Slide rule
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANNHEIM/LOG LOG
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2102.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HEMMI
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Japan
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General Information
- Serial #
- 1777
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAMBOO WITH PLASTIC LAMINATE/ METAL PARTS/ LEATHER CASE/ FABRIC LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 3.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HEMMI
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- LATE 1960'S+
- Canada
-
A SLIDE RULE USED BY A STUDENT IN CANADA. THE DONOR RECEIVED AS A GIFT UPON COMPLETION OF GRADE 11 IN WINNIPEG IN JUNE 1965. THIS JAPANESE MADE SLIDE RULE WAS MARKETED BY THE CANADIAN INSTRUMENT COMPANY HUGHES-OWENS. - Function
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A MECHANICAL ANALOG COMPUTING DEVICE USED FOR RAPID CALCULATIONS SUCH AS MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION, EXTRACTING ROOTS, OBTAINING POWERS OF NUMBERS ETC., USUALLY BY LOGARITHMIC MEANS - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A 1950S/1960S MANNHEIM SLIDE RULE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING READING 'SUN HEMMI JAPAN'/ RED LETTERING READING 'THE HUGHES-OWENS CO. LIMITED NO. 1777'/ BLUE, BLACK & RED SCALES & NUMBERING/ BLACK 'HEMMI JAPAN' ON CURSOR
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE SLIDE RULE WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CURSOR/ METALLIC PARTS/ BROWN LEATHER
- Decoration
- N/A
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HEMMI, Slide rule, before 1965, Artifact no. 1987.2102, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1987.2102.001/
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