How to use a Slide Rule
When learning to operate a slide rule, it is convenient to have one...
If you don not own a real slide rule, you can use one of the many simulations of slide rules that have been created.
An online emulation of a
powerful Pickett 909 slide rule is available at
www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n909es/virtual-n909-es.html
In Google Play and the Apple App Store many apps can be found to simulate slide rule, of various quality.
A Digital Slide Rule that works online as well as on a desktop computer or as a mobile app is provided by
The Animated Software Company.
PDFs for exotic slide rules
You can also make your own paper slide rule.
Look at an English manual
(Thornton instruction book on Ron Manley's Slide Rule Site),
or try the following summary:
Or watch the animation
More examples can be found on Isabelle Saillot's YouTube channel.