"The MANNHEIM (Polyphase) SLIDE RULES"
by: William Cox
Copyright 1917
This volume includes instructions for the 4041 and 4053. There is another manual by Cox copyrighted 1917 also. The other volume has five sections that include two sections on duplex rules as well as the Mannheim and Polyhase slide rules with the suppliment on trig.
This edition is divided into three different sections:
- Cover
- Copyright Page
- Title Page --------------------------------------------------------------- page 1
- Table of contents -------------------------------------------------------- page 38
- Advertisements
- 4041 - 10" Mannheim Slide Rule --------------------------------- ad page 1
- 4053-3 - 10" Polyphase Mannheim Slide Rule -------------------- ad page 1
- 4088-3 - 10" Duplex Polyphase Slide Rule ----------------------- ad page 1
- 4100 - 10" Stadia Slide Rule ------------------------------------- ad page 1
- 4133 - 8" Royland Electrical Slide Rule --------------------------- ad page 2
- 4102 - 20" Surveyor's Duplex Slide Rule ------------------------- ad page 2
- 4095 - Merchant's (Calculating) Slide Rule ----------------------- ad page 2
- 4160 - 10" The Chemist's Duplex Slide Rule ---------------------- ad page 2
- All Glass Cursor -------------------------------------------------- ad page 3
- Magnifier --------------------------------------------------------- ad page 3
"The Slide Rule" by William Cox, Copyrighted 1917
It is stated that these instructions are for slide rules numbers 4031 to 4056.
- Notice Page - Addendum for introduction of 4041F, 4045, and 4051 --- page 2
- Chapter 1 - Introduction ------------------------------------------------ pages 3-4
- Chapter 2 - Description of the Mannheim Slide Rule --------------------- pages 5-7
- Chapter 3 - How To Use The Slide Rule -------------------------------- pages 7-9
- Chapter 4 - The Position of the Decimal Point --------------------------- pages 10-11
- Chapter 5 - The Inverted Slide ------------------------------------------ pages 11-12
- Chapter 6 - The Upper Scales, and Squares and Square Roots ---------- pages 12-13
- Chapter 7 - Trigometrical Computations --------------------------------- pages 14-15
"The Polyphase Slide Rule" by William Cox, Copyrighted 1909
- Introduction and Description -------------------------------------------- page 16
- Multiplication ----------------------------------------------------------- page 16
- Division ----------------------------------------------------------------- page 16
- Proportion -------------------------------------------------------------- page 16
- Inverse Proportion ------------------------------------------------------ page 16
- Reciprocals ------------------------------------------------------------- page 16
- Powers and Roots ------------------------------------------------------ page 17
- Higher Powers and Roots ----------------------------------------------- page 17
- Expressions Solved with One Setting of Slide ---------------------------- page 18
- Settings for Two Factors ------------------------------------------------ pages 19-20
- Complicated Formula and Gauge Points from Engineering News --------- pages 20-22
- Equivalents for C and D Scale ------------------------------------------- pages 22-27
- Methods of Working Out Mechanical and Other Formula ---------------- pages 27-37
Supplement: "The Slide Rule and Plane Trigometery", by J. M. Willard
- Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------- pages 1-3
- Plane Right Triangles ---------------------------------------------------- pages 3-6
- Plane Oblique Triangles ------------------------------------------------- pages 6-8
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