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Instruction Manual for Georgia Iron Works Hydraulic Slide Rule

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Instruction Manual for Georgia Iron Works Hydraulic Slide Rule
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Object Details

maker

Georgia Iron Works Co.

Description

The citation information for this 20-page stapled booklet is: T. W. Hagler, Jr., GIW Hydraulic Slide Rule Instructions [and] Formulas, rev. ed. (Georgia Iron Works Co., 1969). Tom Hagler wrote this explanation of the slide rule designed by his brother, Danny, for the pump manufacturing firm owned by their family in Grovetown, Ga. The rule made it easier for the company's engineers to make calculations related to the flow of slurry in pipelines and pumps. See 2009.0100.01. The rule illustrated in this booklet, which has C and D scales, is a later version of the instrument than the example in the collections. The booklet also contains instructions for caring for the rule that presumably came from its maker, Pickett Industries (formerly Pickett & Eckel) of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Danforth W. Hagler

date made

1969

date received

2009

ID Number

2009.0100.02

catalog number

2009.0100.02

accession number

2009.0100

Object Name

sheets, set of

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 21.5 cm x 14 cm x .2 cm; 8 15/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 3/32 in

place made

United States: Georgia, Grovetown

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
Engineering

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-bd46-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1349092

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