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Slide Rules

Before there were apps for tablets and smartphones, before mathematics education software was easily installed on personal computers, before electronic calculators entered professional practice and ...
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Collecting ‘slide charts’ is more interesting than we thought – and landed a Pennsylvania man a world record

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Truth be told, most of us probably never thought much about slide charts and wheel charts, much less what it would take to be certified the world’s top collector of them. But ...
CNET

Slide rules rule in Stanford exhibit

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Stanford University is hosting an exhibit on the 350 ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Purdue exhibit doesn't let anything slide

WEST LAFAYETTE -- A new Purdue University exhibit pays homage to slide rules, those somewhat geeky accessories that were a necessity for generations of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. Slide ...
The New York Times

Walter Shawlee, the Sovereign of Slide Rules, Is Dead at 73

Used by engineers for centuries, they were displaced by pocket calculators and all but forgotten until Mr. Shawlee created a subculture of obsessives and cornered the market. By Alex Traub For about ...
Hackaday

Rubber Band “Slide Rule” Doesn’t Slide, But Rotates

Around here we mostly enjoy slide rules. We even have our own collections including some cylindrical and circular ones. But [Mathologer] discusses a recent Reddit post that explains a circular slide ...
Hackaday

slide rule

We have to like [Nicola Marras]. First, he wrote a great mini-book about analog computers. Then he translated it into English. Finally, he opened with a picture of Mr. Spock using an E6-B flight slide ...