Bill Boas - slide rule and instruction manual inventory
December 21, 2006

Contributor Bill Boas had a career as a news and feature writer
for print media. He used slide rules to visualize computational
relationships and to learn to use scientific notation as a mental habit.

Slide Rules:

Acu-Math Model 400 w/case
Acu-Math Model 400 no case
Aristo No.868 6" w/case
C-Thru Model S-94 4.5" circular no case
Dietzgen No.1738 w/case
Dietzgen (Dravo) 6" simple plastic w/case
Faber-Castell Addiator 1/54A w/box/instructions/case/stylus
K&E 4081-5 20" w/case
K&E Decilon 68-1100 w/case
K&E Decilon 68-1130 6" w/case
K&E Decilon 68-1130 6" no case
K&E 68-1434 (vector) w/case
K&E Cooke Radio Slide Rule 4139 w/case
K&E 4081-3 w/case (2)
K&E 4080-3 w/box/manual/case (other instructions)
K&E Jetlog 4181-3 w/box/manual/case
K&E 4092-3
K&E 4181-1 6" w/case (2)
K&E K-12 68-1892 w/instructions
Lawrence Engineering Model 250-BT w/case
Lutz No.151P w/case (Ricoh)
Nestler No.0290 w/case (Germany)
Pickett Model 300 6" w/case
Pickett Model N500-ES w/case (3)
Pickett Model N500-ES no case
Pickett Model N1010-ES
Pickett Model N4-ES w/case (2)
Pickett Model N500-T w/box/manual/case/ephemera
Pickett Model N803-ES w/box/manual/case
Pickett Model N803-T w/case (2)
Pickett US No.14 w/case
Pickett Twin Pack Models N3 & N3P-ES w/box/manual/case
Pickett Model N4P-ES 6" w/case
Pickett Model N1006-ES 6" w/case
Pickett Model N1006-ES 6" no case
Pickett Model N902-ES w/case
Pickett Model N902-T simplex trig w/case
Post Versatrig 1450 w/case
Post Versalog 1460 w/case (3)
Post Versalog 1460 w/case cracked cursor (2)
Post 1447 w/case
Relay (Skyline) No.505 6" w/box/manual/case
Scientific Instrument Co (SIC) Model 120 circular no case
Sterling No.594 no case
Sterling Decimal Trig Log Log w/case
Sterling `Precision' no cases (2)
Teledyne-Post 448A-470 w/case

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Seperate Instruction Manuals:

A Manual of the Slide Rule
Its History, Principle and Operation
by: J. E. Thompson
8th Printing 1944 220pp. hardbound

Versalog Slide Rule Instructions
Frederick Post Company ca.118pp.
Various editions, hardbound, 6 copies

Versalog II Slide Rule Instructions
Teledyne Post 1970 194pp. paperback

K&E Deci-Lon Manual
Hardbound ca.185pp. various printings
4 copies

Slide Rule - How to use it.
Barnes & Noble (254 BN)
by: Calvin Bishop ca.152pp.
various printings 4 copies
paperback

The Complete Book of Slide Rule Use
by Ira Ritow, Doubleday 1963 200pp.
Paperback

Slide Rule for the Mariner
by Capt. H. H. Shufeldt, USNR
Naval Institute Press 1972 191pp.
paperback

Post Self Paced Slide Rule Learning
Cybern Education Inc. for Post/Teledyne
3rd Edition 165pp. paperback

K&E Slide Rule Manual
Log Log Duplex Decitrig No.N4081
1947 122 pp. paperback

K&E Slide Rule Manual
Log Log Duplex Decitrib No.68-2047
1955 124 pp. paperback

K&E Log Log Duplex Trig No.4080
1943 100 pp. paperback

K&E LL Trig Duplex No. 4080
1937 101 pp. paperback

K&E The Polyphase Slide Rule No.N4053
1944 82 pp. paperback

K&E Log Log Duplex Vector No.4083
A supplementary manual
1939 37 pp. paperback

The Dietzgen Maniphase Multiplex
Decimal Trig Type Log Log No.1732
Manual no.1786-32
1946 105 pp. paperback

Dietzgen - How to use a Slide Rule
pamphlet 1942 18 pp.

Pickett - How to use Log Log Slide Rules
1953 64 pp. paperback

Pickett - How to use Trig Slide Rules
1960 64 pp. paperback

Pickett - How to use Dual Base Log Log Slide Rules
1947 93 pp. paperback (newer printing)

Pickett - How to use Ln-L Scale Slide Rules
pamphlet 13 pp.