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Text and Reference Books

Scanned Books Archived by the ISRM Library
and from numerous on-line resources
Note: Books still inprint and available for sale are listed in the last section

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All About Slide Rules - a 2012 Oughtred Society Publication
Visit and Download Free from the Oughtred Society site

111 pages Compiled by Richard Davis and Ted Hume from an original design by Bob Koppany.

5.64MB
History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule
by Florian Cajori
School of Engineering, Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 1909.
Courtesy of Ron Manley's http://www.sliderules.clara.net
2.03MB or
5.64MB
M29
A Course In Slide Rules

By E. Justin Hills, Los Angeles City Schools
Revised Edition, Copyright 1943, 1950 by Ginn and Company
Copyright 1938 by E. Justin Hills
108 pages, Softbound
Note: Includeds Illustration of K&E, Pickett, Gilson and Rotarule slide rules
34.2MB
M30
The Modern Slide Rule
A Manual of Self-Instruction for Schools, Colleges and the Professional User
By DR. Richard Stender & K.K. McKelvey
Third English Edition, Macmillan and Company Ltd., London
First Published 1960, reprinted 1964
120 pages, softbound
Note: Uses Aristo Scholar Slide Rule in Illustration Examples
28.8MB
M231
The Slide Rule And Its Use In Problem Solving

by George C. Beakley, Arizona State University
and H.W. Leach, Bell Helicopter Company
Fourth Printing 1970, Copyright 1969 - The Macmillan Co.
10" x 7" Paperbound, 194 pages
Note: Earlier edition entitled The Slide Rule (c)1953 by Leach and Beakely. Part one reprinted from Engineering: An Introduction to a Creative Profession. Part Two reprinted from Careers in Engineering and Technology
44.0MB
M22
Slide Rule - A Practical Guide to its Use

Formerly published under the title: Practical Use of the Slide Rule
By Calvin C. (Collier) Bishop, Pasedena, California
Second Edition, 1952. Copyright 1947, 1952
Barnes & Noble, Inc., College Outline Series
Note: The Original red cover is priced at $0.75 USD. Text is the same as M28 Slide Rule and How to Use it.
26.7MB
M28
Slide Rule How To Use It - A Practical Guide to its Use

Formerly published under the title: Practical Use of the Slide Rule College Outline Series
By Calvin C. (Collier) Bishop, Pasedena, California
Third Edition, 1955. Reprinted 1960, Copyright 1947, 1952, 1955
Barnes & Noble, Inc., Everyday Handbooks
Note: 6 printings in circulation with 4 versions (in ISRM archives) with prices marked $1.00, $1.25 or $1.50 USD. The Original red cover is priced at $0.75 USD.
27.5MB
M233
The Slide Rule And How To Use It (1953)

by Hobart H. Sommers, M.A., Austin High School
Harry Drell B.S., Lockheed Aircraft Company
and T.W. Wallschlaeger, M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
1953 Version, Copyright 1942,1947 - Follet Publishing Co.
6-1/4" x 9-1/4" Hardbound, 208 pages

Note: The 1941 (red), 1942 (blue), and 1947 versions had a larger format, cover size: 9" x 10-1/2" which include space for an included Lawrence Deluxe Slide Rule. The sleeve for the slide rule was glued to the front cover for use by the student. All versions have identical text and problem sets.

49.8MB

M220
An Easy Introduction to The Slide Rule

by Issac Asimov - Copyright 1965
Fawcett Publications
67 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
1941, 4 x 7", Softbound, 160 pgs (200 dpi)
33.1MB
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The Slide Rule, A Practical Manual

by Charles N. Pickworth
6th Edition - Copyright April 1900
Emmott and Co.
204 pages
2.82MB
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Technical Mathematics - Textbook

