Dietzgen Slide Rule Catalog

After a description of the features of the slide rules sold by dietzgen the booklet gives a tour of the slide rule for beginners.

Dietzgen slide rule catalog. Or best offer 13 65 shipping. Vintage dietzgen 1733 polymath decimal trig type log log slide rule with extras. This american slide rule manufacturer was founded in 1885 by eugene dietzgen. How to use a slide rule chicago.

M216 ref c33 dietzgen 1747a the slide rule manual atlas slide rule made by gilson eugene. The first manufacturing company opened in 1893 producing t squares wooden triangles drawing boards hectograph inks surveying instruments blue print and van dyke papers dietzgen s historic line of engineering products. Boclair dietzgen 1747b the slide rule manual binary slide rule eugene dietzgen co. It was initially used on model 1769 which was 16 long and had letters on both ends of the scales until 1919 when model 1769 became a 10 rule with letters only on the right of the scales that sold in a morocco leather case for 6 50.

The citation information for this eighteen page booklet is. Instructions are provided for reading a basic set of mannheim scales such as those on ma 335270. Their in house rules closely resembled those of their main competitor k e and can often be mistaken for them. Time left 1d 1h left.

Dietzgen was one of the major us drafting and related supply companies second to keuffel esser. Of chicago began developing products that competed with the high end slide rule lines manufactured by keuffel esser namely model 4081 and post the versalog. This two sided ten inch wooden slide rule is coated with white plastic and has metal endpieces. Catalogs for dietzgen of chicago indicate that the company introduced the improved adjustment in 1910.

Relatively late in its history of making and selling slide rules the eugene dietzgen co. Dietzgen slide rule catalog dietzgen company 523 market street san francisco california 5 1 2 x 8 1 2 reduced file contains 12 slide rule pages 1 12mb. In 1908 the company acquired its own drafting instruments factory in germany and introduced their lifetime service policy on drafting instruments. Instructions for using the midget slide rule eugene dietzgen co.

It was their main competitive offering against the k e 4081 3 and post 1460 versalog. M133 dietzgen drafting and surveying supplies catalog 1938 15th edition eugene dietzgen company chicago 5 1 2 x 8 1 2 640 pages file contains 15 slide rule pages 300dpi 10 0mb. Dietzgen corporation provides converting and distribution services for digital print media including papers films and textiles to the us market. The 1734 microglide rule is the most famous dietzgen rule and incorporates a novel teflon slide bearing for smoother action.

Their slide rules were a bit unusual as they sold their own brand of rules as well as rules made by many different manufacturers but branded under the dietzgen name. Eugene dietzgen co 1942. Buy it now 7 65 shipping. Founded in 1989 today s dietzgen is a privately held corporation with media brands including dietzgen reprographic magic sign and display museo fine art and validation premium proofing all supported by eight 8.