6.10 K&E Rules by Model
The slide rules manufactured by Keuffel and Esser have been listed in other areas of the web site. However, these have been shown in chronological order. Since the Collection contains a relatively large number of K+E slide rules, the table below was created using the same rules as in Keuffel and Esser, USA but here listed in order of Model number, with sub-ordering according to Year.
| Model | Year | Serial | L0 | Case | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American |
|
1900 | 10.0 | yes | Very early Mannheim; no model number; labeled 0.5 divisions; Pat. June 5 1900; fine divisions on SLT; 1/16 division on in scale; marks 87 on end; similar to American described in JOS 10.2p59; owner George L. Cooper; + initials DEH | |
| American/Favorite |
|
1898 | 10.0 | yes | no model number or patent info; labeled as Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. on LHS of slide; metal cursor; prod. marks 59 on LHS end; extended cm scale in well; similar to early American example, though markings on case say Favorite; pi gauge marks on A/B; lid to case missing; early predecessor to 4054 | |
| Mystery | 1933 | 434587 | 10.0 | yes | no model number, no patent info; K+E on slide; same scale set as 4097D 5-inch; nice condition; improved metal cursor; leather case with belt loop; owner C.E. Howard | |
| Mystery | 1933 | 434918 | 10.0 | yes | no model number, no patent info; K+E label on slide; same scale set as 4097D 5-inch; nice condition; improved metal cursor | |
| Mystery | 1934 | 471354 | 10.0 | yes | no model number, no patent info; K&E CO. label on slide; same scale set as 4097D 5-inch rule, but 10-inch mahogany model; improved metal cursor; owner Frank H. Colburn, b. 1908 | |
| Mystery2 | 1929 | 291505 | 10.0 | yes | no model number, no patent info; no logo; same scale set as 4053-3; nice condition; all-glass cursor; Coll. Eng. Washington; owner Frank. A. Morey | |
| 68-1100 | 1969 | 167135 | 10.0 | yes | Deci-Lon 10; original owner: Erin Sommer; Maryland; 1962 Deci-Lon hardback instruction book | |
| 68-1130 | 1967 | 25531 | 5.0 | yes | Deci-Lon 5 | |
| 68-1130 | 1967 | 37819 | 5.0 | yes | Deci-Lon 5, leather case, good condition | |
| 68-1565 | 1967 | 20460 | 10.0 | yes | Early GP12; late-model K&E slide rule | |
| 68-1892 |
|
1965 | 10.0 | no | K-12 Prep; last of the K&E Beginner’s Rules; replaced Model 4058; Learning to Use the Slide Rule instructions | |
| 68-1892 |
|
1970 | 10.0 | no | K12 Prep; last of the K&E Beginner’s Rules; replaced Model 4058; Special Desktop Edition, mounted on leather pad | |
| 4013 Thacher | 1907 | 2179 | 360.0 | no | Early model 4013 Thacher’s Calculating Instrument; missing original magnifier; great thanks to ISRM for assistance in acquisition | |
| 4035 | 1922 | 8.0 | yes | Mannheim; rare; slanted top face w/ 8 in rule; stitched case; very nice condition | ||
| 4041 |
|
1900 | 10.0 | no | Mannheim; Rule in nice condition; quite yellowed; prod. mark A11 on end of rule; square metal/glass cursor; no model number on rule | |
| 4041 |
|
1901 | 10.0 | yes | Mannheim; early 4041, prod mark 408 on end, owner F.L.Clark, leather case | |
| 4041 | 1915-1921 | 10.0 | box | Mannheim; Rule in good condition; prod. mark 207 on end of rule | ||
| N4041 | 1941 | 833535 | 10.0 | box | Mannheim; Rule and box in nice condition | |
| 4053-2 | 1910-1914 | 8.0 | no | Polyphase; Nice 8-inch variant of 4053; prod. mark 404; square metal cursor; ends of 8 inch ruler are worn | ||
| 4053-3 | 1910-1914 | 10.0 | no | Polyphase; good condition; no cursor; prod. marks 374* on end of rule | ||
| N4053-3 | 1925 | 140188 | 10.0 | yes | Polyphase; stitched case; C.H. Drake O.S.C. | |
| N4053-3 | 1939 | 744677 | 10.0 | yes + box | metal rim cursor w/ KERCS; black leather case; box; manual by Breckenridge; original owner Henry Jones, civil engineer for Bethlehem Steel railroad | |
| N4053-3F | 1928 | 258978 | 10.0 | yes | Polyphase Mannheim with very fine markings; rare; all glass cursor | |
