Instruction Manual for Pickett 101-C Circular Slide Rule

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Object Details

publisher

Pickett Industries

author

Hartung, Maurice L.

Description

This 24-page booklet was received with 1981.0922.12. Its citation information is: Maurice L. Hartung, Dial Rule Circular Slide Rule: Your Model No. 101-C Instruction Manual (Chicago & Alhambra, Calif.: Pickett & Eckel, Inc., 1957). The back is marked: PRINTED IN U.S.A.; FORM M-18. The Pickett logo on the front cover was used between 1958 and 1962.

The manual provides instructions and processes for the C and CI scales, multiplication, division, combined operations, the A and A_f scales (for square roots), logarithms and adding fractions, the LL scale, the DS and DT scales (for drill sizes and double depth of threads), the M scale (for metric conversions), and the S, ST, and T scales (for trigonometry). There are 24 problems and answers on the back page.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of John White

date made

ca 1958

ID Number

1981.0922.13

accession number

1981.0922

catalog number

1981.0922.13

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10.8 cm x 8.2 cm x .1 cm; 4 1/4 in x 3 7/32 in x 1/32 in

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Science & Mathematics

Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Rule, Calculating

Education

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5073-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904709