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Slide Rule, by A.G. Thornton Ltd, English, Mid-20th Century

Inventory Number 42009

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.42009

Item type
Object
Provenance
Pres. by Mrs V. Jobling
Primary inscriptions
"A.G. THORNTON LTD", "P.I.C. / No. 112" and "MADE IN ENGLAND" on stock under slider; "PAT. No. 411090" on stock; P.I.C. trademark logo on slider.
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 570mm Width: 47mm Depth: 14mm
Inventory No
42009
Accession Number
1979-55

Description

Single slider in composite straight stock, with cursor; both edges bevelled, one with scale of inches, the other centimetres; printed table of constants on underside. In covered cardboard case.

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