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Keuffel & Esser Instructions for 4098 Ever-There Slide Rule

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Keuffel & Esser Instructions for Ever-There Slide Rule, Model 4098
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Object Details

maker

Keuffel & Esser Co.

Description

The citation information for this 16-page tissue paper pamphlet is: Instructions for Operating Ever-There Slide Rule No. 4098 (New York: Keuffel & Esser, 1932). The pamphlet describes an earlier version of 1989.0325.06. It lists various uses for slide rules and provides detailed drawings and explanations for reading numbers and making calculations on the slide rule. Sample problems are solved in multiplication and division, proportion, squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, trigonometry, and logarithms.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of William J. Ellenberger

date made

1932

ID Number

1981.0933.09

accession number

1981.0933

catalog number

1981.0933.09

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 22.2 cm x 14.5 cm; 8 3/4 in x 5 23/32 in

place made

United States: New York, New York City

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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/ng49ca746a7-4f1a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_904703

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