Dietzgen 1746 Maniphase Multiplex Slide Rule with Tables, Instructions, Case, and Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
name: label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: This 10" duplex wooden slide rule is coated with white plastic and has a glass indicator with a metal frame. One side of the frame has DF, D, and L scales. The other has A, D, and K scales. One side of the slide has CF, C1F, C1 and C scales. The other has B, T, ST, and S scales. The instrument fits in a leather-covered case with a leather flap at one end. This, in turn, fits in a yellow box that also holds a set of conversion tables copyrighted in 1950 and a pamphlet with instructions for care and adjustment copyrighted in 1952. An instruction manual copyrighted in 1954 and a warranty also came in the box.
label: Description
content: The model 1746 is not listed on a 1943 Dietzgen Price List. It is listed in Dietzgen Catalog 22D (1948) and in the 1953-54 Dietzgen School Catalog.
label: Description
content: This example of the slide rule was owned by M. Gordon and Marion Tiger. Mr. Tiger worked for the U. S. Department of State in the 1950s and 1960s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Slide Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rebecca Tiger Gregson in Memory of Marion and Gordon Tiger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0087.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0087.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slide rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (slide rule interior material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (slide rule exterior, tables material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, metal (runner material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box, documentation material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.8 cm x 33.3 cm x 6.3 cm; 1 1/2 in x 13 1/8 in x 2 15/32 in