6.10 K&E Rules by Model

The list below contains the same rules as in Keuffel and Esser, USA but here is 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 434918 10.0 yes no model number, no patent info; labeled as K&E CO.; same scale set as 4097D 5-inch; nice condition; improved metal cursor
Mystery 1934 471354 10.0 yes no model number, no patent info; labeled as K&E CO.; same scale set as 4097D 5-inch rule, but 10-inch mahogany model; improved metal cursor; owner Frank H. Colburn, b. 1908
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
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 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 + box Beginner’s Rule; celluloid cursor; rare version; with box + instructions
4058D 1942 10.0 yes Beginner’s Rule, rare version
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
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
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