If the Otis King slide rule in [Chris Staecker’s] latest video looks a bit familiar, you might be getting up there in age, or you might remember seeing us talk about one in our collection. Actually, ...

Most people have heard of or seen slide rules, with older generations likely having used these devices in school and at their jobs. As purely analog computers these ingenious devices use precomputed ...

Keuffel & Esser Company, which had its headquarters in New York City, was a leading American maufacturer of slide rules and drawing instruments. Between 1961 and 1971, the company gave the Smithsonian ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Some engineers continued to use slide ...