Keuffel & Esser 4013 Thacher Cylindrical Slide Rule Exhibit Label
date: label: date made
content: ca 1966
name: label: maker
content: Museum of Science and Industry
notes: label: Description
content: This cardboard sheet describes a Thacher cylindrical slide rule with a magnifying glass that was manufactured and sold by Keuffel & Esser of New York in the early 20th century as model 4013. (In the late 19th century, K&E numbered the instrument as 1741.) It apparently was used as an exhibit label around 1966 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, the previous owner of the related instrument.
label: Description
content: See also MA.327886.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Calculating
label: Subject
content: Museums and Galleries
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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 the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.271855.01.02
label: accession number
content: 271855
label: catalog number
content: 271855.01.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.4 cm x 19 cm x .1 cm; 10 in x 7 15/32 in x 1/32 in