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Object Details

maker

Carbic Limited

Description

This trifold pamphlet reprints the text found in 1987.0788.06, except for the section on [Pounds] Sterling Calculations, which is omitted. The columns of text are also laid out slightly differently, so that the page length is shortened from eight pages to six. These instructions accompanied 1989.3049.02. See also 1989.3049.04.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of LaVerne Watkins

date made

ca 1965-1968

ID Number

1989.3049.03

nonaccession number

1989.3054

catalog number

1989.3054.01

Object Name

book

leaflet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 21.5 cm x 11.3 cm x .1 cm; 8 15/32 in x 4 7/16 in x 1/32 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/ng49ca746a7-323b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_905181