp Slide Rule AD (Showing Pickett 600-ES) |
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![]() Japanese Slide Rule Collector |
![]() Caution Sign (translation unknown) |
![]() Goodyear Electronic Differential Analyzer advertisement |
![]() Partridge SlideRule (1671) Paris Museum Of Arts And Measure |
![]() MIT Tech Talk - Deborah Douglas shows slide rules in MIT Museum |
Row #11 |
![]() Nestler 1967 Catalog Cover (Contributed By Jürgen Nestler) |
![]() Jürgen Nestler (Great Grandson of Albert Nestler) in German Museum. Jürgen is an Oughtred Society member. |
![]() Nestler Factory (1956) Firmentraktca (founded 1878) |
![]() Jürgen Nestler (Great Grandson of Albert Nestler) in March 2, 2007 Newspaper feature article. |
![]() Nestler 1966 School Catalog Cover(Contributed By Jürgen Nestler) |
Row #12 |
![]() 2001 LA Times article featuring pictures of Bob Otnes collection with interviews from collectors Tom Wyman, Eric Mancotte, Craig Watkins, Michael O'Leary, and Berrie Ripin. Scan by Eric Mancotte |
![]() Darwin Slide Rule, a graphic by Larry Stewart. |
![]() Shell Oil Campaign Promoting Animals In Research (1945) |
![]() 1998 Mercury Telecomm Ad |
![]() Hallicrafters Ad, American Radio Amateur Handbook (1952) |
Row #13 |
![]() Aristo catalog (1970) Lufthansa |
![]() Aristo catalog (1970) Lufthansa |
![]() Aristo catalog (1965) "Getting the answer faster" |
![]() Aristo catalog (1965) "Getting the answer faster" |
![]() Aristo catalog (1965) |
Row #14 |
![]() Fortune Magazine, Northrup Aircraft (9-1955) |
![]() Fortune Magazine, United Engineers, Artist:Stanley Meltzoff |
![]() Fortune Magazine, United Engineers, Artist:Stanley Meltzoff |
![]() K&E Adv in Oct 1953 Penn State Engineer |
![]() UK Ministry Of Defence Ad |
Row #15 |
![]() Pooleys Demonstration Flight Computer (still available for £375/$560) |
![]() Ross Ensign, British Journal Photographic Almanac (1954) |
![]() Saturday Evening Post AE Adv |
![]() Saturday Evening Post, Torrington Bearings |
![]() Portrait of Joshua Routledge 1773-1829. Painter unknown. Original stored in Bolton Museum Art Gallery Archives.. |
Row #16 |
![]() Artillery Slide Rule in the museum on the Battleship USS New Jersey. |
![]() Computer History Museum, Mountainview California. Slide Rule Exhibit. Many of these donated by the ISRM. |
![]() NY Times (2-4-99) Are You Too Busy Earning Money To Save Some? |
![]() Wilcox Ad 1953 p190 Worksop Calculations Tables And Formulae |
![]() British Thorton cat 1970 |
Row #17 |
![]() Electronic Engineeering 1958 G&E Bradley Ad |
![]() Man Cave With Giant K&E Slide Rule Hanging From Ceiling Photo. In picture is also hgh powered rockets, KTM and Suzuki motorcycles, and lots of trophies and plaques. Photo by Mike Konshak. |
![]() Savings And Land Bank Ad, Aristo 940 Concrete Slide Rule Shown |
![]() Pfaff Ad 1983 |
![]() A.W. Faber-Castell Ad Your Desk Speaks About You |
Row #18 |
![]() A.W. Faber-Castell Ad, TR1 Electronic Calculator-SR Two Calculators In One Hand |
![]() Faber-Castell, 1997 Article: A Slide Rule Was An Everyday Tool |
![]() Faber-Castell 1997 graphic |
![]() Breitling Aviation Pilot's Watch |
![]() Breitling Pilot Watch Ad 2006 |
Row #19 |
![]() Resonance Measurement Article, Westermanns Monatshefte, July1969 |
![]() Aristo Quality Control 1972 Brochure |
![]() Werner Rudowski UKSRC, SR Exhibition In Bochum Germany 1991 |
![]() Werner Rudowski UKSRC, SR Exhibition In Bochum, Germany 1991 |
![]() Slide Rule Club 1964
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![]() Measuring Casks - 16th Century Austria, from 1989 Barrel Mensuration And Ullage byRobertENelson |
![]() Boethius And Pythagoras, from G. Reish, Margarit Philosophica 1503 |
![]() Joseph In His Shop, c1425 Early Instrument Maker by Robert Campin |
![]() Nevil Shute, Slide Rule An Autobiography Of An Engineer |
![]() Winning at Work by Dr. Florence Seaman and Anne Lorimer. Book for women professionals. Contributed By Foo Cheow Ming |
Row #21 |
![]() July 2005 Readers Digest About The Curta by Cliff Stoll |
![]() William Oughtred Images |
![]() Excise Officer from The Excise Officers And Their Duties by John Pink 2002 |
![]() Sky And Telescope Magazine Sep 2002 What You Dont Need |
![]() Edwin Hugh Lewis (1881-1963). Detail Of Slide Rule From His Grave Slab at Kilmory Knap Cemetary in Arsrishaig, Scotland (GB). Photo by Michael Mooney |
Row #22 |
![]() Der Rechenschieber by H.W. Fricke, L. Lehmann, Helmar Leipzig 1961 |
![]() Astounding Science Fiction Feb 1959, artist Frank Kelly Freas |
![]() Playboy April 1959 Slide Rule Cover Plans For A Wondeful Weekend |
