The US manufactured a wide range of rules to suit all pockets, from wood with painted scales up to sophisticated all metal rules. Presumably because of the size of the internal market, they do not seem to have sold widely overseas.
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| United States of America The US manufactured a wide range of rules to suit all pockets, from wood with painted scales up to sophisticated all metal rules. Presumably because of the size of the internal market, they do not seem to have sold widely overseas. |
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| Maker | Model | Notes | Origin | |
| Aucmath | 511 Mannheim Professional | A basic, all metal, rule | |
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| Dietzgen | Maniphase Multiplex - 1732 | A fairly straightforward log log rule. | |
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| Lawrence | USA | All wood, very cheap but very effective. | |
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| Pickett | Microline 120 | Very much a starter rule | |
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| Pickett | Microline 140 | A lot of functionality for a small price | |
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| Pickett | N902-ES | Detailed instructions for use on the back. | |
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| Pickett | N903-ES | Has tables of conversions on the back | |
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| Pickett | N904-ES | Has decimal keeping scales on the back. | |
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| Picket | 905-ES "Texas speed rule" | A favourite rule for slide rule speed and accuracy competitions in Texas. | |
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| Pickett | N-515-T Electronic | Made especially for the Cleveland Institute of Electronics . | |
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| Pickett | N 531-ES | Made especially for the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute | |
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| Pickett | N500ES | One of a pair with a matching 5" rule | |
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| Pickett | Deci-point | An early rule from this maker with special scales for decimal point calculation. | |
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| Pickett | Model 2 | Three (and a bit) variations of this rule are identified | |
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| Pickett | N3-ES Power log exponential | One of Pickett's most complex rules. | |
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| Pickett | N4 T Vector-type Log-log | This rules has 34 scales. | |
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| Post | 1460 Versalog | The plastic on bamboo makes for a really smooth action | |
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| Post | 1447 | A re-badged Hemmi rule | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | 4058W | This is a basic rule with useful settings for conversion factors | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | 4081-3 | Has several displaced and inverted scales for speed use | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | 68 1210 | A descendant of the the above rule. | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | Decilon | One of the most comprehensive rules made in the USA | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | 4083-3 Log-log Duplex vector | One of the few rules with hyperbolic functions | |
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| Keuffel and Esser | Analon | Used for dimensional analysis - a most unusual rule. | |
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| Sterling | Precision | A fairly basic plastic rule | |
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| Sterling | Decimal Trig Multi-log | A much more comprehensive rule than the above. | |
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| Richardson | 1776 | A tin plate rule | |
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