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Slide Rule, by W. F. Stanley, London, c. 1920

Inventory Number 55671


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55671

Item type
Object
Provenance
Pres. by Dr. P.H.T. Beckett Used by Dr. R.K Schofield (d.1960)
Primary inscriptions
"STANLEY LONDON" and "MADE IN ENGLAND" on stock under slider
Physical material
Wood
Cardboard
Metal
Ivory
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 580mm Width: 41mm Depth: 14mm
Inventory No
55671
Accession Number
1978-28

Description

Composite straight stock and single slider with trigonometric reverse; cursor; bevelled edge with scale of inches, other edge centimetres; printed table of constants on underside; with green covered cardboard case.