![]() Oregon State University (OSU) Engineering Mascot Benny Beaver Slide Rule and T-square Decal (1975) |
![]() Slide Rule Tie Bar Ad |
Row #23 |
![]() Sculptor: Death Of The Slide Rule by Werner Rudowski 1989 |
![]() Statue Of Harold R. Pape, 1903-1975, Moncova, North Mexico, Philanthropist who ran AHMSA |
![]() Sir Isaac Newton by Eduardo Paolozzi 1995 |
![]() Universitat Greifswald architecture |
![]() Dino Bencini Figurine Engineer With Slide Rule c1960 |
Row #24 |
![]() Buergi Joost (1552-1632) Lichtensteig Switzerland, Invented Logaritms in 1614 at the same time as Napier, who published first. |
![]() MIT slide rule sculptor 1990 on campus |
![]() Acumath ad c1960's Have Slide Rule Will Travel |
![]() Frank Radik and David Trubey the Elyria (Ohio) High School Scholarship Winners 1957. Both study aeronatuical engineering, Frank will go to Ohio State University on an ROTC scholorship.David will attend Perdue on an acedemic scholarship. |
![]() University Of Buffalo Slide Rule Exhibit |
Row #25 |
![]() Suwak Logarytmiczny (Logarithmith Slider) Collection Of Wojciech Sawicki, Warsaw Technological University, Poland |
![]() Polish Magazine Article on Wojciech Sawicki's Display at Warsaw polytechnic 2005 (PDF) |
![]() Popular Mechanics Feb 1948 Cover Pg81 Book Ad The Slide Rule and How to Use It |
![]() Hoboken (New Jersey) Historical Museum, K&E Exhibit Flyer Jan 31 - Dec23, 2010. Slide rules for the tours are supplied by the ISRM. |
![]() USNA Winning The Cold War Mural Academics Panel. Gifted in 1995 from the class of 1955. |
Row #26 |
![]() McCarran Airport Museum, Las Vegas, NV. B-17 Load Adjuster Slide Rule in Display.(Photo By R.Morris) |
![]() Dr. Werner Schmidt and Werner Girbart, in Greifswald, Germany, show their 2009 Oughtred Society Award as printed in the Donerstag Newspaper. |
![]() WWII artwork on a Bristol Beaufighter RAF Squadron 603. From book called "The British Beaufighter - a comprehensive guide for the modeller" by RA Franks, SAM Publications, Bedford, UK, 2002. The Latin words INCERTI QUO FATA FERRENT mean "Uncertain what Fate brings". |
![]() Mike Konshak shows current and past technology for Louisville Times (Colorado) article on 10-7-2009 about his 2009 Oughtred Society Award. |
![]() Dupont Teflon Ad showing Dietzgen Microglide Slide Rule (c1960) |
Row #27 |
![]() Purdue University Statue Neil Armstrong Center |
![]() Purdue University Statue Neil Armstrong Center, Close up of Slide Rule. |
![]() Statue of Mathew Boulton (1728-1809), James Watt (1736-1819) and William Murdoch (1754-1839) studying a plan of a steam engine designed by William Boyle on Broad Street in Birmingham, England. Boulton holds slide rule. |
![]() Boulton-Watt-Murdoch Statue. Birmingham,England. Close up of Boulton's slide rule. |
![]() World Almanac 1944, Book Ad Mathematics Made Simple |
Row #28 |
![]() Slide Rule Art by Jon Delorey |
![]() Slide Rule Art by Jon Delorey |
![]() From Popular Electronics - June 1958 Article about Electronic Computers Full Article (1.4 MB PDF) |
![]() Popular Science Ad, May 1960, Wizard_adding_machine |
![]() Motorola Engineering Recruitment Ad - Mention of SR, but no image. |
Row #29 |
![]() Science Digest Cover, December 1960. Image of boy (child prodigy) getting a slide rule for Christmas. |
![]() Popular Science slide rule Ad |
![]() Heathkit Slide Rule Calculator Ad |
![]() Student Drawing (2001) Abucus Class www.buhniversum.de |
![]() rs-Vitrinen Und Demostab-gross (Musuem exhibit in Germany) |
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![]() Three Capetian French scholars consulting an astrolabe, ca. AD 1200 |
![]() Marlboro Ad with slide rule |
![]() Newspaper article about collector Walter Shawlee in Canada. |
![]() Cover to the German book Der Rechenstab und seine Verwendung (1970) by Dr.Helmar Lehmann. |
![]() German Mathematik Katalog (2006-2007) with slide rule teaching tools for math. |
Row #31 |
![]() The Life Explorer Vol 3 Issue 6 (2004) Asian Scientific Article on slide rules (1.18MB PDF) |
![]() Smart Investor Cover November 2002 |
![]() Scientific American Article May 2006 When Slide Rules Ruled by Cliff Stoll (16.8MB PDF) |
![]() Pour La Science Article (French) Nov 2005 Slide Rule Extinction Programme by Noel Jouenne (3.98MB PDF) |
![]() Ad for Yaquinto's Attack of the Mutants game that used to run on the inside cover of most Marvel comics.(1980) |
Row #32 |
![]() Cleveland Institute of Electronics (CIE) Slide Rule Ad 1965 Popular Science Pg100 |
