<I>The Slide Rule and How to Use It: A Practical Guide to Its Use with Examples, Problems, Answers</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1955
name: label: Written by
content: Calvin C. Bishop
label: Published by
content: Barnes & Noble, Inc., American, founded 1886
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A third edition, soft cover textbook titled, Slide Rule: How to Use It (Barnes & Noble Everyday Handbooks Series #254), by Calvin C. Bishop. The soft cover book has glossy front and back paper covers. The book’s front cover is gray and features a black-and-white illustration of a slide rule extending diagonally from the bottom left corner towards the center of the cover. The slide rule is framed on two sides by red lines. Small black text at the top of the front cover reads [254 ? EVERYDAY HANDBOOK SERIES ? $1.00]. The title is printed in white and black text of varying sizes across the top third of the front cover: [SLIDE RULE / HOW TO USE IT / EXAMPLES / PROBLEMS/ ANSWERS]. In the bottom right corner is the author’s and publisher’s names written in black text that reads [by Calvin C. Bishop / BARNES & NOBLE, Inc.]. The abbreviated title and author’s last name are printed in black and white text along the spine. At the bottom of the spine is the series number, [254], and publisher’s logo, [BN], printed in black ink at the bottom of the spine. The back cover of the book is also gray. At the top is the abbreviated title, [SLIDE RULE], printed in black ink. Printed in black text inside a white, irregularly shaped rectangle at the bottom of the back cover is a synopsis of the contents and the goals of the book. The interior pages are white with black text. Opposite the title page is a two paragraph biography of the author. Contents include black-and-white mathematical diagrams, equations, and lessons and explanations of how to use the slide rule. The book has 149 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Science
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.28
objectType: label: Type
content: textbooks
label: Type
content: paperbacks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 5/16 in. (20.6 × 13 × 0.8 cm)