sliderule.pdf is an article describing the maths and usage of a sliderule.
sliderule.lyx is the source document, which together with the svg images, generated the pdf file.
A web version can be viewed at:
https://bernie-skipole.github.io/sliderule/
The article contains several illustrative sliderule scales. A typical image generated is
These images were generated with the Python scripts and package slideruleimages available from Pypi at:
https://pypi.org/project/slideruleimages/
https://github.com/bernie-skipole/slideruleimages
Inspection of the scripts will show how an image is created.
The Python software is MIT licensed. The images are public domain, and as the software generates the images, new ones can be created at will from the Python program.
The Lyx and pdf document:
The Slide Rule © 2026 by Bernard Czenkusz is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.