Mannheim Slide Rule
notes: label: Description
content: This small, one-sided slide rule is made of wood. It has a white plastic layer on the front of both the base and the slide. The indicator is made from plastic. The base bears A, D, and K scales. The slide bears B, CI, and C scales. The scales are approximately 4-1/8 inches long. The slide is slightly longer than the base. The back of the slide rule is bare boxwood and has no scales.
label: Description
content: The instrument is marked on the slide: MADE IN (/) ENGLAND. It closely resembles the 4-inch Jiffy slide rule made by Unique Slide Rule Company of Brighton, England. Unique sold slide rules from about 1923 to 1975.
label: Description
content: References: Peter M. Hopp, <i>Slide Rules: Their History, Models, and Makers</i> (Mendham, N.J.: Astragal Press, 1999), 229–231; "British Slide Rules," <i>The Slide Rule Museum</i>, http://sliderulemuseum.com/British.htm; David M. Riches, <i>Mathematical Instruments: A Private Collection</i>, http://www.mathsinstruments.me.uk/page14.html; Peter Hopp, Colin Barnes, and John Knott, "Unique Slide Rules," <i>Journal of the Oughtred Society</i> 6, no. 1 (1997): 32–44.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 E. Gilbert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0087.02
label: accession number
content: 1995.0087
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0087.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating rule
label: Object Name
content: slide rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (laminate material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 12.3 cm x 3.3 cm; 5/16 in x 4 27/32 in x 1 5/16 in