A third edition, soft cover textbook titled, Slide Rule: How to Use It (Barnes & Noble Everyday Handbooks Series #254), by Calvin C. Bishop. The soft cover book has glossy front and back paper covers.

Most people have heard of or seen slide rules, with older generations likely having used these devices in school and at their jobs. As purely analog computers these ingenious devices use precomputed ...

When sliding into a base in an attempt to break up a double play, a runner has to make a "bona fide slide." Such is defined as the runner making contact with the ground before reaching the base, being ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 1930s, engineers shared ...

It's remarkable that the slide rule remained an intrinsic part of scientific and commercial undertakings for more than 200 ...

Used by engineers for centuries, they were displaced by pocket calculators and all but forgotten until Mr. Shawlee created a subculture of obsessives and cornered the market. By Alex Traub For about ...