Instruction Manual for Cooper 100-Inch Slide Rule
date: label: date made
content: before 1923
notes: label: Description
content: This undated 16-page booklet was received with MA.326237. It is titled, <i>The 'Cooper' 100-inch Slide Rule (Patented). Designed for Use in Calculations Involving Multiplication, Division, Proportion, Percentages, Powers, Roots, Logarithms, etc. etc.</i> The description of the calculator claims it reads to four decimal places. Instructions for currency conversion are also provided. Partial tables of decimal equivalents appear as an advertisement for <i>The Instanter Decimal Tables</i>, published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. of London.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Calculating
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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: Gift of William Dubilier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.259739.01
label: accession number
content: 259739
label: catalog number
content: 259739.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.4 cm x 18.4 cm; 4 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in