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(NoName) | Desktop Military | wood/celluloid veneers | Both non-standard scales folded & apart from NESTLER name in well no other markings |
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(NoName) | Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | Railway track scales + German silver screws + cm scale in well of stock + patent no. 173660 + table of conversion factors on back |
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(NoName) | Enhanced Mannheim - early | wood/celluloid veneers | Railway track scales + German silver screws + cm scale & 4 slits in well of stock + patent no. 164885 + table of conversion factors on back |
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(NoName) | Enhanced Mannheim - export Pickworth | wood/celluloid veneers | German silver screws + inch scale in well of stock + table of conversion factors compiled by C.N. Pickworth on back |
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(NoName) | Mannheim | wood | Unusually unmarked (pi mark = Nestler) & incised scales + table of conversion factors in English on back |
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0121 | Pocket Darmstadt two-tone | plastic | 2 cursor windows in back |
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0123 | Pocket Rietz 360 | plastic | aku CMC printed on back + 2 cursor windows |
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0123 (Reitz S) | Pocket Rietz 360 two-tone | plastic | 2 cursor windows in back |
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0127 | Pocket International Conversion two-tone | plastic | primarily for imperial/metric conversions with many gauge marks on front face + WEATHERFORD printed on back + 2 cursor windows |
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0129 Polymath | Pocket Log-Log | plastic | OEM by FUJI but retailed through Hope Slide Rule Mfg. Co. - has big-brother 0291 sibling |
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0137 | Pocket Electro two-tone | plastic | Unusually W & V scales on front face + 2 cursor windows in back |
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0203 Alpha | Demonstration Rietz two-tone | wood/painted | Instruction rule for model 0251 - Rietz layout but all scales on front face |
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0210 | Darmstadt | wood/celluloid veneers | Table of conversion factors & two cursor windows in back |
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0215 | Desktop Darmstadt 360° | wood/celluloid veneers | tables of conversion factors on back |
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0218 | Darmstadt | plastic | Table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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0232 | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | Late wooden model - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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0235 | Desktop Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | tables of conversion factors on back |
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0238 | Rietz two-tone | plastic | Table of conversion factors & 2 cursor windows in back |
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0239 | School Rietz two-tone | palstic | Cheaper construction & possible OEM by Japanese Fuji + 2 cursor windows in back |
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0249 Elemath | School Log-Log two-tone | plastic | OEM by Japanese Fuji but retailed through Hope Slide Rule Mfg. Co. |
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0251 Alpha | School Rietz two-tone | plastic | Cheaper construction & possible OEM by Japanese Fuji + “Half-duplex” layout with trig scales on back of closed frame stock - part of mini Secondary School series |
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0252 Beta | School Technical two-tone | plastic | Cheaper construction & possible OEM by FUJI - part of mini Secondary School series |
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0253 Gamma | School Technical two-tone | plastic | Cheaper construction & possible OEM by FUJI - part of mini Secondary School series |
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0254 Delta | School Technical/Log-Log two-tone | plastic | Cheaper construction & possible OEM by FUJI - part of mini Secondary School series |
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0260 | Machining Time | wood/celluloid veneers | Table of guidelines for turning speeds + 2 cursor windows in back |
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0270 | Technical long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | Table of constants on back + bigger sibling 0275 |
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0275 | Desktop Technical long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | Tables of conversion factors + 2 cursor windows in back - long scales (folded @ Pi) & desktop model meant accuracy of 0.03% + smaller sibling 0270 |
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0291 Polymath-Duplex | Technical/Log-Log | plastic | OEM by FUJI but retailed through Hope Slide Rule Mfg. Co. - see also smaller 0129 sibling |
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0292 Multimath-Duplex | Technical/Log-Log two-tone | plastic | |||
0320 | Petroleum two-tone - System Dr. Schmeling | metal/plastic | Specially marketed to Petroleum Industry for crude oil related calculations |
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0330 | Chemical two-tone | plastic | Top 2 scales & top scale on back of slide = plethora of gauge marks = table of elements & molecular weights |
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0370 | Electro | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) - 2 cursor windows in back + bigger sibling 0375 |
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0375 | Desktop Electro | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) - table of conversion factors & 2 cursor windows in back + smaller sibling 0370 |
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0408 | Finance two-tone | plastic | |||
0432 | Reinforced Concrete - System Dr. Schaeffer | wood/celluloid veneers | Stress factors 1200 & 1400kg/cm2 of iron on either side of slide |
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0440 | Reinforced Concrete two-tone - System Maarschalk | metal/plastic | Designed by Dutchman M.C.M. van Maarschalkerwaart but Nestler felt his full surname was too long for the System accreditation & hence shortened it! |
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10 | Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | German sliver screws + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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11 (narrow) | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | extremely narrow & Lilliput-like footprint with no model/maker markings on rule + 2 cursor windows in back |
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11 (ver. 1) | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | German silver screws + Table of conversion factors & 2 cursor windows in back |
