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Juggling Slide Rule - Complex
(24.4cm Scale, Prototype)
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Juggling Slide Rule - Complex (2011) |
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Summary
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System:
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System Tombeur prototype
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Specialization:
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Juggling
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Type:
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Closed frame
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Material:
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Mahogany laminate
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Facings:
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Perspex/paper
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Scale Length:
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24.4cm
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No of Scales:
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9
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Front Length:
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282mm
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Front Width:
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46mm
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Language:
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English
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Origin:
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England
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Date:
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2011, October
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Features/Notes:
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Advanced Juggler's slide rule, superceded by model A2.
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Scales (colours as shown)
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Front:
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§1, A [ CI, SI, §2, C ] D, AI, §3 |
Back:
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-
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Labels Left:
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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:
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-
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Labels Right:
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-
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Labels Right:
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-
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Style:
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Railway track
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Typeface:
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Serif
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Extensions:
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-
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Decimals:
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Tenths between 1 & 2 on CI, C & D
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Gauge Marks:
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p (3.14) on C & D
g (9.81) on C & D
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Rulers:
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-
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Features/Notes:
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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.
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Construction
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Stock:
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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
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Slide:
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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
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Cursor:
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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
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Printing (colours as shown)
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Stock:
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-
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Slide:
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-
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Cursor:
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-
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Labels:
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On back, summary instructions, formulae and variables, with footer "COMPLEX JUGGLING SLIDE RULE - C. TOMBEUR OCT 2011"
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Instructions
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Guide to Simple and Complex Juggling slide rules can be downloaded from the link above.
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Box (colours as shown)
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Style:
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None
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L x W x D mm:
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-
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Material:
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-
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Colour:
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-
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Construction:
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-
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Printing:
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-
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Labels:
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-
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Detail Images
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