The Oughtred Society was founded in 1991 by a group of slide rule collectors and is dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules and other calculating instruments. In the past 18 years it has evolved to an international organization with members in 22 countries. It is noted for its highly acclaimed Journal of the Oughtred Society, published twice per year. Continued …

• A New Book Calculating With Tones - The Logarithmic Logic of Music by Klaus Kuehn and Rodger Shepherd has just been published by the Oughtred Society.

• The 2009 Oughtred Society Hall of Fame recipients have been announced. Our congratulations to the three Award winners and four (4) new OS Fellows!

• The Oughtred Society Scholarships are now available. The Oughtred Society Excellence in Mathematics Scholarship. $250. For college-bound high school juniors and seniors. The Oughtred Scholarship. $750. For college students majoring in Engineering or Mathematics.
• IM2011 (International Meeting of Slide Rule Collectors) will be hosted by the Oughtred Society at MIT in Boston. This 17th annual meeting will be held in 2011 in the USA for the first time, previously being been held in Europe and the United Kingdom. The Oughtred Society takes great pleasure in hosting this significant event in the 20th anniversary year of the founding of the Society. Additional information to follow.
• The UKSRC has announced that the UK's largest public exhibition of slide rules has been unveiled at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, the specimens being contributed by the members of UKSRC. News anouncements may be seen at MKNEWS and PCW's Labs. The members of the Oughtred Society wish to congratulate UKSRC for this achievement in bringing slide rules to the British public.

• The Oughtred Society, in conjunction with the International Slide Rule Museum's SR Loaner program, has permanently gifted a set of Aristo 903 Scholars to the Delta V Club at the St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School. Please take time to visit their site to see how intructions in slide rules are being used for rocket science calculations, as they build and launch model rockets. If anyone knows of other educators, teachers or professors that would like to have slide rules on loan for their classes, please have them contact Mike Konshak, curator[at]sliderulemuseum.com.

• A comprehensive Index for the Journal of the Oughtred Society has been added to the Journal section of this website. This Index was compiled by Oughtred Society member Barry Dreikorn. Many thanks to Barry for this monumental and extremely useful piece of work! The Index provides Article title, Author's name, Item number, Page number, Article Summary and a Keyword list. It is fully searchable. Click JOURNAL here or in the main menu at left.

• The K&E Salisbury Products Division Slide Rules book, by Joseph L. Soper, is now available to order. Click the above link for a description, sample pages, and ordering information.

• Calculating With Tones is available to order. Click the link above.

• February 20, 2010 Winter Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. Atomic Testing Museum. Non-members invited. Only $35. Click here for Details and Registration.
• April 17, 2010 - Rechenschieber Sammler Treff (RST) Annual Meeting. German slide rule and calculator collectors. Trier, Germany. See www.rechenschieber.org. Contact Jochen Konrad-klein via Email : post [at] jochen-konrad-klein.de
• September 17-18, 2010 - IM2010 16th International Meeting of Slide Rules & Historical Calculating Instrument Collectors in Leiden, The Netherlands. Meeting Information. Contact Otto van Poelje at ovpoelje[at]rekenlinialen.org

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