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Maker:
Eugene Dietzgen Company  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 22.2 cm x 14.4 cm; 8 3/4 in x 5 21/32 in
Object Name:
booklet
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1942
Description:
The citation information for this eighteen-page booklet is: <i>How to Use a Slide Rule</i> (Chicago: Eugene Dietzgen Co., 1942). After a description of the features of the slide rules sold by Dietzgen, the booklet gives a tour of the slide rule for beginners. Instructions are provided for reading a basic set of Mannheim scales, such as those on MA.335270. Sample problems in multiplication, division, square roots, proportion, and trigonometry are solved. Additional scales, such as K and CI, are briefly described.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Rule, Calculating  Search this
Education  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of William J. Ellenberger
ID Number:
1981.0933.07
Accession number:
1981.0933
Catalog number:
1981.0933.07
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-2f92-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_904351