Advertising Pamphlet for Otis King's Pocket Calculator

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Object Details

maker

Carbic Limited

Description

The cover of this eight-page pamphlet is blue and black. It reads: HOW THE (/) OTIS KING (/) SPIRAL (/) SLIDE RULE (/) SAVES TIME (/) AND MISTAKES (/) IN ALL (/) CALCULATIONS (/) SIMPLE (/) QUICK (/) ACCURATE. The text describes the features and advantages of the Otis King cylindrical slide rule. Drawings demonstrate the three steps required to make calculations. The pamphlet also lists 13 sample problems the Otis King Pocket Calculator could solve, 37 companies that were major customers of the rule, and 50 professions that usefully employed the rule. The back page carries five anonymous testimonials and is stamped in blue ink with the address of the instrument's U.S. distributor: CALCULATOR COMPANY (/) BOX 593 (/) LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90714.

This pamphlet arrived with 1989.3049.02. See also 1989.3049.03.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of LaVerne Watkins

date made

ca 1965-1968

ID Number

1989.3049.04

nonaccession number

1989.3049

catalog number

1989.3049.04

Object Name

leaflet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 22.4 cm x 10.4 cm x .1 cm; 8 13/16 in x 4 3/32 in x 1/32 in

place made

United States: California, Lakewood

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Advertising

Science & Mathematics

Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9f48-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1415507