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• - Short lesson.
  
• - Various scales in a convenient tabular form. Includes mathematical formulation of the scales.
  
• - Templates, directions, and some links to other slide rule sites.
  
• - Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 249117, dated November 1, 1881. Includes diagrams.
  
• - Illustrated tutorial.
  
• - Basic information and a number of manuals in pdf format.
  
• - Explains how to multiply, find cube and square roots and other operations. Includes illustrations.
  
• - Slide rules are useful for doing gear calculations. Briefly describes a method for doing so.
  
• - A story about the use of a 6-inch Pickett "all-metal" slide rule (Model N 200-ES), with case.
  
• - Fairly simple instructions.
  
• - Basic facts involving the development of the slide rule. Includes diagrams and links to information on various types of slide rules.
  
• - Explains how to use the different scales to multiply and divide.
  
• - How to use a slide rule and do the underlying math.
  
• - Describes the types of scales found on most slide rules.
  
• - History of this unusual 1600s slide rule.
  
• - Examples of how the slide rule is a useful tool for teaching the mathematical concept of transformations. Examples and illustrations.