by Harold S. Rice and Raymond M. Knight
Copyright 1954 - Library of Congress Cat #: 53-12436
McGraw-Hill Book Company
6" x 9" 750 pages
File covers only sections using slide rules to solve problems.
Scans: 22 sheets - 44 pages
23.5MB
REF - Scanned by John Krijnen, Netherlands
Der Rechenschieber (The Slide Rule)
By H.W. Fricke - 1970
200 pages Hardbound
German Language
33.5MB
REF - Scanned by John Krijnen, Netherlands
Der Rechenstab Und Seine Verwendung
(The slide rule and its use)
By Dr. Helmar Lehmann - 1970
124 pages Hardbound
German Language
17.5MB
M163 -
The Slide Rule
By Lee H. Johnson, Dean of Engineering, Univ of Mississippi
Third Printing, D. Van Norstrand Co.
First Published 1949, Reprinted 1951, 1953
6" x 8-1/2" - 240 pages Hardbound
Uses K&E slide rules in illustrations and examples
1949 1st Edition
7.8MB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
A history of Mathematics
By Florian Cajori, Phd
2nd Edition, The McMillan Co. - 1893, 1919
537 pages
15MB
REF - Scanned by Google Book Search
The Colorado School of Mines Magazine Index - Volume VII 1917
See Page 88-89 (PDF page 98-99) A historical Sketch of the Developement of the Slide Rule

By F.A. Brown Class of '18
Colorado School of Mines
254 pages
13.7MB
REF - Digitized by Microsoft
William Oughtred, A Great 17th Century Teacher of Mathematics
by Florian Cajori
The Open Court Publishing Co. 1916 - 114 pages
7.98MB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
Slide-Rule Notes
By H.C. Dunlop and C.S. Jackson
Longman's Mathematical Series - 1913
144 pages Hardbound
1.67MB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
Marks Mechanical Engineers Handbook 1st Edition
Editor Lionel Marks
McGraw-Hill - 1916
1892 pages Hardbound

See Sections on Logarithms (page 91) and the Slide Rule (page 94)

81.96MB
M225 - Gift to Mike Konshak by Chuck Ernst
Marks Mechanical Engineers Handbook 2nd Edition
Editor Lionel Marks
McGraw-Hill - 1924
1892 pages Hardbound

Only the Section on the Slide Rule (page 94-97) is scanned at 300 dpi.

6.8MB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
The 50 Centimetre Slide Rule as Applied to Tacheometry and Curve Ranging with Tables
By T. Graham Gribble
Cambridge University Press - 1911
21 pages Hardbound
800KB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
Instructions For The Use Of The Slide Rule
Applied to Computations Relating to
Practical Husbandry and of The Cattle Gauge
For Ascertaining the Carcass Weight of Oxen

By John Ewart_
Newcastle-on-Tyne - 1847
101 pages
1.96MB
REF - Scan by Greg Scott
The Slide Rule - A Complete Manual
by Alfred L. Slater, Los Angeles City College
Copyright 1967, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
306 pages
14.3MB
REF - Scan by Greg Scott
The Complete Side Rule Instructor
Containing upwards of three hundred questions and solutions for the improved slide rule, adapted for the use of engineers, millwrights, cotton spinners, mechanics, blacksmiths, moulders, and artisans in general.
by William Patten, Engineer, Ashton-Under-Lyne.
1858, Kent and Co. London
85 pages
1.71MB
REF - Scan by Greg Scott
The Slide Rule For Air And Sea Navigation
by J.C. Podmore
1933, 1957, 1974, Brown, Son & ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow.
140 pages
5.67MB
REF - Scan by Greg Scott
Mechanics Assistant: Mensuration And The Sliding Rule
Teaching the manner of drawing all regular superficies and the most concise methods of finding areas of all regular superficies, and the contents of all regular solids. Treating also the laws of motion, The descent of falling bodies, The strength of materials, the mechanical powers, The elasticity and force of steam, specific gravities, The leveling, The pendulum, etc. by D.M. Knapen, A.M.
1849, D. Appleton & Co. New York
140 pages
8.09MB
REF - Digitized by Google Book Search
The Compass - Monthly Journal, Vol 3, 1893-1894
Wide variety of topics. Edited By William Cox
1894, Keuffel & Esser Co. New York
183 pages
3.66MB
M91
A Programmed Sequence On The Slide Rule

