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OBJECT TYPE: WIND-LOAD/CIRCULAR/CARDSTOCK
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0299.001

MANUFACTURER: SLIDE-CHART CORP.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Maywood, Illinois, 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: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 11.5 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: SLIDE CHART
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Maywood

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: A FUNCTIONAL ADVERTISING DEVICE FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA. [REF 1]
Function: USED TO CALCULATE THE WIND-LOAD ON GLASS IN VERTICAL WINDOWS SUPPORTED ON FOUR SIDES.
Technical: USES THE SLIDE RULE PRINCIPLE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON DEVICE READS IN PART: 'Glass/ WIND-LOAD/ CALCULATOR/ For vertical windows supported on four sides/ AMERICAN-SAINT GOBAIN CORPORATION/.../ WIND SPEED/ M.P.H./ PRESSURE/ P.S.F./ SAFETY FACTOR/ EQUALS 3/.../ Slide-Chart Copr. 1962, PERRY-GRAF Corp., Maywood, Ill./ AMERICAN-SAINT GOBAIN/ CORPORATION/ Kingsport, Tennessee'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE WITH BLACK AND BLUE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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SLIDE-CHART CORP., Slide rule, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1997.0299, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0299.001/

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