Links to slide rule collectors organisations. | |
The Oughtred Society is the main international slide rule collectors' organisation. It has over 400 members and publishes a Journal. | www.oughtred.org |
The Dutch Circle of Slide Rule Collectors have a site in Dutch, English, French and German. | www.rekenlinialen.org/ |
The German Slide Rule Collectors Group (Gruppe der Rechenschiebersammler) has their own web site. | www.rechenschieber.org |
Links to sites run by UKSRC members | |
Ron Manley has a large site with details of his collection, instructions and price analysis. It include two complete books on slide rules: Teach Yourself Slide Rules, by Burns Snodgrass, and The Slide Rule, a book on the history of slide rules by Florian Cajori published in 1909. | www.sliderules.info/index.htm
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Rod Lovett also has a large site which includes eight searchable data bases: including two on slide rule prices, one on published slide rule articles, Herman's Archive and two on the International Slide Rule Group Archives. | http://sliderules.lovett.com |
Peter Owen's site has some valuable historic texts related to slide rules. | http://homepages.tesco.net/physics// |
Links to other useful organisations. | |
Connoisseur Policies Ltd. A company providing insurance for specialised collections (including slide rules). | www.connoisseurpolicies.com |
Links to Museums. | |
The National Museum of Computing. | www.tnmoc.org |