Keuffel & Esser 4013 Thacher Cylindrical Slide Rule Exhibit Label

Chicago Museum of Science & Industry Exhibit Label for K&E Thacher Slide Rule.

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Object Details

maker

Museum of Science and Industry

Description

This cardboard sheet describes a Thacher cylindrical slide rule with a magnifying glass that was manufactured and sold by Keuffel & Esser of New York in the early 20th century as model 4013. (In the late 19th century, K&E numbered the instrument as 1741.) It apparently was used as an exhibit label around 1966 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, the previous owner of the related instrument.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

date made

ca 1966

ID Number

MA.271855.01.02

accession number

271855

catalog number

271855.01.02

Object Name

sheet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 25.4 cm x 19 cm x .1 cm; 10 in x 7 15/32 in x 1/32 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

Rule, Calculating

Museums and Galleries

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9f12-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1414560