- Subject
- Calculation
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Otis King
- Provenance
- Presented by Dr John Davis
- Primary inscriptions
- "OTIS KING'S POCKET CALCULATOR", to rear of scale.
- Object type
- Slide rule
- Dimensions
- Height: 38mm Width: 170mm Depth: 40mm Weight: 269g
- Inventory No
- 86178
- Accession Number
- 2002-5
Description
Calculating device, consisting of 2 slide rule scales arranged in a spiral around a cylinder, with a metal handle at one end, and a sliding tube-marker along the barrel. Instrument and instruction book sit inside a black card case with a removable lid and a white paper ring adhered to the top.
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