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Instruction Manual for Charles Bruning Model 2401 Slide Rule

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Instruction Manual for Charles Bruning Slide Rule, Model 2401
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Object Details

maker

Charles Bruning Company, Inc.

Description

The citation information for this 16-page pamphlet is Charles Bruning Company, Inc., Instruction Manual for Bruning Slide Rule No. 2401 (New York, 1944). The cover notes that the company had applied for a patent on a slide rule indicator, but no such patent has been found. The manual begins with the claim that results on model 2401 were significant to three digits. After explaining the parts of a slide rule, the manual divides the process of learning to use a slide rule into twelve steps, each of which are discussed with examples, solutions, and exercises in the remainder of the pamphlet. This manual was received with 1991.0445.03.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Richard R. Lombardi

date made

1944

ID Number

1991.0445.03.01

accession number

1991.0445

catalog number

1991.0445.03.01

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 22.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 8 27/32 in x 5 23/32 in

place made

United States: New York, New York City

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics
Rule, Calculating

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0f1c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904592

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