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Auction archive: Lot number 906

SLIDE RULE MANUALS IN ENGLISH, 40 VOL.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$395 - US$526
Price realised:
£375
ca. US$493
Auction archive: Lot number 906

SLIDE RULE MANUALS IN ENGLISH, 40 VOL.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$395 - US$526
Price realised:
£375
ca. US$493
Beschreibung:

i. Jillson, Arnold (born c.1814). A treatise on instrumental arithmetic: or, utility of the slide rule. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Co., 1866, [T&W J22] ii. Hoare, Charles. The slide rule and how to use it… with a slide-rule in tuck of cover. London: Lockwood & Co., 1875, slide rule inserted in upper cover, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Michael Phelps, 1987), [T&W H140] iii. Idem. The slide rule… twenty-second impression. London: Technical Press, 1953, [T&W H141] iv. Lanchester, Frederick William (1868-1946). The radial cursor: a new addition to the slide-rule [offprint from The Philosophical Magazine for January 1896, pp.52-59]. London, 1896, (bought from Michael Phelps, 1982), [T&W L22] v. Blaine, Robert Gordon. Quick and easy methods of calculating… the theory and use of the slide rule. London: Spon, 1898, [T&W B175] vi. Idem. Some quick and easy methods of calculating... London: Spon, 1912, [T&W B176] vii. Nasmith, John W. The slide rule. Manchester: Nasmith, [presentation inscription dated 1905], (bought from F.E. Whitehart, 1984), [T&W N18] viii. Halsey, Frederick Arthur (1856-1935). The use of the slide rule. New York: Van Nostrand, 1907, [T&W H9] ix. Clark, John Jesse (1866-1938). The slide rule. Scranton, PA: Technical Supply Co., [1909, or later], [T&W C89] x. Idem. The slide rule. Chicago: Drake & Co., n.d. [inscription dated 1943], [T&W C90] xi. Idem. The slide rule. Chicago: Drake & Co., 1943, [T&W C91] xii. Idem. The slide rule... third edition. Wilmette: Drake & Co., [1954, or later], [T&W C92] xiii. Hinckley, Frank C. and Ramsey, W.W. The slide rule. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1910, [not in T&W] xiv. Dunlop, Henry Cleland (b.1855) and Jackson, C.S. Slide-rule notes. London: Longmans, [&c.], 1913, [T&W D71] xv. Richardson, George Washington (c.1866-1940), and Clark, J.J. The slide rule simplified. Scranton, PA: Technical Supply Co., [1918, or later], [T&W R87] xvi. Pickworth, Charles Newton (1861-1955). The slide rule... seventeenth edition. London: Emmot, [c.1920], [T&W P77] xvii. Idem. The slide rule... twenty-first edition. London: Emmot, [c.1938], [T&W P78] xviii. Idem. The slide rule... twenty-fourth edition. London: Emmot, 1955, [T&W P79] xix. International Correspondence Schools [ICS]. The slide rule by I.C.S. staff. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1925, [T&W I11] xx. Thompson, James Edgar. A manual of the slide rule… second printing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1931, [T&W T30] xxi. Idem. A manual of the slide rule… fifth printing. New York: Van Nostrand, 1942, [T&W T32] xxii. Idem. The standard manual of the slide rule… second edition, fifth printing. New York: Van Nostrand, [1952], [T&W T29] xxiii. Le Patourel, Charles Frederick. The slide rule manual for the use of seamen. London: Heath & Co., 1937, [T&W L43] xxiv. Strohm, Rufus Tracy (b.1877). The slide rule. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., [1939, or later], [T&W S205] xxv. Sommers, Hobart H., H. Drell, and Wallschlaeger, T.W. The slide rule and how to use it. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942, with slide rule inserted in upper cover, [T&W S164] xxvi. Blandi, Thomas Hartwell. The slide rule simplified. Los Angeles: Slide Rule Training Institute, [?1943], [not in T&W] xxvii. Harris, Charles Overton (1909-1990). Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1944, [T&W H17] xxviii. Idem. Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1946, [T&W H18] xxix. Idem. Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1947, [T&W H19] xxx. Hills, Elijah Justin (1899-1985). A course in the slide rule and logarithms. New York: Ginn & Co., [1944, or later], [T&W H138] xxxi. Bishop, Calvin Collier (1882-1971). Practical use of the slide rule. New York: Current Publishing Co., [?1944], [T&W B170] xxxii. Idem. Slide rule. A practical guide... third edition. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967, [not in T&W] xxxiii. Middlemiss, Ross Raymond (1903-2001). Instructions for using log log slide rules. [No place]: W. J. Boos, 1946

