You can now buy t-shirts, mugs & gifts with the ISRM Logo from the museum's souvenir shop.

2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the HP-35 'Slide Rule' Calculator (and the beginning of the end of the slide rule industry by 1977). The release of the Hewlett-Packard HP-35 occured on Febuary 1, 1972. the HP-35, named for the number of keys on the calculator, was the single most instigator of the demise of the slide rule as we know it, even though the introductory price was $395.00 or $4000 in 2012 money. Within months, Texas Instruments released the TI-2500 4-function calculator and the SR-10 slide rule calculator. Visit ISRM's Gallery of Slide Rule Calculators from 1972-1977

Gold: Werner H. Rudowski(center) Silver: Jörn Lütjens (right) Bronze: Klaus G. Krämer (left)

The Deutschsprachigen Rechenschieber-Sammler RST (German speaking Slide Rule Collectors) held its 23rd annual meeting in Altona (Hamburg) Germany on April 14, 2012 and hosted the 2012 'truly' International Slide Rule Championships, the first one to be held in Europe. 15 of the 40 slide rule collectors, 5 countries (Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Finland) volunteered in participating in the International Slide Rule contest (Continental European) 2012, which was performed for the first time. The main profession of the contesters were (retired) engineers, 2 active pilots, and teachers. All the participants received an ARISTO Darmstadt 967 slide rule and had to solve 10 problems within 30 minutes. The champion, Werner H. Rudowski won with with 10 (all) solutions solved followed by Jörn Lütjens with 9.5 solutions and Klaus G. Krämer with 9 solutions. Congratulations all! Any collector group, school or engineering association are invited to host an ISRC contest.

ISRM is administering the International Slide Rule Championships. Any collector group, school or engineering association are invited to participate. Problem sets provided by ISRM as well as the Medals to be awarded to the local champions, FREE! The first innagural contest in was Rose Suarez's Mathematics and Research Class in Half Hollow Hills, NY. (on Left). Kristen Fouss's Pre-calculus class at Anderson HS in Cincinnati, Ohio had the most recent champions (on right).

Mike Konshak, ISRM Curator presented a symposium on slide rule history, manufacturing processes and use to the Northern Colorado No. 354 chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in Longmont, Colorado. Mike was presented with an award by Andy Keller and Don Larsen and many slide rules were donated to ISRM by Andy Keller from his personal collection. More pictures.

Interesting Features at ISRM There is a Search Engine for this website which will assist you in your research of slide rules. This Search engine is provided by JRank The Slide Rule Scales can be used to build your own slide rule. The latest uses a CD/DVD case to support a circular slide rule (by Ying Hum of Canada) Technical Slide Charts and Disks. Over 700 pre-programmed calculators made of cardboard or plastic film for designed for specific repetitive tasks and offered as promotional items. The Slide Rule Who's Who - Past and Present gallery shows slide rule manufacturers, inventors, dealers and active collectors and donors to ISRM. The gallery of Historical Photos of People with Slide Rules. Over 400 Photographs and Ephemera showing slide rules in action is constantly being expanded. The Patent Database. gallery is useful for research. Downloadable Patents as early as 1851 to the present day, involving logarithmic calculating devices. There are currently over 900 worldwide Patents available for downloading in PDF file format.European patents are sadly incomplete at this time. The gallery of Herman van Herwijnen's Slide Rule Catalogue has clickable thumbnails to over 2200 slide rules and slide charts. The ISRM's Free Slide Rule School Loaner Program now has many new sets for use in the USA, Germany, Netherlands and Japan. Teachers may now keep them out for a full semester! The program has been expanded to include Home Schoolers. Free Web Hosting for ISRM Associates Put your collection here!

Students from the Collège André-Grasset in Montreal, Canada using slide rules donated by ISRM. Click on the banner for more information.

Students from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada created an exhibit for the annual Knowledge Integration (KI-X 2011) exhibit using slide rules donated by ISRM. Click on the banner for more information.

Dr. Barbara Rooker of the Joplin, Missouri K12 School System, introduced students to slide rule math during 2009 using ISRM's free loaner program. Click banner for more pictures:

The original specimens and files found in this museum prior to 2005 were donated to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California in for preservation and display. Take time to visit CHM when you are in the area. ISRM continues to expand with replacements through the generous cooperation and donations of collectors and heritage donors from around the world.

Modern Logo's depicting Slide Rules

USAF Test Pilot School Patch, Edwards AFB, California

Joe Miner, Official Mascot of University of Missouri-Rolla, now the Missouri University of Science and Technology

Purdue Engineer's Yell (1960's) e to the x, dy, dx e to the x, dx cosine secant tangent sine three point one four one five nine square root, cube root, Btu slipstick, slide rule, Yay Purdue Contributed by Bruce Chelf, Purdue Alumnus (The ISRM curator subsitutes CSU for Purdue)

* Hairy-Eared Engineer - definition: 1) An engineer who's old enough to have hair growing out of undesirable places. 2) Who's been practicing engineering so long that he or she has already made all possible mistakes at least once. 3) A desirable person to have on a project to ensure the mission succeeds. 4) Quote: "Every project needs at least one hairy-eared engineer" Marvin B. Davis -1980. (Marvin was one then and 34 years later, my barber can attest that I've finally made the grade).

Slide Rule Wallpaper This wallpaper is a collage of many slide rules. It is 1240 x 1020, 582kb and I have almost every slide rule manufacturer and country represented. Save this file (Right-Click Save Target) and select it using for the background on your computer monitor. 'Right-Click' on your screen and select 'Properties', then 'Browse' to the file to change your wallpaper. I hope you enjoy it.

Keuffel and Esser, the Slide Rule September 24th ~ October 22nd People born under the sign of the Slide Rule have a particular talent for extending themselves to handle new problems and situations. They are able to look at problems, both small and large, and immediately keep the basic details in proportion. Elegant and dependable, Slide Rules are known for keeping their cool and never letting on that they're being pulled too far until they reach their limit and abruptly fall apart.

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