Slide rule
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CIRCULAR/SPIRAL SCALE
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0946.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Atlas
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CASE: OILCLOTH/ SLIDE RULE: METAL & SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Atlas
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- AFTER 1958
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO CALCULATE MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS - Technical
-
SPIRAL SCALE ALLOWED FOR A VERY LONG (EFFECTIVE) SLIDE RULE & THEREFORE A HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY IN A SMALL PHYSICAL AREA (6 FIGURE ACCURACY) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON SLIDE RULE: 'Atlas/ Slide Rule'/ 'COPYRIGHTED 1931'/ [SERIES OF NUMBERS PRINTED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES FOR CALCULATING PURPOSES]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CASE: BROWN SIMULATED LEATHER/ SLIDE RULE: WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING & YELLOW CIRCLES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Atlas, Slide rule, after 1931, Artifact no. 1987.0946, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.0946.001/
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