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Basic Slide Rule Instructions Basic Slide Rule Instructions: Explains how to multiply, find cube and square roots and other operations. Includes illustrations. (Slide Rules) http://www.hpmuseum.org/srinst.htm Edwin Thacher's 1881 Slide Rule Patent Edwin Thacher's 1881 Slide Rule Patent: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 249117, dated November 1, 1881. Includes diagrams. (Slide Rules) http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/thachpat.htm Make Your Own Circular Slide Rule Make Your Own Circular Slide Rule: Templates, directions, and some links to other slide rule sites. (Slide Rules) http://solar.physics.montana.edu/kankel/math/csr.html Introduction to Logarithmic Algebra Introduction to Logarithmic Algebra: How to use a slide rule and do the underlying math. (Slide Rules) http://tutor.lscf.ucsb.edu/mcdb108a/tw-lig/logoverview.htm Slide Rule as a Teaching Tool Slide Rule as a Teaching Tool: Examples of how the slide rule is a useful tool for teaching the mathematical concept of transformations. Examples and illustrations. (Slide Rules) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5136/slide.html The Coggeshall Slide Rule The Coggeshall Slide Rule: History of this unusual 1600s slide rule. (Slide Rules) http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~kiowa/slide.htm Instructions in Slide Rule Use Instructions in Slide Rule Use: Basic information and a number of manuals in pdf format. (Slide Rules) http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/instructions.htm About Slide Rules About Slide Rules: Explains how to use the different scales to multiply and divide. (Slide Rules) http://ds.dial.pipex.com/nib/slides.htm How To Make a Slide Rule (or Log-log or Semilog Graph Paper) How To Make a Slide Rule (or Log-log or Semilog Graph Paper): Fairly simple instructions. (Slide Rules) http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/~fulling/m152/sliderul.html How to Use a Slide Rule as a Bicycle Gear Chart How to Use a Slide Rule as a Bicycle Gear Chart: Slide rules are useful for doing gear calculations. Briefly describes a method for doing so. (Slide Rules) http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~arpepper/Cycling/slide_rule.html How a Slide Rule Works How a Slide Rule Works: Short lesson. (Slide Rules) http://www.eminent.demon.co.uk/sliderul.htm History of the Slide Rule History of the Slide Rule: Basic facts involving the development of the slide rule. Includes diagrams and links to information on various types of slide rules. (Slide Rules) http://www.hpmuseum.org/sliderul.htm How To Perform Slide Rule Operations How To Perform Slide Rule Operations: Illustrated tutorial. (Slide Rules) http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/askew/rules.htm Napier's Bones Napier's Bones: A story about the use of a 6-inch Pickett "all-metal" slide rule (Model N 200-ES), with case. (Slide Rules) http://www.mwbrooks.com/bones.html The Scales of the Slide Rule The Scales of the Slide Rule: Various scales in a convenient tabular form. Includes mathematical formulation of the scales. (Slide Rules) http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/3238/mannheim.html Slide Rule Scales Slide Rule Scales: Describes the types of scales found on most slide rules. (Slide Rules) http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/scales.html