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Three Photographs Related to the GIW Hydraulic Slide Rule

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Initial Design, Georgia Iron Works Slide Rule
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  • Initial Design, Georgia Iron Works Slide Rule
  • D. W. Hagler and Demonstration Version of Georgia Iron Works Slide Rule
  • Danforth W. Hagler, Inventor of Georgia Iron Works Slide Rule

    Object Details

    Description

    These three photographs relate to the hydraulic slide rule developed for calculations relating to pumps and pipelines at the Georgia Iron Works (2009.0100.01). A snapshot from 1961 shows the slide rule as it was first designed. A second image shows the designer, Danforth W. Hagler, in an office in the 1960s. The third, which is somewhat later, shows Hagler at the console of an IBM 1130 computer. In that photograph, an oversized version of the slide rule he invented is mounted on the wall.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Danforth W. Hagler

    date made

    1960s

    date received

    2009

    ID Number

    2009.0100.03

    accession number

    2009.0100

    catalog number

    2009.0100.03

    Object Name

    photographs

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)

    Measurements

    part: photo 2: 17.5 cm x 10.7 cm x .2 cm; 6 7/8 in x 4 7/32 in x 3/32 in
    part: photo 1: 7.4 cm x 10 cm; 2 29/32 in x 3 15/16 in
    part: photo 3: 15 cm x 11.3 cm; 5 29/32 in x 4 7/16 in

    place made

    United States: Georgia, Grovetown
    United States: Georgia, Augusta

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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/ng49ca746ac-a590-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1349111

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