![]() Auburn University "Engineers" decal showing slide rule on Tiger's hip. Cost $2.00. Donated By Amin Aur, who purchased this in 2011 in the Univ Bookstore. He graduated in 1979 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering He worked at General Dynamics, then joined the USAF and currently works at Southwest Airlines. |
![]() Convair Ad with Slide Rule, Mechanical Engineering Magazine, March 1957, (provided by Doug Harland) |
![]() Douglas Aircraft Ad with Slide Rule, Mechanical Engineering Magazine, June 1957, (provided by Doug Harland) |
![]() A.W. Faber-Castell Pencil Ad with Slide Rule, Mechanical Engineering Magazine, May 1964, (provided by Doug Harland) |
Row #33 |
![]() Chronomat Slide Rule Watch Ad, Wakmann Watch Co. of NYC. $110 in 1959, Modern Mechanix Feb 1959. |
![]() The Bat Rule Ad (1970) published in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #105 with actual specimen in the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. |
![]() ![]() Ruxton Multi-Vider Slide Rule Pencil Flyer, c1928 |
![]() Lawrence Secret Code Maker Box Cover (contributed by Kenneth Lewis) |
![]() Engineering Instruments Sales Brochure (1958) (contributed by David Rance UK) |
Row #34 |
![]() Archaic Tool, Walking out the door - Daily Times Herald, April-5-1984 |
![]() Dietzgen Ad, "The Electronic Slide Rule", Scientific American.Feb 1973. |
![]() Popular Science Monthly Article "Spy Hunters Find Clews in Secret Codes" June 1938. |
![]() Article "Million Dollar Idea" in Mechanix Illustrated, June 1958. |
![]() Venus Perfect Drawing Pencils Ad with Slide Rule |
Row #35 |
![]() "What Makes An Engineer Happy" Motorola Ad in Scientific American magazine, Mar 1956. |
![]() News Release on a "Navigation Computer" in Modern Mechanix, Aug 1937. |
![]() K&E slide rule Archive Donated To M.I.T. Museum. |
![]() Study Table Clutter of an Aeronautical Engineering Student, 1971. |
![]() "Slidescape" sculptor by Leo Sewell, American Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. |
Row #36 |
![]() Students Use Slide Rule (1941). Instructor Emerson L. Grindall demonstrates a computation to a section of a class. Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections. |
![]() Drafting Student With Slide Rule (1947). Texas A&M,Cushing Memorial Library Archives. |
![]() Trig With Slide Rule. Avenal, CA (1947) Courtesy Of Mongrel Heart (Alias) On Flickr |
![]() Kris Ekerherd Studying With Slide Rule.Shy Anne And Sue (Cats). Alfred University (1961) Photo By George Lane |
![]() Comptometer being keyed (1914). The comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator (addition or subtraction), patented in the USA by Dorr E. Felt in 1887. |
Row #37 |
![]() Addometer Adding Machine Advertisement, Modern Mechanix, December 1947 |
![]() Popular Science Dec 1942 pg9 Slide Rule Book Ad |
![]() Popular Science Sep 1943 pg35 Slide Rule Book Ad |
![]() Popular Science Nov 1939 pg1 Slide Rule Book Ad |
![]() Popular Science May 1971 pg136 Slide Rules You Make Yourself Review |
Row #38 |
![]() C.V. Ore S-M Slide Rule Ad, Popular Science, May, 1956 pg261, found by George Keane, Festus, Missouri. |
![]() Joe Miner, long time Mascot of the Missouri University Of Science And Technology (was Univ of Missouri-Rolla). |
![]() Joe Miner, long time Mascot of the Missouri University Of Science And Technology (was Univ of Missouri-Rolla). |
![]() Joe Miner, long time Mascot of the Missouri University Of Science And Technology (was Univ of Missouri-Rolla). Note that the slide rule prop in these photos has a linear scale, not logarithmic like it should be. |
![]() Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970), famous rock singer, as a member of the Slide Rule Club when a Junior at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1959, Port Aurthur, TX. From the 1959 TJHS Yearbook |
Row #39 |
![]() Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970), famous rock singer, shown with a slide rule. She was a member of the Slide Rule Club when a Junior at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1959, Port Aurthur, TX. From the 1959 TJHS Yearbook |
![]() Slide Rule Club at Thomas Jefferson High School, Port Aurthur, TX. 1959 TJHS Yearbook, page 182, showing Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970) holding a slide rule. |
![]() Pickett Slide Rule with Hew;ett Packard HP-35 'Slide Rule' Calculator, Popular Science Feb 1973 pg89 |
![]() K&E Slide Rule shown with Hewlett Packard's 'Advanced Slide Rule' Calculator in 1972 HP-45 Owners Handbook page 6. |
