![]() P&E (Pickett) Model 3 Deci Log Log Vector P&E (Pickett) Model 3 Deci Log Log Vector 1947 V1 Made in USA - 28 scales - Aluminum Stock, Stamped square aluminum braces, round black logo, flat lens. Pickett Model N2-T - LogLog Speed Rule Dual Base Extended Range (1959) Pickett Model N2-T - LogLog Speed Rule Dual Base Extended Range ![]() I spent one summer cruise while at USNA aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) - REALLY enjoyed the LOUD F-4s"Īs a side note, the ISRM Curator worked on Phantom F4-J's while assigned to VF-161 Fighter Squadron aboard the USS Coral Seal in Vietnam from 1967-1969. I work part-time flying a Citation CJ2 here in Northern Maine - otherwise I'm on the tractor somewhere in the woods. Karl writes "I like the concept of wind and solar but am opposed to government intervention and distortions of what should be free markets and mormal supply and demand with my tax dollars. After retirement in 2011, Karl kept busy taking Electrical Construction and Maintenance and Wind Power Technology at Northern Maine Community College and received two AA degrees, and now volunteers as a tutor at NMCC. He joined the Maine Air Guard in Bangor, ME, flying KC-135s at Hurlburt Field and in Iraq flying the RC-26. He received an Air Force commission upon graduation from the Naval Academy in 1983 and went on to Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams AFB, AZ (T-37s, T-38s), then on to Castle AFB, CA and Loring AFB, ME for B-52Gs, Karl then received a Master's degree from Embry-Riddle. Kornchuk began his military career in the Marine Corps Reserve at NAS Alameda). Made in USA - 28 scales - Aluminum Stock, die cast braces Pickett Model 2-T - Dual Base Log Log Reciprocal Scale (1957) Pickett Model 2-T - Dual Base LogLog Reciprocal Made in USA - Note:31 scales (c)1949 - Magnesium Stock Pickett Model 2 - Deci Log Log Duplex - sn3D07552 Pickett Model 2-T - Deci Log Log Duplex snC026739 His business is called "The Analytical Engine". ![]() Phil is a trader and appraiser of Mathematical InstrumentsĪnd appeared on 3 seasons of the PBS series, Antique Road Show. Phil donated numerous slide rules to ISRM from his own collection. Gifted by Philip Stanley of Worcester, Massachussets Made in USA - Note:27 scales - ©1945/1947 - Magnesium Stock Pickett & Eckel Announce release of Deci-Point Slide Rule. Note: This early version is thicker than later models of 2, 3, 4 etc. ![]() Made in USA - Note:29 scales - ©1945 - Magnesium Stockĭigits, C' RN-DZ/DZ-RN, √ Note: The only Laminated Bamboo Pickett model. Pickett B-1 - Powerlog Bamboo Duplex - ca.1950 The lower one has a cloth over it to show the transparancy and a linear scale for sizing. Note: The top scan is without a backing and appears opaque. REF Pickett PR-13 Log-Log Projection Rule The lower one has a cloth over it to show the transparancy.Īrchive - Scans provided by Cassou Olivier Collection, France Made in USA - 8" long transparent plastic to fit on overhead projectors Pickett (Projection_Optics) ED-26 Teaching Rule Made in USA - 8" long to fit on overhead projectors There are thousands of the plastic Pickett models hiding in warehouses waiting to be slowly feed into the collector market. When the company folded with the rest of the industry, the slide rules were going to be sold as scrap metal to Mexico, but were rescued by Dick Schwartzer and later sold to collectors over the last 25 years. Pickett also produced all-plastic low-end slide rules in the waning days of the their life. Picketts are remembered by many later-day alumni for their characteristic yellow 'eye saver' color. A close up of one of Pickett artwork plates for the Texas Speed Rule is shown on the right, courtesy of Gary Rourke. Picket used a photo print on their slide rules, rather trhan being engine divided. Pickett slide rules were chosen to be used by the Apollo astronauts on their mission to the moon, as they were lighter than their wood core counter parts. Eckel started out making all-metal slide rules in 1944 using magnesium and later evolved to aluminum as aluminum alloys became more machinable. The founders, Roswell Colvert Pickett and Arthur F. Pickett was an American manufacturer of slide rules characterized by all metal construction.
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