| N4053-5 | 1937 | 633813 | 20.0 | yes | Polyphase; 20in slide rule; very nice condition; serial numbers on left bottom edge and slide | |
| 4054 | 1900-1914 | 10.0 | yes | Favorite Mannheim, early model, wood edges; very nice condition, box as well; prod marks 102 on edge; my 200th slide rule | ||
| 4054 | 1946 | 219646 | 10.0 | yes | Favorite Mannheim; nice box; broken cursor block | |
| 4055 | 1951 | 568414 | 10.0 | yes | Favorite Mannheim | |
| 4056 | 1909-1914 | 10.0 | yes | Early version 4056; marks 132 on end; 26 cm long; in/cm on sides; 25 mm metal cursor; Mannheim Slide Rule case; original owner Henry Jones, civil engineer for Bethlehem Steel railroad | ||
| 4058 |
|
1915 | 10.0 | no | very early 4058; no cursor; old table on back; marked 4058 on front left; no indication of Student/Beginner; no pi mark; no patent info; prod. mark 524 on end; owner E.P. McLaughlin | |
| 4058 |
|
1916 | 10.0 | no | good condition; very early 4058; Xylonite indicator; old table on back; no indication of Student/Beginner but marked 4058 | |
| 4058 | 1925-1936 | 10.0 | no | Beginner’s Rule; celluloid cursor; L scale increases to right | ||
| 4058 (student) | 1916-1925 | 10.0 | no | Student’s Rule; nice condition; glass/metal cursor | ||
| 4058C | 1929-1937 | 10.0 | no | Beginner’s Rule; wood cursor frame; version 2 Equivalents | ||
| 4058D | 1942 | 10.0 | yes | Beginner’s Rule, rare version | ||
| 4058D | 1942 | 10.0 | yes + box | Beginner’s Rule; celluloid cursor; rare version; with box + instructions | ||
| 4058W | 1930-1935 | 10.0 | box | Beginner’s Rule; wood cursor frame | ||
| 4058W | 1936-1943 | 10.0 | box | Beginner’s Rule | ||
| N4058W | 1950 | 10.0 | yes | Beginner’s Rule | ||
| 4070-3 | 1950 | 550030 | 10.0 | yes | Polyphase Duplex Trig | |
| 4071 |
|
1915 | 10.0 | yes | Early Duplex rule; mahogany edges; 1915 all-glass cursor; Duplex Slide Rule on box; prod. marks 19 on end | |
| 4080-3 | 1953 | 762828 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Trig; riveted leather case; McIntyre; missing screw on cursor | |
| 4081-3 | 1937 | 589003 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Decitrig; very worn-out case – U. Illinois engraved as well as Gates | |
| 4081-3 | 1955 | 912871 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Decitrig; riveted case; metal ring; O’Neal | |
| 4081-5 | 1956 | 70019 | 20.0 | yes+box | early decitrig, pristine condition, as is the leather case; box, but tattered | |
| N4081-3 | 1954 | 790072 | 10.0 | yes + box | Log Log Duplex Decitrig; most parts, but cursor is broken one glass missing and slide is corroded; needs major cleaning | |
| 4083 |
|
1916 | 16.0 | yes | Duplex Rule; rare 16-in model; some wear; tan leather case is very worn; prod. marks 27 on end; Sally G: this belonged to my grandfather; He was born in 1897 in Griffin Ga; he ran Cotton mills in several states through his career; I have no idea how he used it | |
| 4083-3 | 1948 | 339747 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Vector, good condition | |
| 4088-1 | 1923 | 54353 | 5.0 | yes | Polyphase Duplex; broken all-glass cursor; leather case; owner E.C. Merrill | |
| 4088-2 | 1916-1920 | 8.0 | yes | Polyphase Duplex; good condition for its age; all-glass cursor, no s/n, prod. marks 41; leather case; owner Merrill Russell, Wenton, WV | ||
| 4088-3 | 1916-1922 | 10.0 | box | Polyphase Duplex; Rule in good condition; prod. mark 324 on end of rule | ||
| 4088-3 | 1922 | 10.0 | box | Polyphase Duplex; good condition; box too; prod. marks 55 on end of rule | ||
| 4088-3 | 1923 | 39516 | 10.0 | no | Polyphase Duplex; good condition | |
| 4088-5 |
|
1920 | 20.0 | yes | Polyphase Duplex; no serial number, but improved cursor; prod. marks 64 on end; laminated edges; used by draftsman for a steel company | |
| 4092 | 1913 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; very rare early 4092 with column cursor; prod marks 244; from Green Bay, WI, dairy farm, owner Ray Harkness | ||
