Documentation Relating to GIW Hydraulic Slide Rule
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Georgia Iron Works Co.
notes: label: Description
content: In the mid-twentieth century, engineers designing slide rules often carried out extensive calculations by hand. The documentation for the Georgia Iron Works hydraulic slide rule (2009.0100.01) includes numerous pages of such calculations, as well as four blueprints showing the design of the rule. Correspondence between Danforth W. Hagler, who designed the slide rule, and officials of Pickett & Eckel Company, the manufacturer, is also included. The letters and drawings are dated 1961.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Augusta
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Calculating
label: Subject
content: Engineering
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Slide Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Danforth W. Hagler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0100.04
label: accession number
content: 2009.0100
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0100.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 cm x 23 cm x 2 cm; 14 31/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 25/32 in