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Gauging Slide Rule, English, 18th Century

Inventory Number 42539


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42539

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Friends of the Old Ashmolean. Purchased by them from Mrs Alkin. Probably owned by John Thompson.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Wood and brass
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 14mm Width: 457mm Depth: 28mm Weight: 0.167kg
Inventory No
42539
Accession Number
1932-28

Description

Straight rule with one slider and timber (?) table on reverse. One edge carries a scale of 18"; the other a scale of 18" and the same length decimally divided.