Instruction Manual for Dietzgen 1771 Redirule Slide Rule

Instruction Manual for Dietzgen Redirule Slide Rule

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Object Details

maker

Eugene Dietzgen Company

Description

This sixteen-page booklet lists no author or date. Its drawing of a slide rule corresponds to 1993.0357.02, with which it was received. The instructions explain how to: read the scales; multiply; place the decimal point; divide; combine multiplication and division; solve proportion problems; read the CI scale; compute squares and square roots and cubes and cube roots; solve problems in trigonometry; and work with logarithms.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Alfred E. Brown

date made

1941-1972

ID Number

1993.0357.02.01

accession number

1993.0357

catalog number

1993.0357.02.01

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 20.3 cm x 10.4 cm; 8 in x 4 3/32 in

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Science & Mathematics

Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Education

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a31f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1422675