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Volumes

1. Vol 1 How to Read & Operate a Slide Rule — Volume 1 — Anatomy and the Logarithmic Principle What the parts are, why sliding multiplies, and how to read three figures off a piece of wood
2. Vol 2 Using a Slide Rule — Volume 2 — Multiplication and Division The C and D scales, the inverted CI, the folded CF/DF, and chained calculations
3. Vol 3 Using Slide Rules — Volume 3 — Powers and Roots Squaring and cubing with A, B, and K; arbitrary powers with the log-log scales
4. Vol 4 Using a Slide Rule — Volume 4 — Trigonometry and Logarithms Sines, tangents, small angles, and reading common logarithms straight off the rule
5. Vol 5 Using a Slide Rule — Volume 5 — Reading Circular and Cylindrical Rules How operation changes when the scale is bent into a circle or wound onto a cylinder