General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC (CELLULOID) SLIDE RULE/ PLASTIC CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.2 cm

Width

5.3 cm

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STERLING

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Mountainside

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S - 1970'S

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF A SLIDE RULE USED BY CANADIAN STUDENTS. IT WAS RECEIVED BY THE DONOR AS A GIFT & WAS USED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL.

Function

A MECHANICAL ANALOG COMPUTING DEVICE USED FOR RAPID CALCULATIONS SUCH AS MULTIPLICATION, DIVISION, PROPORTION, SQUARE & CUBE ROOT PROBLEMS, SINE, TANGENT, & LOGARITHMS.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A 1960'S SLIDE RULE. SLIDE RULES WERE MUCH USED CALCULATING DEVICES UNTIL THEY WERE SUPERCEDED BY ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS IN THE 1970'S. THE DONOR USED THIS ONE UNTIL SHE RECEIVED A CALCULATOR IN THE 1970'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING READING '(SP) PRECISION', 'STERLING SLIDE RULE', 'MADE IN U.S.A.'/ BLACK & RED SCALES & NUMBERING

Missing

None apparent.

Finish

WHITE SLIDE RULE WITHCOLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CURSOR/ BLUE & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PLASTIC CASE

Decoration

N/A