Slide rule
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRAILLE/CYLINDRICAL
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0810.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASE; BRAILLE NUMBERS RAISED ON PLASTIC(?) INSIDE CYLINDER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Calculating devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- LATE 1960'S
- Canada
-
DESIGNED AND BUILT AT NRC AS PART OF JIM SWAIL'S PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP AIDS FOR THE BLIND - Function
-
CYLINDRICAL BRAILLE SLIDE RULE AS A CALCULATION AID FOR THE BLIND - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NUMBERS RAISED ON INNER CYLINDER; "Braille Slide Rule N.R.C." HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE BALLPOINT INK ON A WHITE STICKER ATTACHED TO OUTER CYLINDER.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CASE HAS BLACK, SMOOTH FINISH; PLASTIC(?) IS OFF-WHITE COLOUR WITH A SLIGHTLY SHINY SURFACE, END HAS TEXTURED GRIP.
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Slide rule, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1985.0810, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0810.001/
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