It's really worth looking at a few of the collections. There are lots of slide rules on display, and many if not most are far beyond plain linear slide rules. (Most are special purpose and application specific.)
There are still a few companies that make them. Called "slide charts", since they come in many forms besides just the "rule" form.
I look into having them made every now and then, but it seems like the minimum order quantity is almost universally 500. It would be nice if there was a modern style of e-print service for smaller quantities.
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It's really worth looking at a few of the collections. There are lots of slide rules on display, and many if not most are far beyond plain linear slide rules. (Most are special purpose and application specific.)
Blackbody Radiaton Slide Rule:
https://osgalleries.org/collectors/davis/info_and_image.cgi?...
Cardboard slide rules of various times--often used as advertising--used to be very common for calculations and/or lookup tables.
There are still a few companies that make them. Called "slide charts", since they come in many forms besides just the "rule" form.
I look into having them made every now and then, but it seems like the minimum order quantity is almost universally 500. It would be nice if there was a modern style of e-print service for smaller quantities.