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11D | Pocket Darmstadt | plastic | Broader than other in 11xx series 2 cursor windows in back |
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11E | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | celluloid | orange/dirty-brown celluloid with 2 cursor windows in back |
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11M | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | plastic | 2 cursor windows in back |
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11O | Pocket Mannheim | plastic | unnecessarily 2 cursor windows in back |
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11R | Pocket Rietz | plastic | 2 cursor windows in back |
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11ZE | Pocket Electro | celluloid | V & W scales in well of stock + 2 cursor windows in back |
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11ZM | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | celluloid | 2 cursor windows in back |
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11ZR | Pocket Rietz | celluloid | Model no. etc on back + 2 cursor windows |
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12 | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | cm & inch scale on back + 2 cursor windows |
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12a | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | unmarked but reseller, P. Trumel, in well of stock + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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12b | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows + unusual combination of magnifying cursor & extra tick marks emulates precision of 25cm model |
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12c | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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17 | Extra long Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | Unusual length + railway track scales + German silver screws + cm scale in well of stock |
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18 | Desktop Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + tables of conversion factors on back |
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20/1 Kiel | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | Kiel name (like F-C 1/94) comes from being the model favoured by German Imperial Naval Academy & School Kiel - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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21 | Darmstadt | wood/celluloid veneers | Owned & used as a student by legendry Swiss collector Heinz Joss - 2 cursor windows in back |
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21a | Desktop Darmstadt 360° | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + table of conversion factors on back |
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22 | Extra long Pocket Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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23 | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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23a (A/R) | Desktop Rietz - late | wood/celluloid veneers | Unusual scale length - tables of conversion factors on back |
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23R | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well + table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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23R/3 | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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23R/3 | Rietz - early | wood/celluloid veneers | table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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24 | Desktop Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + tables of conversion factors on back - ex Shell (B.P.M.) |
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24b | Extra long Desktop Rietz long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | Not demonstration type but 10f only 4 engine-divided (only maker capable of desktops >50cm) + early production year from 1908-1911 style of company name - read more .... |
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24R | Desktop Rietz - late | wood/celluloid veneers | cm scale in well of stock + tables of conversion factors on back |
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24R/1 | Extra long Desktop Rietz long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | Not demonstration type but 1 of only 4 engine-divided 100cm models (only maker capable of engine dividing desktops >50cm) |
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26 | Business & Machining | wood/celluloid veneers | Table of machining speeds on back + 2 cursor windows |
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27 | Technical long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | C & D long scales folded @ Pi + S & T also long-scale + cm scale in well of stock + tables of conversion factors on back & two cursor windows + see also larger sibling |
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27a | Desktop Technical long-scale | wood/celluloid veneers | C & D long scales folded @ Pi + S & T also long-scale + desktop model meant accuracy of 0.03% + cm scale in well of stock+ tables of conversion factors on back - long scales (folded @ Pi) & - see also smaller sibling |
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28 | Universal Stadia Topography - 360g | wood/celluloid veneers | German silver screws - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows + see bigger sibling |
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28a | Desktop Stadia Universal Topography - 400g | wood/celluloid veneers | Tables of conversion factors on back - model later replaced by 0286 Geometer + see smaller sibling |
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3 | Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | SUPPLIED BY ASTON & MANDER LONDON in well |
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31 | Timber | wood/celluloid veneers | For all aspects of timber industry (round & square timber ) - same model used by Albert Nestler (1851-1901) to calculate raw material needed for making wooden slide rules - cm & inch scales + 3rd party name Vollmer-Werke A.G. |
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33 | Chemical | wood/celluloid veneers | German sliver screws - table of atomic weights on back |
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33 | Chemical - early | wood/celluloid veneers | Narrow stock - German sliver screws - table of atomic weights on back + 1 cursor window |
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37 | Electro | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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37 | Electro - early | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) + cm scale in well of stock + German silver screws - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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37 | Electro - monochrome & early | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) + monochrome with no CI but cm scale in well of stock + German silver screws - table of conversion factors on back + 2 cursor windows |
