Instruction Manual for Cooper 100-Inch Slide Rule

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Object Details

Description

This undated 16-page booklet was received with MA.326237. It is titled, The 'Cooper' 100-inch Slide Rule (Patented). Designed for Use in Calculations Involving Multiplication, Division, Proportion, Percentages, Powers, Roots, Logarithms, etc. etc. The description of the calculator claims it reads to four decimal places. Instructions for currency conversion are also provided. Partial tables of decimal equivalents appear as an advertisement for The Instanter Decimal Tables, published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. of London.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of William Dubilier

date made

before 1923

ID Number

MA.259739.01

accession number

259739

catalog number

259739.01

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12.4 cm x 18.4 cm; 4 7/8 in x 7 1/4 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-2ce9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904530