Slide Rules For Sale

Slide Rules For Sale

The following rules are in search of good homes. “Following the Rules” is not a business; but once in a while a collector comes across a cache of items that need to be preserved and passed on to others. The majority of the items shown here were “rescued” (bargain price) from the bookstore at Penn State University nearly 50 years ago as the store made room for the new electronic calculators. They came into my possession recently through the original buyers. The slide rules, highlighted below, are available for purchase via PayPal. All proceeds from the sale of these slide rules will go toward keeping this web site alive, along with its upkeep and enhancement.

The slide rules are for sale “as found”, and all sales are final. Generally speaking, I found that the boxes may be scuffed from years of shuffling between shelves, but the contents are in very good shape.

Priced to sell, shipping within the United States is included. Requests for shipping to locations outside the U.S. can be discussed separately (email me). Any questions or concerns about a possible item must be communicated to me via email prior to purchase. Some images below may be representative only.

Send email to syphersm at gmail.com to reserve your item. Payments are to be made via PayPal.

Slide Rules for Sale

Prices include US domestic shipping costs.

Maker	Model	Price	No. Avail.	Note
Post	1447	$25	1	Post’s bambbo version of its Student Slide Rule made by Hemmi with 9 scales, with leather case. Not brand new, but in good shape.
Post	1445	$30	4	Post’s popular intermediate simplex bamboo slide rule with 10 scales. Plastic carrying case with holes for inclusion in standard 3- or 5-ring binder. Included is Frederick Post 68-page instruction manual with examples geared toward self-instruction.
Post	1445 Manual	$20	3	Frederick Post’s 68-page instruction manual for the 1445 with examples geared toward self-instruction .
Sterling	587/687	$20	4	Popular plastic pocket slide rule with 9 basic scales, instructions; my first high school slide rule model!
Pickett	120C-T	$25	10	Microline 120 Trig Trainer slide rule, 9 scales, popular plastic rule for classroom use. White finish; in original shrink-wrapped package.
Pickett	140C-T	$20	2	Individual Microline 140 Log Log slide rule with 22 scales, popular plastic rule for math, science, and engineering students. White finish. Comes in compromised packaging – take it out for an immediate slide!
Pickett	140-ES	$25	11	Microline 140 Log Log slide rule with 22 scales in Eye-Saver yellow, with fancier case, lengthier instructions, and box rather than plastic-wrapped package.
Pickett	N902-ES	$35	2	The popular Simplex Trig slide rule, with 9 basic scales. Instructions and tables of conversion factors, etc., on the back.
Pickett	N500-ES	$40	3	Basic trig log-log rule for pre-engineering and technical students. 22 scales.
Pickett	N1010-T	$30	1	The popular all-Aluminium Powertrig slide rule, with 17 scales, was standard in schools during the 1960s and 70s. Good for technical people who did not need log-log scales. Standard white.
Pickett	N1010-ES	$30	2	The popular all-Aluminium Powertrig slide rule, with 17 scales, was standard in schools during the 1960s and 70s. Good for technical people who did not need log-log scales. Eye-Saver yellow.

Scales:
- Post 1445: K DF [ CF CI C ] D A, [ S L T ]
- Sterling 587: A [ B CI C ] D K, [ S L T ]
- Pickett 120: K A [ B T S CI C ] D L
- Pickett 140: LL02 LL03 DF [ CF CIF L DI C ] D LL2 LL3; LL01 K A [ B S ST T C ] D DI LL1
- Pickett 500: +LL1 -LL1 A [ B T ST S C ] D DI K; +LL2 -LL2 DF [ CF CIF L CI C ] D +LL3 -LL3
- Pickett 902: K A [ B T S CI C ] D L
- Pickett 1010: K A [ B ST T S C ] D DI; L DF [ CF CIF CI C ] D DI