![]() Slide Rule Sisters - Cincinnati Post (c1949) GE Engineers Pat Leary & Eleanor Sample. Patricia joined GE as an engineering assistant in 1949. At the time, there were just 4,000 female engineers in the entire country, and no more than a handful at GE's aviation unit in Massachusetts. She started in a calculating pool, crunching J79 engine test data with a slide rule. |
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![]() New Scientist Jan 27 and Dec 1, 1983. Slide Rules OK In Mozambique. An inititive to send thousands of forgotten slide rules to technical students in South Africa. |
![]() New Scientist Jun 23,1960 Blundell Slide Rule Ad |
![]() Dercks Trig Simple-Fyer Dial Ad. 1943 |
![]() Ross Precision Computer Ad, Aerial Age Weekly,Vol 11, 15March1920 |
![]() Pickett N909-ES Metric Conversion Retail Display, courtesy of Gary Rourke. |
Row #41 |
![]() Ruxton Multi-Vider Ad Popular Mechanics 1929 (See more in the SR Pencil Gallery |
![]() Ruxton Multi-Vider Ad Popular Science 1929 |
![]() Kathleen Lynch, Bridge Engineer with Slide Rule, caWWII |
![]() An identification badge and a slide rule that belonged to Manhattan Project scientist Glenn Seaborg is part of the Paul Frame collection of atomic memorbilia. Seaborg developed the chemical process to extract plutonium from uranium and won the 1951 Nobel Prize in chemistry. |
![]() Wheat Ridge High School, Colorado. 1968 Yearbook Math Club. Contributed by Don and Cindy McCoy, Silverthorn, Colorado. |
Row #42 |
![]() "A World Without Engineers", Agilent Technologies promo. |
![]() Mathcraft Set Ad.Popular Science Nov 1961. |
![]() Lionel-Porter Mathcraft Expiremental Lab, post 1962. This set has an Engimeering Instruments slide rule, a a 1X4 13-digit Japanese abacus, a 4-digit Sterling Add-a-Matic adding machine, and drawings tools.(Carl Schwent collection).. |
![]() Porter Mathcraft Set with a Engimeering Instruments slide rule, an abacus, and drawings tools. This 1961 version was prior to the Lionel-Porter merger.(2012 ebay auction) |
![]() Nevil Shute portrait with slide rule (bottom edge of frame) that he used as an engineer. See more at the Nevil Shute Norway virtual museum. |
Row #43 |
![]() Fotos De La Fabricacion De Las Reglas Barbotheu, maquina reglas 1928 (Courtesy of regladecalculo.com) |
![]() Joe Soper, the former plant manager for K+E's Salisbury facility, created this display for the Salisbury Historical Society, showing the history of the plant The most important slide rules that were produced in the Lakeville Plant are shown.. |
![]() Mural, by James Brooks, painted from 1939 to 1942, at the Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport in New York City, Shows slide rules in panel. |
![]() General Telephone And Electronics Ad With Slide Rule And Abacus |
![]() Tavernier-Gravet Slide Rule Ad 1922(Courtesy of regladecalculo.com) |
Row #44 |
![]() Albert Nestler Advertising Card Stamped 1928 (Courtesy of regladecalculo.com) |
![]() French Postmark With Electriciens Slide Rule 1965 (Courtesy of regladecalculo.com)
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![]() French company Marc, Slide Rule Ad 1932 (Courtesy of regladecalculo.com) |
![]() Keuffel & Esser 9-20-1957 Receipt for a K&E 4081-3 Decilog Slide Rule |
![]() Buergi Joost (1552-1632) Lichtensteig Switzerland, Invented Logaritms in 1614 at the same time as Napier, who published first. |
Row #45 |
![]() $1.25 Acumath Model 4 Ad from Acu-rule slide rule company. |
![]() Neil Armstrong's Pickett N600-T Slide Rule. Purdue Place In Space Exhibit |
![]() Purdue Libraries Archives and Special Collections is home to personal slide rules from six Purdue astronaut alumni. From 2004 to 2009, these calculation instruments are from Neil Armstrong, Jerry Ross, Roy Bridges, Eugene Cernan, Richard Covey and Guy Gardner. |
![]() Close up of negative of Pickett Artwork plates For Texas Speed Rule Slide Rules, courtesy of Gary Rourke. |
![]() Pickett Artwork plates For Texas Speed Rule Slide Rules, courtesy of Gary Rourke. |
Row #46 |
![]() Pickett Slide Rule Retail Display Carousel, courtesy of Gary Rourke. |
![]() Popular Science February 1939 Ad, D. Van Nostrand Slide Rule and Book Speed and Fun With Figures, by T. O'Conor Sloane, J.E. Thompson and H.E. Licks |
![]() Popular Mechanics September 1939 Ad, D. Van Nostrand Slide Rule and Book Speed and Fun With Figures, by T. O'Conor Sloane, J.E. Thompson and H.E. Licks |
![]() Popular Science September 1942 Ad, D. Van Nostrand Slide Rule and Book Speed and Fun With Figures, by T. O'Conor Sloane, J.E. Thompson and H.E. Licks |
![]() Popular Science September 1943 Ad, D. Van Nostrand Slide Rule and Book Speed and Fun With Figures, by T. O'Conor Sloane, J.E. Thompson and H.E. Licks |
