Object Details
maker
Albree, G. Norman
Description
This is Norman Albree's pilot model for a two-sided circular logarithmic chart. The side labeled A has a double logarithmic scale arranged in a spiral of seven turns. Its outer edge is marked from 1 to 3.15. The inner edge is marked from .0 to .5. The side labeled B also has a spiral double logarithmic scale, marked from .315 to 1 on the outer edge and from .5 to 1 on the inner edge. A clear plastic cursor folds over the edge of the instrument and is pivoted at the center on both sides.
The A side is marked inside the fourth spiral: 19©45, and at the center: TRULOG DUPLEX. The B side is marked inside the fourth spiral: 19©45 (/) G. N. Albree, and at the center: G. NORMAN ALBREE. The instrument was received with a hand-sewn brown leather pouch. George Norman Albree, the inventor and donor, was an aeronautical engineer. See also MA.335484 and MA.335486.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of G. Norman Albree
date made
after 1945
ID Number
MA.335487
catalog number
335487
accession number
321674
Object Name
slide rule
Physical Description
paper (part material)
plastic (cursor material)
wood (overall material)
metal (part material)
Measurements
overall: 1.5 cm x 26.2 cm x 24.5 cm; 19/32 in x 10 5/16 in x 9 21/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Rule, Calculating
Chart, Logarithmic
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1215052