- Subject
- Calculation
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Bradford, Darby & Hulls
- Provenance
- Presented by the Friends of the Old Ashmolean. Purchased by them from Mrs Alkin. Probably owned by John Thompson.
- Primary inscriptions
- On stamped brass circular insert on reverse: "BRADFORD . DARBY . & . HULLS . / BY THE / KINGS / PATENT"
- Physical material
- Boxwood and brass
- Object type
- Slide rule
- Dimensions
- Height: 12mm Width: 609mm Depth: 41mm Weight: 0.306kg
- Inventory No
- 44586
- Accession Number
- 1932-27
Description
Two foot rule with two sliders on one face; one slider carries a single brass logarithmic scale. Edges carry decimally divided foot scales. Reverse has inch scales along edges and a central table and diagonal scales.