Row #47 |
![]() Spanked With Slide Rule, National Lampoon Art Poster Book 1975 (Partial Nudity) |
![]() H.H. Robertson Co.Roofing Ad 1949 (Alamy Scan) |
![]() Article concerning Pickett, Arizona Daily Star -Tue Dec 16, 1980 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
![]() Article concerning Pickett, Arizona Republic - Mon Jun 10, 1974 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
![]() Article concerning Pickett, Arizona Daily Star - Sunday Feb 6, 1977 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
Row #48 |
![]() Article concerning Slide Rule Demise, The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sunday Nov 28, 1976 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
![]() Surplus slide rules (Charles W. James Photo), The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sunday Nov 28, 1976 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
![]() Article concerning Slide Rule Demise, Tampa Bay Times - Sun Sep 26, 1976 (Courtesy of Doug Harland) |
![]() Charlie and Lola in "Inventing Something Useful", CBeebies TV show in the UK. April 2017 (UKSRC SkidStick#57 |
![]() Bell Atlantic Ad in New York Times, April 2, 1999 (UKSRC SkidStick#57) |
Row #49 |
![]() St Petersburg State Polytechnical Univ - Math Instruments Display |
![]() Peter F. Lotus Corp ad (Fortune Magazine April 1952) |
![]() Teledyne Post Acquisition announcement, Chicago Tribune, Sep 15,1968 Courtesy of Doug Harland |
![]() Teledyne Post Acquisition announcement, Marshfield News Herald, Dec 16, 1967 Courtesy of Doug Harland |
![]() Teledyne Post Acquisition announcement, The Evening Dec 12, 1967 Courtesy of Doug Harland |
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![]() Abucus In The Classroom |
![]() "Cleaning SlideRule Cursor" Popular Mechanics, June1946 |
![]() Gene Lowry Slide Rule Ad, Popular Mechanics, August1953 |
![]() L.A. Times Buys Pickett, Inc. 1964 |
![]() The NEW Lightning Calculator Co. Ad, 1922-12-23 The Literary Digest |
Row #51 |
![]() Western Gear Ad,with Slide Rule - Electronic Industries Magazine, Oct 1957 |
![]() United Transformer Company Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine January 1945 pg74 |
![]() Signal Range Calculator Slide Rule, Pioneer Elect Supply - Tel-Tech_January1953_ |
![]() Aerovox Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, October 1945 |
![]() Tele-Tech Magazine Cover with Slide Rule, January 1953 |
Row #52 |
![]() SOLA Transformers Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, October 1945, pg173 |
![]() Shure Reactance Slide Rule - Electronic Industries Magazine, Dec 1943, pg230 |
![]() Reactance Slide Rule Article with CIE Ad, Sep 1967 pg93 |
![]() Raytheon Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine,Sept 1944 |
![]() Philco Corp Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, January 1943,pg18 |
Row #53 |
![]() IBM Ad with Abacus - Tele-Tech Magazine, April 1956 |
![]() Hytron Tubes Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, Sept 1945 pg113 |
![]() Fesenthal And Sons Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, Dec 1943 pg168 |
![]() ESC Delay Lines, 'Ken' Holding Slide Rule - Electronic Industries, Oct 1957 |
![]() ESC Delay Lines, 'Ken' Holding Slide Rule (Detail) - Electronic Industries Magazine, Oct 1957 |
Row #54 |
![]() EICO Ad with slide rule - Electronics World Magazine Dec 1960 |
![]() Dictionary Of Mathematical Data. Bernard's Radio Manuals, 1944 No35 Cover Full Manual (PDF) |
![]() CREI Ad Shows Slide Rule, Electronics World Jan 1972 |
![]() CIE Course Ad, Pickett Slide Rule, Electronics World June1967 pg13 |
![]() CIE Course Ad, Pickett Slide Rule, Electronics World Jan1968 pg25 |
Row #55 |
![]() CIE Course Ad, Pickett Slide Rule, Electronics World Jan1965 pg1 |
![]() CIE Course Ad, Pickett Slide Rule, Electronics World Apr1967 pg7 |
![]() Capitol Radio Engineering Institute Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine October 1945 pg176 |
![]() Cambridge Thermionic Ad - Electronic Industries Magazine, Dec1943 pg237 |
![]() AmeriTran Ad - Electronics Industries Magazine, Sep 1944 pg33 |
Row #56 |
![]() Bell Labs Record June 1929, About a new KE Radio Slide Rule made for Bell Labs Full 6 page Article |
![]() Bell Labs Record June 1939, pg38. About a KE Radio Slide Rule made for Bell Labs |
![]() K&E Ad - Electronics Magazine Nov 1953 pg62-63 Full Article |
![]() Shure Reactance Slide Rule Ad - Electronics Magazine April 194 |
![]() Stancor Ad - Electronics Magazine, August1945 |
Row #57 |
![]() School Of Industrial Technology Ad - Electronics Magazine Feb 1950 |
