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The potential uses of slide rules go far beyond those described on this site. The potential can be extended in two ways:

  • Use of the scales described on this site for more complicated calculations.
  • Use of other scales not described on this site.
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Slide rule forum - this site has many previous messages describing how to use different types of rules. Since January 2001 operated under the aegis of Yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/messages
Includes a searchable data base of ebay slide rule places. Has images of about 130 rules. For each rule there is a large thumbnail. Even larger and more detailed images can be seen by clicking on the thumbnail. http://sliderules.lovett.com/
Whilst this is a commercial site it also has a lot of useful information including comprehensive archives of  many companies. http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html
Includes some interesting and well presented 18th and 19th century slide rule texts. http://homepages.tesco.net/~pro/index.html
A site which combines slide rules with typewriters! Includes some in depth articles by the site owner. http://hometown.aol.com/usra482b/index.html
This site is very strong on the history of slide rules. http://www.mat.bham.ac.uk/C.J.Sangwin/Sliderules/sliderules.html
A site about slide rules with many external links. http://www.geocities.com/kungyiji/srule.htm
Devoted to Otis King calculators with a good background http://www.svpal.org/~dickel/OK/OtisKing.html
Nicely put together with an interesting section showing the evolution of a K&E model. Also has a useful section on reviews of slide rule books both old and new. http://www.sliderule.ca
A French slide rule site. http://www.inforsud.fr/mery/Regle.htm
Another French site with instructions for use and some interesting rules. http://perso.club-internet.fr/orochoir/Machine/regle_ca.htm
A collector's page with some interesting rules http://weblab.research.att.com/~davek/slide/

Looks at the mathematics behind slide rules.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5136/slide.html
This slide rule group started in April 2000  under the auspices of Yahoo. It has not developed as much might have been hoped. It is unmoderated so messages appear instantly. http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/slideruleforum
A comprehensive site dedicated (almost entirely) to Hemmi slide rules with background information on the company. http://www.lise.jp/sliderules/index.html
Dave's slide rules - includes a slide rule primer. http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/slide/index.html
Todd Tolhurst's slide rule site - includes images of slide rules and forthright political opinions. http://www.toddtolhurst.com/sliderules/
Tom Bullock's slide rule site - with a few unusual rules including a nuclear bomb effects computer. http://www.tbullock.com/sliderule.html
John Current's site - his personal collection of about 50 slide rules http://home.att.net/~jcurrent/srule.htm
Not a very large site - but what it does, it does well. http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~greg/calculators/sliderule/index.htm
Darren Samphier's (Australian) site with about 60 rules. http://www.samphier.com/
At present a small site but in Italian, German, French, Spanish, English and (under preparation) Japanese. http://www.giovannipastore.it/
This site has a lot of images of early (19th) century US rules described as "2 foot 2 fold rules with Gunters slides". This is not easy to use but is worth a visit. http://home.att.net/~seven0610.2041/19thcmkr.htm