Object Details
maker
Carbic Limited
Description
This flyer, printed in blue ink on white paper, is titled: Simplify any Calculation with an Otis King. The text identifies potential users and describes the functions of this cylindrical slide rule. The back of the flyer lists six sample problems the Otis King Pocket Calculator could solve. It is stamped with the address of an English dealer of scientific instruments: H. T. POCKETT. (/) 25. NELSON ROAD. (/) GREENWICH. S.E.10. The price is listed as 47s. 6d. postpaid.
The flyer arrived with 1987.0788.01 and probably dates to the same period, from about 1960 to 1962. See also 1987.0788.06.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Howard I. Chappelle
date made
ca 1960-1962
ID Number
1987.0788.07
accession number
1987.0788
catalog number
1987.0788.07
Object Name
sheet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20.5 cm x 13 cm; 8 1/16 in x 5 1/8 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904568