Pickett model C18-T microwave transmission slide rule and leather case in original box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
label: date made
content: 1965
name: label: maker
content: Pickett
label: maker
content: Collins Radio Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This slide rule was used on many projects by the donor’s father, Jack Louis Schenk (1923-2001), a microwave engineer who spent most of his career with Collins Radio Company, later Collins Microwave.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Pickett model C18-T microwave transmission slide rule and leather case in original box, 1965. D-ring on back of case to attach to belt. Includes 5 plastic inserts and 4 paper manuals. Unit used by donor's father. Label on box: “Pickett Slide Rule / Microwave Transmission / Dual Base Log Log / Speed Rule / Model / N18T / 10-inch”, on top of package: “ALLMETAL / SLIDERULE / Pickett”. Printed on rule: “Collins / Collins Radio Company / Copyright 1965 © / Model C18 T / Microwave / Transmission / Slide Rule”, on other side: “ Model C18-T / Microwave / Transmission / Dual Base Log Log / Speed Rule / Pickett / Copyright 1965 / Santa Barbara, Cal.” Stamped on leather case: “”Pickett”. Printed on insert #1: “Slide Rule Instructions [I thru VIII]”, on insert #2: “Slide rule Instructions [IX thru XV], on insert #3: “Ant/Refl Gain”, on insert #4: “Echo Distortion” and “Fixed Losses”, on insert #5: “R-F Equipment Data” and “Aux. Equipment Data”. Printed on manual #1: “How to use ... log log slide rules / Pickett / by Maurice L. Hartung / ... / Price 50 Cents / Form M-14”. Printed on manual #2 and #3: “Supplement to Log Log Manual M-14 ... / how to use the / Model 3 / Powerlog / Exponential / Log Log Dual-Base Speed Rule / Pickett / by Maurice L. Hartung / ... / Price 50 Cente / Form M-22”. Printed on manual #4: “Ln-L scale Supplement / how to use ... / Dual Base / Slide Rule / Exponential / Ln-L Scales / Pickett / by Maurice L. Hartung / ... / Price 50 Cente / Form M-21”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Larry W. Schenk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0198.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0198.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slide rule
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: rule: 2 3/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 31.115 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: case: 3 1/4 in x 13 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 33.02 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: inserts (each): 1 7/8 in x 12 in x in; 4.7625 cm x 30.48 cm x .0254 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/2 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 33.655 cm x 3.4925 cm