Wiki:Links and Resources

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The Oughtred Society: Dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules and mechanical calculators.
Dutch Circle for Historical Calculating Instruments: A group of calculating instrument collectors in the Netherlands, the source for the DVD Slide Rule Database and many other interesting books and publications.
International Slide Rule Group: Moderated forum with focus mainly on collecting and trading, but also on usage techniques and the lost arts of slide rule operations

Slide Rule Emporium: A source for Pickett slide rules new in the box
Slide Rule Trading Co.: Paul Ross. Lots of good rules and a collection of parts for restorers. Includes a complete listing of the Hemmi slide rule line.
Slide Rule Universe: Slide rules of all kinds. SRU is always getting new slide rules in; a great source for rules willing to work for a living.
Dick Rose Vintage Instruments: Slide Rules and Other Instruments of Math, Drafting, Science, and Music
David Crate's Quality Slide Rules: A personal collection, and a few rules for sale.
Slide Rule Guy: A personal collection, and a few rules for sale.
The Gemmary's Slide Rules: Other scientific instruments, as well.
Purchase (Slide Rules): Concise still sells new slide rules!

John Current's Slide Rule Page
Chris Gillings' Web Site: Slide Rules and Calculators: With a plethora of special-purpose rules and sliding tables.
My Slide Rule Collection: Bill Johns. Has good notes about dating slide rules.
Dave's House of Slide Rules
Calculators for Hairy-eared Engineers: Mike Konshak. One of the largest slide rule sites on the web.
Ron Manley's Slide Rule Site: Includes detailed analyses of slide rule auctions. Great resource for gauging your slide rule's value.
Eric Marcotte's Slide Rule Site: A fine collection, including an in-depth analysis of the evolution of one model over a 50-year period.
The Slide Rules - Ing. Giovanni Pastore: With a history, in several languages.
Todd Tolhurst's Slide Rules
Dave's Slide Rules: Dave Van Domelen. One of the older slide rule sites on the net.
Nathan's Possibly Interesting Web Site: See especially the "HOC: History of Computing" section. I think you'll possibly find it interesting, too!
Reglas de cálculo: José Carlos Vilches. A large collection with emphasis on Aristo.
Faber-Castell Slide Rule Collection: Large collection of Faber-Castell rules, with dating and other information.
Slide Rule Archive Site: David A. Davis. Good source for rebranding cross-references.

Moonstick Information Site - slide rule moon phase calendar: Manufacturer of several astronomy-related calculating devices.
The Museum of HP Calculators: The definitive website on the history of Hewlett-Packard calculators
HP-41 Archive: Dedicated to the calculator that brought us the 80's
Bring Back the 15C: Should HP bring back the 15C? You decide.

Mad Slide Ruling: The Mad Slideruler's excellent site showing the What, Why and How of slide rules for beginner and expert alike.
Slide Rule Operations: Jim Askew
About Slide Rules: Nigel Bromley. An introduction to slide rule calculation.
K&E Catalogs: Clark McCoy. A complete set of scans of Keuffel and Esser catalogs.
The Death of the Slide Rule: James Redin
Slide rule: from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slide Rule Still Rules: from Wired News

JavaSlide: An interactive virtual slide rule.
Mechanical Calculators: The Slide Rule: Java version of Kinsman PostScript rule
Circular Slide Rule: Build a circular slide rule
Nuclear Slide Rules: Special calculators for radiation effects.