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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904703