WuFlu isn’t the only virus in the air; I’ve been getting a lot of chatter and questions about slide rules. Yes, partly because I’m old enough to remember them and remember (vaguely) how to use them. But what’s going on?
Never mind. Here’s some great online resources for the curious and really curious
- History and tutorial in a set of…slides
- More of the same, in standard boring format, from Wikipedia
- An MIT student breaks it down for the mathematically inclined
- A More Complete Slide Rule Tutorial for the n00bs
- An astonishing gallery of slide rule emulators, like drinking from a firehose
- Derek’s Virtual Slide Rule Gallery specializes in Picketts
- Eric’s Slide Rule Site is geared towards slide rule collectors and aficionados
- Greg’s Slide Rules: Greg’s got downloadable manuals
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