Energy Ontario DriveSave Fuel Economy Calculator Slide Rule
date: label: date made
content: 1982
name: label: maker
content: Province of Ontario
notes: label: Description
content: In 1982 the government of the Canadian province of Ontario prepared this silver and orange paper linear slide rule for motorists. The front cover is marked: Energy (/) Ontario. It is also marked: fuel (/) economy (/) calculator. It is also marked: DriveSave (/) Improving the Fuel Economy (/) of Automobiles in Ontario. Inside are instructions for tracking distances driven and fuel purchases on a provided "fuel economy log" and for calculating miles per gallon or liters per 100 kilometers with the provided slide rule.
label: Description
content: The back cover contains driving and maintenance tips for improving fuel economy. It is marked: Ontario. It is also marked: Ministry of (/) Transportation and (/) Communications (/) Hon. James W. Snow (/) Minister. It is also marked: Ministry (/) of (/) Energy (/) Hon. Robert Welch (/) Minister. DriveSave was located in the Ministry of Transportation offices in Downsview, Ontario. Snow served from 1975 to 1984, and Welch served from 1979 to 1983.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Calculating
label: Subject
content: Automobiles
label: Subject
content: Government
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Slide Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Division of Engineering and Industry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3078.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3078
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3078.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating rule
label: Object Name
content: slide rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 17.9 cm x 8.5 cm; 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 3 3/8 in