![]() Stavid Engineering Employment Ad - Electronics Magazine Jan 1958 pg162 |
![]() Flatto Mgt Co - Magnifying Cursor - Electronics Magazine Jan 1953 |
![]() Sperry Ad - Electronics Magazine Mar 1959 pg79 |
![]() Link Aviation Ad - Electronics Magazine March 1959 pg16 |
Row #58 |
![]() K&E Ad - Electronics Magazine March 1947 |
![]() Magnavox AD - Electronics Magazine June 1960 |
![]() Magnavox AD - Electronics Magazine June 1960 Photo detail |
![]() Goodyear Aircraft Corp Ad - Electronics Magazine Nov 1953 |
![]() Lear Inc Ad - Engineer flying On Slide Rule - ElectronicsMag_Nov1953 |
Row #59 |
![]() El-MenCo Ad - Electronics Magazine Jan1947 pg167 |
![]() Sorensen_Ad - Electronics Magazine Jan 1958 pg5 |
![]() Karp Ad - Round Table With Engineers And Slide Rules - Electronics Mag Jan 1947 |
![]() Ampex_Ad - Electronics Magazine Nov 1953 |
![]() Radio Theory Work Out Your Own Maths Problems Radio And Hobbies, Jan 1944. Full 4 page article |
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Row #60 |
![]() Hyde Optical Slide Rule Radio And Electronics Dec 1939 |
![]() Slide Rule Ad - Radio And Television, July 1939 pg172 |
![]() A New Era In Electronics - Radio And Hobbies, Jun 1954 pg4 |
![]() Circular Slide Rule, A Reader Built It - RadioAndHobbies_Jan1946_pg32 |
![]() Interstate Electronics Ad - Electronics Magazine, 29Nov1965 pg121 |
Row #61 |
![]() Motorola-Recruitment_Ad - Electronics Magazine, 31May1965 pg165 |
![]() K&E Slide Rule Ad - Electronics Magazine Oct 1944 pg3 |
![]() CREI Capitol Radio Electronics Institute Ad - Electronics Magazine Aug 1946 pg252 |
![]() MB MfgCo Ad - Electronics Magazine Aug1946 pg70 |
![]() Synthane Plastics Ad - Electronics Magazine, Nov 1946 pg11 pg16 |
Row #62 |
![]() Hytron Radio And Electronics Ad - Electronics Magazine, Nov 1946 pg11 |
![]() General Instrument Corp Ad - Slide Rule In Logo - Communications Magazine January 1944 |
![]() General Instrument Corp Ad - Slide Rule In Logo - Communications Magazine January 1944 |
![]() Aerovox Corp Ad - Communications Magazine Dec 1939 |
![]() Capitol Radio Engineering Institute Ad - Communications Magazine June1942 |
Row #63 |
![]() Lenz Electric Mfg Co Ad - Communications Mag January 1942 |
![]() Lenz Electric Mfg Co Ad - Communications Mag September 1942 |
![]() General Radio Co Ad - Engine divided Logarithmic Dials - Communications Mag April 1942 |
![]() General Radio Co Ad - Communications Mag November 1942 |
![]() Engineering Instrument Slide Rule - 98cents - Electronics Illustrated Nov 1958 |
Row #64 |
![]() Kalkometer ad - Sports Afield Dec 1958 |
![]() CIE Be The Man - Electronics Slide Rule - Radio-Electronics Jan 1968 |
![]() CIE Even If You've Never Had A Slide Rule - Radio-Electronics Sept 1967 |
![]() CIE Look! Electronics Slide Rule June 1965 |
![]() CIE Not Just A Slide Rule Radio-Electronics April 1967 |
Row #65 |
![]() Geniac 66 inch Slide Rule Ad- Radio-Electronics June 1958 |
![]() Nomorule - Radio-Electronics Mar-Apr 1967 Full Article (PDF) |
![]() The Midget Slide Rule Ad - Electrical Experimenter Jan 1920 |
![]() "Dimensional Slide Rule" by A.B.Pikus - RCA-Engineer June 1976 Full Article (PDF) |
![]() The Electronic Technologist - RCA-Engineer Sep 1973 |
Row #66 |
![]() "The Electrical Engineer At Work" article - Electrical Experimenter, January 1920 |
![]() "The Consulting Engineer" Graphic - Electrical Experimenter, January 1920 |
![]() Electricity You Can Learn - Electrical Slide Rule - Electrical Experimenter, Jan 1920 |
![]() Engineering And Research Notes - RCA-Engineers, December 1968 |
![]() "Radio Men Need The Slide Rule" By William Miller. Radio-Craft, February 1944 |
Row #67 |
![]() Review of the National Union Radio Slide Rule.Radio-Craft, June 1938 |
![]() "Slide-Rule Wire Data" by I. Queen. Radio-Craft, March 1948 |
![]() "Radio And The Slide Rule" By William Miller. Radio-Craft, December 1943 Full Article |
![]() Reader inquiry on Cooke's Slide Rule availability. Radio-Craft. December 1942 |
![]() "Cooke's Slide Rule" Response to inquiry Ffrom Nelson M Cooke Lieut.(JG) USN Anacostia Station, Washington, D.C.. Radio-Craft, January 1943 |
Row #68 |
![]() "Slide Rule Calulation" by R.F.Sturrock of Edmonton, Canada. Reader Submit. Radio-Craft, October 1950 |
![]() Practical Christmas Gifts. Gold Shield Products. Radio-Craft, Nov-Dec 1941 |
![]() Exponential Rule by Louis R. Sklar. Radio-Craft, November 1932 |
![]() Short-Cut Mathematics Course Ad. Radio-Craft, June 1944 |
![]() "New Radio Slide Rule" Allied Radio Co Ad. Radio-Craft, March 1944 |
Row #69 |
