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Suxspeach Universal Slide Rule, by Ben Parker, Ratcliff, 1753

Inventory Number 49249


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49249

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924.
Primary inscriptions
"Ios. Suxspeach Invr. Ratcliff 4th. Ianuary 1753 Ben Parker Fecit". The "u" of Suxspeach was originally mistakenly punched as an "x"
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 344mm Depth: 55mm Weight: 0.404kg
Inventory No
49249
Accession Number
1924-0/part