More Fascinating Slide Rule Info!

Updated Nov 25, 2009

What can you do with a slide rule? Did you know this all but forgotten, 300 year old instrument was used to design the approaches to the Golden Gate? The first engineers working on the F-16 fighter plane used them. And, several Apollo astronauts carried a little "Pickett" with them to the moon! Want to know more? Just ask a member of Delta V. He or she can tell you.

Our Favorite Links

  • The Sliderule Museum. Online of course. Thanks a million to Mike Konshak and George Keane, whose generosity made it possible for Delta V members to use their very own slide rules!
  • "The Virtual Slide Rule" It works just like the real thing, only it's online.
  • Check out my friend Dick Rose's site-he's got the genuine articles for sale.
  • At one time there were nearly one-hundred slide rule manufacturers. Find out what happened to them.
  • The Oughtred Society named after the inventor of the slide rule, this is an organization dedicated to preserving the history of this fascinating instrument.

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