Auction archive: Lot number 906
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2018 - 19 Sep 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

i. Jillson, Arnold (born c.1814). A treatise on instrumental arithmetic: or, utility of the slide rule. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Co., 1866, [T&W J22] ii. Hoare, Charles. The slide rule and how to use it… with a slide-rule in tuck of cover. London: Lockwood & Co., 1875, slide rule inserted in upper cover, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Michael Phelps, 1987), [T&W H140] iii. Idem. The slide rule… twenty-second impression. London: Technical Press, 1953, [T&W H141] iv. Lanchester, Frederick William (1868-1946). The radial cursor: a new addition to the slide-rule [offprint from The Philosophical Magazine for January 1896, pp.52-59]. London, 1896, (bought from Michael Phelps, 1982), [T&W L22] v. Blaine, Robert Gordon. Quick and easy methods of calculating… the theory and use of the slide rule. London: Spon, 1898, [T&W B175] vi. Idem. Some quick and easy methods of calculating... London: Spon, 1912, [T&W B176] vii. Nasmith, John W. The slide rule. Manchester: Nasmith, [presentation inscription dated 1905], (bought from F.E. Whitehart, 1984), [T&W N18] viii. Halsey, Frederick Arthur (1856-1935). The use of the slide rule. New York: Van Nostrand, 1907, [T&W H9] ix. Clark, John Jesse (1866-1938). The slide rule. Scranton, PA: Technical Supply Co., [1909, or later], [T&W C89] x. Idem. The slide rule. Chicago: Drake & Co., n.d. [inscription dated 1943], [T&W C90] xi. Idem. The slide rule. Chicago: Drake & Co., 1943, [T&W C91] xii. Idem. The slide rule... third edition. Wilmette: Drake & Co., [1954, or later], [T&W C92] xiii. Hinckley, Frank C. and Ramsey, W.W. The slide rule. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1910, [not in T&W] xiv. Dunlop, Henry Cleland (b.1855) and Jackson, C.S. Slide-rule notes. London: Longmans, [&c.], 1913, [T&W D71] xv. Richardson, George Washington (c.1866-1940), and Clark, J.J. The slide rule simplified. Scranton, PA: Technical Supply Co., [1918, or later], [T&W R87] xvi. Pickworth, Charles Newton (1861-1955). The slide rule... seventeenth edition. London: Emmot, [c.1920], [T&W P77] xvii. Idem. The slide rule... twenty-first edition. London: Emmot, [c.1938], [T&W P78] xviii. Idem. The slide rule... twenty-fourth edition. London: Emmot, 1955, [T&W P79] xix. International Correspondence Schools [ICS]. The slide rule by I.C.S. staff. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1925, [T&W I11] xx. Thompson, James Edgar. A manual of the slide rule… second printing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1931, [T&W T30] xxi. Idem. A manual of the slide rule… fifth printing. New York: Van Nostrand, 1942, [T&W T32] xxii. Idem. The standard manual of the slide rule… second edition, fifth printing. New York: Van Nostrand, [1952], [T&W T29] xxiii. Le Patourel, Charles Frederick. The slide rule manual for the use of seamen. London: Heath & Co., 1937, [T&W L43] xxiv. Strohm, Rufus Tracy (b.1877). The slide rule. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., [1939, or later], [T&W S205] xxv. Sommers, Hobart H., H. Drell, and Wallschlaeger, T.W. The slide rule and how to use it. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942, with slide rule inserted in upper cover, [T&W S164] xxvi. Blandi, Thomas Hartwell. The slide rule simplified. Los Angeles: Slide Rule Training Institute, [?1943], [not in T&W] xxvii. Harris, Charles Overton (1909-1990). Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1944, [T&W H17] xxviii. Idem. Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1946, [T&W H18] xxix. Idem. Slide rule simplified. Chicago: American Technical Soc., 1947, [T&W H19] xxx. Hills, Elijah Justin (1899-1985). A course in the slide rule and logarithms. New York: Ginn & Co., [1944, or later], [T&W H138] xxxi. Bishop, Calvin Collier (1882-1971). Practical use of the slide rule. New York: Current Publishing Co., [?1944], [T&W B170] xxxii. Idem. Slide rule. A practical guide... third edition. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967, [not in T&W] xxxiii. Middlemiss, Ross Raymond (1903-2001). Instructions for using log log slide rules. [No place]: W. J. Boos, 1946

Auction archive: Lot number 906
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2018 - 19 Sep 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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