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OBJECT TYPE
MANNHEIM/STUDENT
DATE
1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1994.0190.001
MANUFACTURER
STERLING PLASTIC CO.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Mountainside, New Jersey, United States of America

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 SLIDE RULES WERE MUCH USED CALCULATING DEVICES UNTIL THEY WERE SUPERCEDED BY ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS IN THE 1970'S. THE DONOR USED THIS ONE UNTIL SHE RECEIVED A CALCULATOR IN THE 1970'S.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

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