| 4092-3 | 1922 | 6742 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; serif; pre-K-Scale, early first-year serial number; mahogany sides; prod marks 44 | |
| 4092-3 | 1923 | 64163 | 10.0 | no | Log Log Duplex; near-last of early scale set for 4092-3, just before transition rule; laminated edges, serif fonts; initials W.G.B. | |
| 4092-3 | 1923 | 64405 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; serif type; all-glass cursor; rare – K scale on bottom below L scale; Doc McClain, Joliet, 1925, and Haddie Langdon, Notre Dame; stitched case | |
| 4092-3 | 1925 | 131217 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; early K scale, serif type, all-glass cursor; owner J. A. Stawicki, Brooklyn, NY, Poly ’28 | |
| 4092-3 | 1929 | 277653 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; sans serif; all-glass cursor; stitched case; missing flap | |
| 4092-3 | 1929 | 295472 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; improved metal framed cursor; stitched case; R.W. Bluhm | |
| 4092-3 | 1933 | 441408 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; improved metal framed cursor; stitched case; J.A.B. | |
| 4092-5 | 1923 | 63063 | 20.0 | yes | Early 20in version of Log Log rule; no K scale | |
| N4092-5 | 1936 | 547636 | 20.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex; long scale; improved metal framed cursor, missing spring; stitched case, missing flap | |
| 4093-3 | 1930 | 322530 | 10.0 | yes | First year of the first Vector rule | |
| 4093-3 | 1933 | 429961 | 10.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Vector; First of the Vector rules; very nice condition | |
| 4094 | 1951 | 590068 | 10.0 | yes | Merchants Rule, excellent condition; case, too; my 100-th slide rule! | |
| 4095-3 | 1934 | 478354 | 10.0 | yes | Merchants Rule; nice condition; leather case; owners L.S. and S.F.Gleb | |
| N4096 | 1935 | 509054 | 20.0 | no | Merchants Desk Rule with heavy legs, exceptional condition; no box | |
| 4097C | 1957 | 135473 | 5.0 | no | Ever There 5-in pocket rule, nice condition | |
| 4097D | 1944 | 65234 | 5.0 | yes + box | Ever-There, very nice condition; instructions, box; K&E circular logo; owner Lt. Milton S. Shaw | |
| 4098A | 1944 | 42379 | 5.0 | yes | Pocket Slide Rule, nice condition; box and case | |
| 4100 | 1915-1922 | 10.0 | yes | Stadia rule, early model, for use in surveying; instructions on back; all-glass cursor; prod marks 268 on end | ||
| N4100 | 1938 | 694091 | 10.0 | yes | Stadia rule, for use in surveying; instructions on back; metal rimmed cursor | |
| 4110 | 1940 | 808703 | 6.5 | no | Power Trig Slide Rule; very rare; not listed in any catalog; developed at US Naval Academy | |
| 4133 | 1913-1922 | 8.0 | no | Roylance Electrical Slide Rule, mahogany, early release; prod mark 255; used and in poor condition; missing original 3-hairline cursor | ||
| N4133 | 1944 | 414 | 8.0 | yes + box | Roylance Electrical Slide Rule, mahogany; 3-hairline cursor; scale set #3; original case and box | |
| 4139 | 1946 | 167058 | 10.0 | yes | Cooke Radio Slide Rule; Case: Polyphase Duplex DeciTrig 4071-3S | |
| 4158 | 1961 | 10.0 | yes | New K12 variant of Beginner’s rule; only made for 1 year | ||
| 4181-1 | 1957 | 111945 | 5.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Decitrig; black leather; stitched | |
| 4181-1 | 1957 | 143610 | 5.0 | yes | Log Log Duplex Decitrig; dark-green leather; with metal clip | |
| 4181-3 | 1956 | 60477 | 10.0 | yes | Jet Log Log Duplex Decitrig; came with copy of A Self Instruction (1955); from owner, Ken Olson, Mendota, IL | |
| 9071-3 |
|
1948 | 10192 | 10.0 | yes | Polyphase Duplex Decitrig DORIC rule; case deteriorating; only made for 2-3 years |
| N9081-3 |
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1948 | 40304 | 10.0 | yes+box | Log Log Duplex Decitrig DORIC rule; very nice condition; black leather case + original box; only made for 2-3 years; same as one owned by American Astronaut Gordon Cooper |