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37/15 | Extra long Pocket Electro | wood/celluloid veneers | Top non-standard scale is for rapid calculation of tension losses in copper wires + bottom non-standard scale is for calculating peripheral velocities (D scale displaced by pi/6 or 0.5326) + cm scale in well of stock - conversion tables on back + 2 cursor windows |
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37a | Desktop Electro | wood/celluloid veneers | German silver screws + cm scale in well of stock + Table of constants on back |
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39 | Pocket Electro - Sytem Besser | wood/celluloid veneers | 39 is one of the model no.‘s Nestler illogically reused for 2 totally different types + extremely unusual layout of scales (DBGM for Erwin Besser) + table of constants on back |
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4 | Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | Retailer’s name also in well |
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40 | Retail & Monetary | wood | Unusual incised scales + 1 cursor window in back |
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40 | Retail & Monetary - classic | wood/celluloid veneers | German silver screws + table of conversion factors & 1 cursor window in back |
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40 | Retail & Monetary - early | wood/celluloid veneers | Narrow stock & probably earliest model specifically made by any maker for commerce + German silver screws + 1 cursor window in back |
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40a | Desktop Retail & Monetary - late | wood/celluloid veneers | Unusual scale layout + British pound sterling (£ s d) scales on back of slide + conversion tables on back |
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41 | Lilliput Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | cm & inch scale on back + 2 cursor windows |
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42Z | Lilliput Mannheim | celluloid | unnecessarily 2 cursor windows in back |
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43 | Reinforced Concrete - System Hoffmann | wood/celluloid veneers | Stress factors 1200 & 1400kg/cm2 of iron on either side of slide + table of factors on back & 2 cursor windows |
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45 | Desktop Basic long-scale | metal/paper | Largest of only 3 cylinder/drum models |
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5 | Mannheim | wood painted white | Table of conversion factors on back painted white |
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7 | Business | wood painted white | Table of conversion factors printed on back - cheaper construction (e.g. no German silver screws) but still quality finish |
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8 | Rietz | wood painted white | Table of conversion factors on back painted white |
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9 | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | 2 cursor windows in back |
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939 Hoehenwindmessung | Desktop Military Artillery Range Finding/Meteorology | plastic/metal | Modern day 360 degree Winkel in Grad version of High Altitude Calculator for German Armed forces (NATO NSN No.: 6660-12-127-6307) for global missile trajectories or possibly jet stream & its effect on missiles or planes flying at high altitude + read more ... |
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A.B.C. | Military Tank Artillery | plastic | Special commission for L’arme blindée et cavalerie (ABC) or Armoured Cavalry Arm of French Army + 2 unnecessary cursor windows in back |
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ABC | Pocket Military Radiation | plastic/metal | Specially commissioned fallout calculator for German Armed Forces (NATO NSN no.: 6665-12-136-1506) & ABC = Atomic, Biological & Chemical -- table on back lists battlefield fallout compensation/reduction factors + read more ... |
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ABL | Military Vehicle Logistics & Supply | plastic | Specially commissioned calculator for vehicles travelling in column formation made for the Belgian Army (ABL) but relationship to Westf. Versandhaus is unknown - Inch scale on back |
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GEA | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | wood/celluloid veneers | Specially commissioned by Bochum-based German supplier of air conditioning and refrigeration technology Gesellschaft für Entstaubungsanlagen (GEA AG) + railway track scales & German silver screws + table of constants & 2 cursor windows in back |
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Glanzstoff | Pocket Textile | plastic | Specially commissioned by Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken AG + company name & logo’s on back + more textile constants + 2 cursor windows |
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Hermann Schubert | Pocket Textile | wood/celluloid veneers | Specially commissioned by the Zittau-based leading German sewing thread supplier Herman Schubert + deceivingly nondescript Mannheim layout was later granted a German DRGM registered design (1454414) on 18-11-1938 because of the thread size table on back & later modified cursor |
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Landis & Gyr (11O) | Pocket Mannheim | plastic | Unmarked 11O special commission for Landis & Gyr A.G. - co. name printed on back with two unecessary cursor windows |
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Landis & Gyr (11ZR) | Pocket Enhanced Mannheim | celluloid | Unmarked 11ZR special commission for Landis & Gyr A.G. - co. name printed on back with two cursor windows |
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Luftwaffenamt | Military Time-Speed-Distance for aircraft | wood/celluloid veneers | Special commission for German Luftwaffenamt (Air Force) + German sliver screws - continuation of 1:30000000 top-edge scale in well + blind stamp in back indicates military provenance |
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RL 130 | Mannheim-like | plastic/metal | Pre-engineered generic model made here for German Friedrich Krupp AG - back of the cursor innovatively doubles up as a clip for jacket or shirt pocket + read more ... |
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Sydema Corpometer | Bespoke Tailoring Aid | wood/celluloid veneers | Special commission consisting of a 4-part ruler (one part missing) possibly for Wolterstorff to measure the size & shape of the female form for a made-to-measure jacket/coat |
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Sytem Rietz | Rietz | wood/celluloid veneers | Special commission possibly for British maker/retailer A.G.Thornton but with a stock width associated more with a Mannheim type - table of constants on back + 1 cursor window. |
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Total Stralenschutz | Pocket Radiation | plastic/metal | Non-military ABC (Atomic, Biological & Chemical) fallout calculator specially made for German company: Total KG Foerstner & Co. |