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IM2010 (new version of Info Sheet June 2010)

In September 2010 the Dutch Circle will host the 16th International Meeting of Slide Rule Collectors. 
For the fifth time in the 16-year history of IM's, this will be in The Netherlands. 
The organizing committee of the Dutch KRING has begun preparations for the meeting early this year.
For your diary: the meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 17-18, 2010. 
The chosen location is the old city of Leiden, see map by Joan Blaeu from the 1640s:

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Leiden was established in the 12th century, blossomed with the linen trade, 
and played an important role in the late 1500s to early 1600s, during the “80-years war” with Spain.
For the accommodation of participants and for the first day of the meeting, 
we have reserved rooms in a hotel close to the A4 motorway between The Hague and Amsterdam. 
The second day of the meeting will be spent in a building at Leiden University, 
close to the Rapenburg canal in the old city center. 
Leiden has many canals and waterways within and around its center, 
and a boat trip along the canals will be part of the program for participants and partners. 
As in previous Dutch IMs, the partner program on the second day will contain special visits to a museum 
and other places of cultural interest in Leiden.

The main program has been established: we have secured commitments from Dutch and foreign friends 
for presentations on such diverse subjects as Gunter rules, historical log-tables, French slide rules, mini slide rules, 
cryptographic machines like the ENIGMA from WWII, and more. See the final program of presentations below.
As in previous years, the papers associated with the presentations will be issued in the printed Proceedings. 
The meeting language will mostly be English, but for the French subjects we will organize dual-language sessions.
In addition to these rather serious subjects, there will be lighter notes, such as the swap fair, 
the One-Off’s displays, and social events.

Look at the information sheet for more details on programme and costs: 

    IM 2010 Information Sheet (version June 2010)

Please use the MS WORD IM2010 Registration Form to subscribe to the conference (use right mouse-click to download):

    IM 2010 Registration Form

Please use the MS WORD template example to design your One-Off description (use right mouse-click to download):

    IM 2010 Proceedings Template - One Off example

The Organizing Committee invites all of you to join us at the IM2010 conference in Leiden!


				List of Presentations 
  (detailed planning of day and time of each session not yet determined)

Logarithmic  Tables – mini and more	Klaus Kühn
Girtanner’s Logarithmical Tables of 1794 for Simplifying Commercial Calculations	Werner Rudowski
Faber-Castell 50cm Slide Rules	Richard Smith Hughes
Enigma, Bomby, Lorenz, Colossus – Intro to Decryption at Bletchley Park	Jerry McCarthy
“French Slide Rules” block of 4 presentations, in French and English)
Les Règles à Calcul Graphoplex: les Origines   (Graphoplex Slide Rules )	Daniel Toussaint
La Diffusion des Règles à Calcul en France au XIXe Siècle (The Awareness of Slide Rules in France in the 19th Century)	Marc Thomas
Une Application Française des Bâtons de Neper: le Multiplicateur Barit (French Application of Napier’s Bones: the Barit Multiplier)	Gonzalo Martin
Adultes et Règles à Calcul: une Expérience Paradoxale ou un Défi à notre XXIe Siècle?   (Adults and Slide Rules: a Paradoxical Experience or a Challenge to our 21st Century?)	Raimundo Cadenas
Description and Use of the Sliding Gunter Rule in Navigation	Tom Wyman
The “EASY” Slide Rule & Slide Rule Wrist Watches	Bob Adams
Computing Linkages	Andries de Man
Financial Interest Calculations with LOGA Discs and Drums	Nico Smallenburg
Invented by Misunderstanding - the Planimeter of J. Gierer	Stefan Drechsler
Difference Engines in the 20th Century	Stephan Weiss
Tie Clip Slide Rules	Dieter von Jezierski
Portrait Miniatures - Masterpieces in Little	Inge Rudowski
Small Old Books	Daria Bouwman

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