![]() Triad Protection For Servicemen. Engineers With Slide Rules. Radio-Craft, March 1933 |
![]() Triad Protection For Servicemen. Engineers With Slide Rules. Radio-Craft, March 1933 detail |
![]() Lawrence Slide Rule Ad and Elementary Math Book Ad. Radio-Craft June 1945 |
![]() Capitol Radio Engineering Institute Ad. Radio-Electronics, December 1948 |
![]() Lawrence Slide Rules Ad. Radio-Craft, September1943 |
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![]() Allied Radio 1959 Catalog Ad, Slide Rule on Cover.,Radio-Electronics, April 1959 |
![]() Allied Radio Catalog #180 Cover with Slide Rule |
![]() Allied Radio 1959 Catalog #180 Page293 lists Acu-Math Slide Rules |
![]() National Radio Institute Ad. Radio-Electronics, August 1963 |
![]() Slide Rule Dials. Radio-Craft, May 1947 |
Row #71 |
![]() CREI "Screwdriver Or Slide_Rule?" Radio-Craft, January 1946 |
![]() Slide Rule Simplified Book Review. Radio-Craft, December 1943 |
![]() Lawrence Slide Rule Ad. Radio-Craft, January 1943 |
![]() Vacuum Tube Radio Engineer..Radio-Electronics, January 1964 |
![]() Electro-Voice Ad, With Pickett Slide Rule. Radio-Electronics, July 1959 |
Row #72 |
![]() Electro-Voice Ad With K&E Slide Rule. Radio-Electronics, January 1963 |
![]() Equipment Report "Slide Rule For Electronics".by Wayne Lemmons. Radio-Electronics May 1965 |
![]() CREI Edward W.Yeagle Ad. Radio-Electronics, July 1963 |
![]() CREI Edward W. Yeagle Ad. Radio-Electronics, May 1963. |
![]() CREI Electronic Circuit Design College. Radio-Electronics, December 1973 |
Row #73 |
![]() Westinghouse V.W. Palen "One And Three Phase Loss Calculator" |
![]() Mallory Co. Ad - Electronics Mag January 1938 |
![]() Hytron Vacuum Tubes Ad - FM Magazine, July 1945 |
![]() Post Slide Rule section in the Allied Electronics 1970 Catalog Pg256 |
![]() Dietzgen Slide Rule listed in the Allied Electronics 1942 Catalog Pg190 |
Row #74 |
![]() Teledyne Post Slide Rules listed in the Olson Electronics 1974 Catalog Page 124 |
![]() Olson (Ricoh) Slide Rules listed in the Olson 1968 Catalog Page 34 Full Page |
![]() Lafayette Vectorlog Slide Rule listed in the Lafayette 1968 Catalog |
![]() Lafayette Slide Rules in the 1971 Lafayette Catalog No710 Page 305 |
![]() Lafayette Slide Rules in the 1972 Lafayette Catalog No720 Page307 |
Row #75 |
![]() Goodman Vibration Generator Ad, shows Unique Slide Rule, UK - Electronic-Engineering(UK) June 1954 |
![]() Wrought Washer Mfg. Ad for Washer Weight Slide Rule. Radio-Engineering Sep 1936 |
![]() "Slide Rule Settings For Electronic Circuit Problems" - Radio-Engineer Feb 1937 |
![]() "The Linebackers", Engineer holding slide rule. Comm-Scope CATV, Broadcast Management Engineering, May 1969 |
![]() FM Magazine Cover, December 1941 |
Row #76 |
![]() Lenz Electric Co Ad - FM Magazine Jul-Aug 1942 |
![]() Parker-Kalon Ad. Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE). Oct 1930 |
![]() Varieties Of Slide Rule.The Builder, June 1906 Full Article |
![]() Complex Quantity Slide Rule. Journal Of The AIEE, Feb 1925 Full Article |
![]() Readers Forum Banner. Shows Slide Rule. Radio-Engineering July 1927 |
Row #77 |
![]() Pickett & Eckel Announce release of Deci-Point Slide Rule. Radio-News March 1946 |
![]() Radio Shack Ad. Features Charles Bruning 10inch Mannheim Slide Rule. Radio-News, September 1955 |
![]() Stancor Reactance Slide Rule (Slide Chart) for $1. Radio-News, August 1945 |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News Trigonograph Slide Rule Article 12 December 1933 |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News Slide Rule Operation, "Guessing Stick" Nov 5, 1935 |
Row #78 |
![]() IIT Technology News, 3rd Annual Slide Rule Bowl, Dec 8. 1950. Not about slide rules, but touch footbal played by slide rukle engineering students |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News - Slide Rule Tricks, Nov 12, 1935 |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News - "Ban Slide Rules" Parody April 6, 1937 |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News "Prof Charles O. Harris Lecture On Slide Rules" mentions LARGE SLIDERULE. March 1,1938 |
![]() IIT Armour Tech News "Prof Charles O. Harris Lecture On Slide Rules" mentions LARGE SLIDERULE. March 8,1938 |
Row #79 |
![]() "Rifles Or Slide Rules" - IIT Technology News, April 22, 1941 |
![]() "Slide Rule Etiquete" and Selective Service Article, IIT Tech News Jan 19, 1943 |
![]() Review of New Book Slide Rule Simplified by Charles O. Harris Professor of mechanics at Illinois Tech (IIT). October 4, 1943 |
![]() IIT Tech News - Bookstore Slide Rule Sale. June 5, 1944 |
