Slide Chart, Quincy Compressor Selector
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: Quincy Compressor Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This slide chart, distributed by the Qunicy Compressor company of Quincy, Illinois, is designed to allow customers to select the appropriate model of Quincy air compressor to purchase, knowing the pressure at which the air is to be delivered and the number of cubic feet per minute of air delivery desired. On one side, pressures range from 30 to 100 pounds On the other, they range from 110 to 250 pounds. For each model, the chart indicates the horsepower, speed, and piston displacement.
label: Description
content: The chart consists of a paper envelope held together with metal rivets and a paper slide that moves crosswise. A mark near the bottom reads: Copyright 1941 Perry Graf Corp. Maywood, Ill. Slide charts made by Perry Graf that are in the Museum collections include 1979.3074.03, 1983.3009.04, 1983.3009.05,1983.3009.06, 1987.0108.03, and 1988.0325.01, and 1988.3076.01.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Quincy
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Manufacturing
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Mathematical Charts and Tables
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of I. Bernard Cohen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3076.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3076.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mathematical table
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 21.2 cm x 9.2 cm; 3/32 in x 8 11/32 in x 3 5/8 in