Slide rule

Museum number:
2-68350a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268350a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4068
Description:
Slide rule with case; a. White plastic slide rule with logarithms; 31.0 x 4.5 cm. approx. b. Small half of blue plastic case with strap, 13.5 cm x 6.5 cm. approx. c. Larger half of case with inner plastic extension; 26.5 cm x 6.5 cm approx. Used in Trigonometry for measuring logarithms. Made in U.S.A. by Sterling,, #594, copyright 1965.
Donor:
Eugene R. Prince
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slide rule, accession number 2-68350a-c, described as Slide rule with case; a. White plastic slide rule with logarithms; 31.0 x 4.5 cm. approx. b. Small half of blue plastic case with strap, 13.5 cm x 6.5 cm. approx. c. Larger half of case with inner plastic extension; 26.5 cm x 6.5 cm approx. Used in Trigonometry for measuring logarithms. Made in U.S.A. by Sterling,, #594, copyright 1965.

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