Editing Slide rule (section)

==Collections==
[[File:Comically_large_slide_rule,_MIT_Museum.jpg|thumb|upright|A classroom-sized slide rule displayed at the [[MIT Museum]]]]
The [[MIT Museum]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], has a collection of hundreds of slide rules, [[nomogram]]s, and [[mechanical calculator]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MIT_Slide_Rule_Collection |title=Commons category MIT Slide Rule Collection}}</ref> The [[Keuffel and Esser]] Company collection, from the slide rule manufacturer formerly located in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], was donated to MIT around 2005, substantially expanding existing holdings.<ref name="MITnews">{{cite news |title=MIT Museum measures up |url=https://news.mit.edu/2005/sliderules |access-date=2019-05-01 |work=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |date=January 11, 2005}}</ref> Selected items from the collection are usually on display at the museum.<ref name="MITM">{{cite web |title=Slide Rules |url=https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/installation-or-collaboration/slide-rules |website=MIT Museum |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=2019-05-01 |archive-date=2019-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501192812/https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/installation-or-collaboration/slide-rules |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Proun">{{cite web |title=MIT Museum — Slide Rules |url=http://proundesign.com/MIT-Museum-Slide-Rules |website=proundesign.com |publisher=Proun Design |access-date=2019-05-01 |archive-date=2019-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501192803/http://proundesign.com/MIT-Museum-Slide-Rules |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[International Slide Rule Museum]] is claimed to be "[the world's] most extensive resource for all things concerning slide rules and logarithmic calculators".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Turner |first=Kimberli |date=2009-10-07 |title=Slide Rule: 101 |work=Colorado Hometown Newspapers}}</ref> The museum's Web page includes extensive literature relative to slide rules in its "Slide Rule Library" section.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slide Rule Library Main Desk |url=http://www.sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Library.htm |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=International Slide Rule Museum |archive-date=2023-01-07  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107151122/https://www.sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Library.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>