Manual for Gilson Midget Circular Slide Rule

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Object Details

maker

Gilson Slide Rule Company

Description

This twelve-page booklet was received with 1998.0119.01. It provides instructions for using the Midget circular slide rule manufactured by Gilson Slide Rule Company of Stuart, Fla. It describes each of the scales and gives a sample problem for computing a merchant's overhead costs as a percentage of profit. It advertises Gilson's Atlas and Binary slide rules and provides a list of formulas and equivalent measurements.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Donald F. Mela

date made

ca 1940

ID Number

1998.0119.03

catalog number

1998.0119.03

accession number

1998.0119

Object Name

pamphlet

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 9.2 cm x 16 cm x .2 cm; 3 5/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 3/32 in

place made

United States: Florida, Stuart

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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/ng49ca746a5-5179-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_694175