C-THRU® RULER COMPANY, Bloomfield, CT / USA (1970) ******************************************************************** Made in Japan S C A L E S of the M E D I U M S I Z E D RIETZ Model »883« ==================================================================== Front Side [ inverse / RED ] Back Side ==================================================================== K X3 DF X * sqrt(10) -------------------------------------------------------------------- CF X * sqrt(10) S sin( 0.1X ) [CI] [1/X] L -lg( 0.1X ) C X T tan( 0.1X ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- D X A X2 R E M A R K S : ==================================================================== The CF / DF Scales are folded at sqrt(10) < and NOT at π > To use the Back-Scales, the slider has to be turned - BUT THAN: The L-Scale is keyed to 1/X Scale < but [CI] is not visible !!! > That means the result is L = ( 1 - lgX ) = lg( 10/X ) = -lg( X/10 ) There is an open Q U E S T I O N : " Why this L-Scale Design ??? " The owner of the old stationary shop told me, that this slide rule was distributed by the C-THRU® company, BUT NO LOGO is visible. The SR came in a black soft plastic case without instruction sheet. Historical Remarks ... impressum: ******************************************************************** © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 09/10/09 |