Juggling Slide Rule - Complex

(24.4cm Scale, Prototype)

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Juggling Slide Rule - Complex (2011)
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Image Summary
System: System Tombeur prototype
Specialization: Juggling
Type: Closed frame
Material: Mahogany laminate
Facings: Perspex/paper
Scale Length: 24.4cm No of Scales: 9
Front Length: 282mm Front Width: 46mm
Language: English Origin: England
Date: 2011, October
Features/Notes: Advanced Juggler's slide rule, superceded by model A2.
Scales (colours as shown)
Front: §1, A [ CI, SI, §2, C ] D, AI, §3 Back: -
Labels Left: n1, h A [ C-1 ns-1, sin-1q, n(wb), t bt x10-1s C ] D v, A-1 d-1 x10-2m, q Labels Left: -
Labels Right: - Labels Right: -
Style: Railway track Typeface: Serif
Extensions: - Decimals: Tenths between 1 & 2 on CI, C & D
Gauge Marks: p (3.14) on C & D
g (9.81) on C & D
Rulers: -
Features/Notes: Printed on paper with Perspex facing.
§1 scale on upper stock rail (labelled n1) is a specialist index scale of throw weights in a juggling pattern.
§2 scale on slide (labelled n(wb)) is a specialist scale of throw weight and hold times in a juggling pattern, which uses the tick marks of the C scale below it.
§3 scale on lower stock rail (labelled q) is a two line, specialist scale for throw angles in a juggling pattern.
Construction
Stock: Solid stock constructed from laminated 4mm thick mahogany strip to make well and slide and cursor grooves.
Square top and bottom edges.
Mid level cursor grooves.
Shallow rebate in back .
Front faced with 1mm Perspex.
Paper scales and Perspex fixed with clear double-sided tape and anchored with M1.2 machine screws, one each at left & right ends of upper stock rail, and two each at left & right ends of lower stock rail (6 in total).
Upper and lower rail widths respectively (mm) - 10 & 19.5
Fully varnished (excluding Perspex).
Length x Width x Height (mm) - 282 x 46 x 13
Slide: Single sided
Constructed from laminated 4mm mahogany strip to form locating tongue.
Front faced with 1mm Perspex.
Paper scales and Perspex fixed with clear double-sided tape and anchored with M1.2 machine screws, one each at left & right ends (2 in total).
Fully varnished (excluding Perspex).
Front face width (mm) - 16.5
Cursor: 3mm thick Perspex pane attached to seperate top and bottom runners.
Runners fashioned from beechwood block.
Fully varnished (excluding Perspex).
Pane attached to runners with 4 x M1.2 machine screws, one in each corner.
Steel spring on top runner, mounted at left end with a M1.2 machine screw.
Single central full length hairline.
Width x Height (mm) - 38 x 59
Printing (colours as shown)
Stock: -
Slide: -
Cursor: -
Labels: On back, summary instructions, formulae and variables, with footer "COMPLEX JUGGLING SLIDE RULE - C. TOMBEUR OCT 2011"
Instructions
Guide to Simple and Complex Juggling slide rules can be downloaded from the link above.
Box (colours as shown)
Style: None L x W x D mm: -
Material: - Colour: -
Construction: -
Printing: -
Labels: -
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