By Roberts - 1962
by Eugene Roberts, Polytechnic High School, San Francisco, California
Copyright 1962 by the Regents of the University of California
Chemical Education Material Study
W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 64 pages
13.7MB
REF Digitized by Google Book Search
The Use Of The Slide Rule
by Allan Reginald Cullimore 1915
Toledo University
Keuffel & Esser New York, NY
40 pages

1.25MB

M232
Using The Slide Rule In Electronic Technology

by E. Charles Alvarez, Pierce College, Woodland Hils, California
Fourth Printing 1966
Copyright 1962, John F. Rider Publisher Inc., New York

23.4MB

M67
The Slide Rule

By Rufus T. Strohm, Dean of Faculty
International Correspondance Schools
Copyright 1939, International Textbook Company Scranton, Pennsylvania
86 pages

26.1MB
M27
Newn's Slide Rule Manual

By F.J. Camms, editor Practical Engineering"
George Newnes Limited
Morrison and Gibb Ltd, London and Edinburgh
Copyright 1944, 1946, 1948
112 pages Hardbound

27.4MB
M68
Teach Yourself - The Slide Rule

By Burns Snodgrass. M.B.E., A.R.C.S.
1955, 1958. The English Universities Press
102 Newgate Street, London
207 pages Hardbound
Note: Uses "Unique" Slide Rule in example illustrations

45.7MB
M230
Simplifying The Slide Rule

by Robert W. Marks
Copyright 1964, Bantam Books, New York
Practice exercises by Keuffel & Esser, Copyright 1938,1944,1945,1947,1954,1955,1962
4 in x 7 in, 142 pages

20.7MB
M199 - Donated by Tom Grosh, Sierra Vist, AZ.
Scanned by Kent Berglund, PhD.Cary, IL
The Slide Rule - Tutortext
By Robert Saffolf and Ann Smalley - 1962
Doubleday - Prepared by U.S. Industries, Educational Science Division
6" x 8-1/2" - 470 pages Hardbound, 235 scanned pages.

13.78MB

Books in the ISRM Library waiting to be scanned
Scanning help and contributions are always appreciated

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M253
A Graphical Table Logarithms
Lacroix And Ragot
Donated By Alan Barbour
Hardbound
TBS
M111
The Slide Rule And Logarithmic Tables

By Clark
Hardbound
TBS
M92
Trigonometry Slide Rule Mechanics

By I.C.S. Staff
TBS

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Slide Rule Simplified

By Charles Overton Harris
1948, 1961, 248 pages
TBS

This group are still in print and available for sale in various outlets

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Our World-wide Knowledge on Calculating Machines, Slide Rules and Calculating Tools. - An Approach for a Comprehensive Overview of the Knowledge from Past until Present
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By Dr. Detlef Zerfowski
2013, Din A4, Hardbound, 1574 pgs, Indian ISBN number 978-81-8465-827-9. Written in both German and English languages. Has references to over 9000 books and articles and lists over 9100 patents in the domain of mechanical calculating machines and tools.

Can be purchased directly through Detlef's website. It will be shipped from his home in India.

When you buy this book, please let Detlef know that you heard of it through sliderulemuseum.com. Thank you!

Sample Pages
p0003-0010 Contents and Preface 107KB
p1123-1124 Patents slide rules 53KB
p1259-1260 Patents slide rules 60KB

M71
Slide Rules Their History

By Peter Hopp
1999, 8.5 x 11, Softbound, 310 pgs
Featuring: Mostly European

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Slide Rules: A Journey Through Three Centuries

By Dieter Von Jezierski

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A Treatise of Mathematical Instruments

By John Robertson, David Manthey

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Calculating On Slide Rule and Disc

By I. J. Schuitema, H. van Herwijnen

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The Slide Rule, Simplified, Explained, and Illustrated for the Mechanical Trades

By Robert Riddell

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A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments and on the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century

By Florian Cajori, PHd.
Astragal Press, 1994, Hardcover, 164pgs.

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