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Instructions for C-Thru Pocket Slide Rule

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Instructions for C-Thru Pocket Slide Rule
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Object Details

maker

C-Thru Ruler Company

Description

This single sheet of paper was received with 1988.0807.02. It describes how to read the scales for two inexpensive student slide rules, the pocket-sized model 27 and ten-inch model 88, made by the C-Thru Ruler Company of Hartford, Conn. The postal code indicates a date between 1943 and 1963. The back of the sheet is stamped: GEORGE A. NORTON (/) 132 SWANN ROAD (/) WASHINGTON 23, D.C.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of George A. Norton

date made

1943-1963

ID Number

1988.0807.06

accession number

1988.0807

catalog number

1988.0807.06

Object Name

sheet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

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

place made

United States: Connecticut, Hartford

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
Education

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-3236-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904577

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