Son of a bus driver ....

My mother always insisted he was a “coach driver” but no matter, from my father I inherited a love of motoring. I was born in England but apart from growing up and marrying Ros in the UK, since 1975 the family home has been in one of the famous bulb-growing areas of The Netherlands. Ros and I hold dual Dutch and British nationality - so no pre or post BREXIT problems!

I worked 25 years for an Oil Major – ending up as a Global I.T. Strategist. Retiring early, Ros and I enjoy travelling and watching our married daughter Siân’s family grow up – we have a granddaughter Zara and a grandson Owen.

By harnessing the WWW to share my collection and my published articles will, I hope, provide a useful source of information to other avid collectors or just surfing visitors to the website.

I am a member of the British Slide Rule Circle (UKSRC), the Dutch Circle for Historical Calculating Instruments (KRING) and the German Rechenschieber-Sammler-Treffen (RST) online group. I am also a Fellow, 2011 Award winner and since 2021 a Director of the American Oughtred Society.

If you have any questions or you are just looking for a good home for your trusty slide rule please use the details shown in the footer below or in the CONTACT tab above to get in touch.

Eur Ing. David Rance
CEng FIMIS FBCS CITP

“Retired from work but not from life!”