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| Concrete volumes | Full instructions on slider! | ||
| T G Buss | Excise (alcohol) rule | Full instructions | |
| Dring and Fage | Proof rule | ||
| Dring and Fage | Ullaging rule | 44" long. | |
| J Long | Proof rule | ||
| Dring and Fage | Excise rule with gauging rods. | ||
| Dring and Fage | Gauging rule. | ||
| Unknown | Gauging rule (probably very early) | ||
| Unknown | Sea navigation rule | ||
| Double sharp weight calculator - Model A | A rule for calculating weights of steel | ||
| EASYR Hydraulic Slide Rule | Velocities in pipes | Instructions | |
| KENT hydraulic rule | Similar functionality to above rule plus hand made adaptations. | ||
| Honeysett hydraulic rule | Calculation of flow in sewers | ||
| Vickers-Spearing Boiler Co. Ltd. | Calculations of boiler efficiency | Instructions | |
| Concrete mix calculator | Classed as a sliding table | ||
| Globetrotter mileage calculator | Also a sliding table. | ||
| Globe Tank & Foundry | Tank volumes | ||
| Blundell Harling F5100 | Black body radiation rule, | Summary instructions given. | |
| Thornton No 241 | Artillery rule | Summary instructions given. | |
| Aerial Navigation Slide Rule CPU 26A/P | For calculating drift, altitude correction etc. | ||
| American Blueprint Co. | Military rule for ranging calculations. | Instructions for range calculation scales and description of "mils" as angular unit. | |
| Jeppesen CSG-2P | An aerial navigation rule with explanation of use | Instructions | |
| Tarrant hydraulic rule | Made by BRL for pipe and channel flow. | Original instructions | |
| Mear | Water flow calculator | Extended summary of instructions | |
| Mear | Probability & quality control calculator | ||
| Mear | Pipe flow calculator | ||
| Mear | Gas flow calculator | ||
| Mear | Nozzle and orifice flow | ||
| Mear | Streamline flow | ||
| Mear | Brick, blockwork and concrete calculator | Instuctions on rule | |
| Mear | Steel coil weight calculator | ||
| Pickett | Spring calculator | Original instructions | |
| Pickett | Business and finance rule - with special mark-up and discount scales. | Instructions for "cost mark-up" and "retail mark-up" scales. | |
| Vickers | Machine gun slide rule | Instructions | |
| Cox and Stevens | C-130A load adjuster | ||
| Aristo | Reinforced concrete (Stahlbeton) | Extended summary of instructions | |
| Nestler | 0438 System Jakob (Reinforced concrete) | ||
| Graphoplex | STATOS Stahlbeton (Reinforced concrete) | ||
| BRL | Nuclear effects calculator | ||
| Wilkinson (Unique) | Sugar rule | Conversion of sugar prices. | |
| IWA | IWA-Tronic 0272 | Made of layers of plastic. | |
| Europcar | Fuel economy calculator | Provided free by car rental company. | |
| Stack-loss | Boiler efficiency | Made for a major UK fuel producer. | |
| Hemmi | Electrical rule | Copy of Faber rule |
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| Hicks | Pilot balloon slide rule | ||
| Horse-power computer | Paramount | Designed by a drag-racing enthusiast. | |
| Pilot's key ring | APR | APR also make flight computers. | |
| Chesterman | Cattle gauge rules | Instructions on rule | |
| James Noble | Improved Engineer's rule | ||
Notes:
Original instructions: scanned version of maker's original instructions
Full instructions: complete instructions based on book or similar.
Instructions: instructions based on my own research.
For some rules instructions are given for special scales only.