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Straight Slide Rule, British, c. 1925

Inventory Number 62042


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.62042

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Used at National Physical Laboratory, Wireless Division.
Primary inscriptions
Stamped "WIRELESS DIVISION" and "BRITISH MADE" on stock and "RADIO DEPT No. 5 R.R.S. 29" under slider.
Object type
Slide rule
Inventory No
62042
Accession Number
1992-26

Description

Straight slide rule with standard 20" scales; wooden stock and double-sided slide with bevelled edge and celluloid/ivorine overlay, cursor.