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Slide Rule, English, 19th Century

Inventory Number 37084


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.37084

Item type
Object
Provenance
Part of the Lewis Evans Collection?
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Wood
Brass
Object type
Slide rule
Dimensions
Height: 12mm Width: 940mm Depth: 36mm Weight: 0.25kg
Inventory No
37084
Accession Number
1924-0/part

Description

Slide rule has 3 foot straight stock with single slider; gauge points for ale and wine gallons on lower scale. Reverse has bevelled edge and inch scale; reverse of slider has inch scale. Stock split.