6.12 Rules for Beginners

Several manufacturers made specific models of slide rules with students in mind. Below is a list of such rules that might be characterized as for “beginners”; they have a limited number of scales and/or are usually quite affordable or easy to find.

See also the vignette K+E Beginner’s Rules.

Maker	Model		Year	Type	L0	Note
K&E	4058		1915	L	10.0	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
K&E	4058		1916	L	10.0	good condition; very early 4058; Xylonite indicator; old table on back; no indication of Student/Beginner but marked 4058
K&E	4058 (student)		1916-1925	L	10.0	Student’s Rule; nice condition; glass/metal cursor
K&E	4058		1925-1936	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule; celluloid cursor; L scale increases to right
K&E	4058C		1929-1937	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule; wood cursor frame; version 2 Equivalents
K&E	4058W		1930-1935	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule; wood cursor frame
Lawrence	8-B		1935-1938	L	7.5	Lawrence Engineering Service, Wabash, IND.; overall good shape; clean table on back
K&E	4058W		1936-1943	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule
Festus	10		1938	L	10.0	Early Festus rule; scales on white painted wood; excellent condition, basically NIB; instruction sheet, first edition ‘Paul Jones, Author’; great piece of Americana.
Festus	50		1938	L	10.0	Festus Model 50; rough condition; magnifier cursor
Festus	Acu-Rule 10D		1938	L	10.0	Nice early rule; paper scales on wood; good condition; magnifier cursor
Acu-Rule	50		1939	L	10.0	Missing cursor. Made by Acu-Rule, sold by Laboratory Specialties, Inc., Wabash, Indiana, for use in mathematics and science classes; see note by Keuffel
Lawrence	10-B		1940	L	10.0	Lawrence Engineering Service; Peru, IN; plastic magnifier cursor
K&E	4058D		1942	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule, rare version
K&E	4058D		1942	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule; celluloid cursor; rare version; with box + instructions
Lawrence	10-B		1942	L	10.0	good condition; Peru, IN
K&E	N4058W		1950	L	10.0	Beginner’s Rule
Pickett	120		1955	L	10.0	Trainer, beginner’s rule
Pickett	N901-ES		1958-1962	L	10.0	Simplex Math Rule; logo Type 4; original packaging, instructions
Pickett	N904-T		1958-1962	L	10.0	Trig and Decimal Keeper Speed Rule; rare; logo Type 4; original packaging, instructions
Engineering Instruments	250-BT		1960	L	10.0	Rule in good condition; blue case; instructions;original box
Engineering Instruments	250-V		1960	L	10.0	Rule in very good condition
Pickett	N902-ES		1964-1975	L	10.0	NIB, case, instructions, papers
Pickett	N902-T		1964-1975	L	10.0	NIB, case, instructions, papers
Dietzgen	1767		1965	L	10.0	National; Made in U.S.A.; torn case; conversion table
K&E	68-1892		1965	L	10.0	K-12 Prep; last of the K&E Beginner’s Rules; replaced Model 4058; Learning to Use the Slide Rule instructions
Sterling	684		1968	L	10.0	beginner’s slide rule; instruction sheet
K&E	68-1892		1970	L	10.0	K12 Prep; last of the K&E Beginner’s Rules; replaced Model 4058; Special Desktop Edition, mounted on leather pad
Pickett	140-ES		1970	L	10.0	Advanced beginner’s rule; expanded Log Log duplex Version 2, with 22 scales; scales black, inverse scales italics; NIB, case, instructions
Pickett	80		1970	L	10.0	basic student trig training/beginner’s rule
Sterling	587		1970	L	5.0	pocket rule
Sterling	587		1972	L	5.0	pocket rule; from my high school years (Soph year, 1972)
Sterling	694		1972	L	10.0	Decimal Trig Log-Log; from my high school years (Jr year, 1973)
Sterling	694		1972	L	10.0	Decimal Trig Log-Log; duplicate of my high school rule

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