![]() IIT Technology News "Slipstick Section" Jokes and humor. October 4, 1943 |
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Row #100 |
![]() T-C Slide Chart. Sprague Products Ad. Popular Electronics, January 1955 |
![]() A Slide Rule Is An Analog Computer. Popular Electronics, June 1958 |
![]() Lithocalculator Co. Ad, Circular Slide Rule. Popular Electronics, August 1955 |
![]() Otis King Cylindrical Slide Rule. Arthur F. Smith Ad. Popular Electronics August 1957 |
![]() University BookStore Pickett Slide Rule Ad - The Michigan Daily,October 1970 |
Row #101 |
![]() Ulrich's Bookstore Sale, Post Versalog and Pickett Vector Slide Rules - The Michigan Daily, March 1971 |
![]() Horizons Lab Report (Slide Rule In Banner) Video Communications Journal, April 1963 |
![]() Dietzgen Micromatic Slide Rule Ad - The Michigan Daily, September1958 Original Page |
![]() Ulrich's Bookstore. K&E Instruments Ad. - The Michigan Daily, September 1958 Original Page |
![]() Ulrich's Bookstore. K&E JetLog_Decitrig Ad. - The Michigan Daily, September 1959 Original Page |
Row #102 |
![]() Busch Beer Ad Head For The Mountains Shows Slide Rules. The Michigan Daily, November 1978 Original Page |
![]() Sheehan And Co. Students Bookstore Log Log Slide Rule $7. The Michigan Daily, Feruary 1911 Original Page |
![]() Slide Rule Sundae, 50% Off. The Little League U of M.The Michigan Daily_February 1980 Original Page |
![]() Addiator Ads, 1958-1959. Büromarkt |
![]() Addiator Ad 1957 Buchhaltung |
Row #103 |
![]() Harrison Hoge Ind. Arithma Addiator Ad. |
![]() Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, Michigan - Truck Performance Slide Rule, Copyright 1933 |
![]() Otis King Ad Practical - Electronics 1968 Nov |
![]() Military Type F-2 Interpretation Kit T.O.No. 10-1-85 with Slide Rule Stock No. 8900-426860. The F-2 kit contains equipment necessary for field photo interpretation, which may be used as a stereoscope, a height finder, or a measuring device. |
![]() Harrison Home Products Ad. Addiator-FaberCastell Slide Rule. The Charette Journal. June 1959 |
Row #104 |
![]() Mastic Tile Corp Ad "What's the R.P.M. of a Schoolboy?" The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Journal Feb 1957 |
![]() Pencil Over Transistor With Slide Rule c1949 Encyclopedia Brittanica |
![]() Otto Eisenhardt's Slide Rule in Display of White Sands Missile Range Museum |
![]() The Michigan Technic 1949 Cover, Slide Rule On Student's Bed |
![]() The Michigan Technic. Nov, 1961 "What Careers are open to me?" Allied Chemical Ad |
Row #105 |
![]() The Michigan Technic Oct, 1957 Western Electric two Page Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1961 Article On Transistors |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1960 Monsanto Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1957 Union Carbide Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1949 Climax Molybdenum Ad |
Row #106 |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1947 Square-D Ad Pocket Slide Rule |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1946 Timken Bearing Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1946 Federal Radio Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1945 S.S. White Dental Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Nov, 1944 Cover. Skeleton Holding Sliderule |
Row #107 |
![]() The Michigan Technic May, 1957 Temco Aviation Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic May, 1957 Garrett Corp Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic May, 1951 Cover. Engineering Student Studying By A Tree |
![]() The Michigan Technic May, 1948 Cover. Student With Slide Rule, Thinking About Baseball |
![]() The Michigan Technic May, 1945 Cover. Slide Rule Ball, Men In Uniform |
Row #108 |
![]() The Michigan Technic Mar, 1958 Lind Union Carbide Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Mar, 1958 Bell Telephone Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Jan, 1957 General Motors Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Jan, 1948 Westinghouse Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Jan, 1948 Univ Of Mich, College Of Engineering Classroom Ad |
Row #109 |
![]() The Michigan Technic Feb, 1962 Western Electric Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Feb, 1960 Western Electric Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Feb, 1960 Linde Union Carbide Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Feb, 1948 Standard Oil Ad |
![]() The Michigan Technic Dec, 1961 Allied Chemical Ad |
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