Box with Sheet, for Log Log Magnifier Slide Rule
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: maker
content: Pickett Industries
notes: label: Description
content: By the 1960s, when this cardboard box was made, slide rules were an established symbol of the technical education of young Americans. They came with considerable packaging – not only a leather or plastic case but a set of instructions and a guarantee. This box, made by the American firm of Pickett, was designed for the company’s model N4M-ES slide rule. The N indicates that the cursor was nylon, the M that it magnified the portion of the scales below it, and the ES that it was in “eye saver” yellow rather than the more usual white. The box also holds a guarantee – but no slide rule or case.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Santa Barbara
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: Gift of Terry M. Sachs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.3023.07
label: nonaccession number
content: 1995.3023
label: catalog number
content: 1995.3023.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box With Sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 34 cm x 17.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 13 3/8 in x 6 7/8 in