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'Unique' Five-Ten Straight Slide Rule, by Unique, English, 1940-1955

Inventory Number 35425


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35425

Item type
Object
Makers
Unique
Provenance
Presented by Jeremy Montagu in 1998. Used by the donor to work out musical pitches.
Primary inscriptions
"THE / "UNIQUE" / FIVE-TEN / SLIDE RULE" and "MADE IN / ENGLAND" on slider.
Physical material
Wood
card
plastic
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 153mm Width: 32mm Depth: 8mm
Inventory No
35425
Accession Number
1998-9

Description

A simple 6-inch slide rule with laminated printed scales, with cursor. Reverse carries table of 'Trigonometrical Ratios'. Stock under slider has table of 'decimal equivalents of fractions'.