Keuffel & Esser Analon Slide Rule Instruction Manual and Related Documentation
date: label: date made
content: 1967
name: label: author
content: Smyth, Michael P.
label: publisher
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This green hardcover instruction manual, lifetime guarantee certificate, and leaflet on "How to Take Care of Your Slide Rule" were received with MA.333923. The citation information for the manual is: Michael P. Smyth, <i>Analon Engineering – Science Analysis Slide Rule Instruction Manual</i> (New York: Keuffel & Esser, 1967). A scan is found at "Keuffel & Esser, Specialty Slide Rules," International Slide Rule Museum, http://sliderulemuseum.com/KE_Specialty.htm. Smyth taught electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. The manual describes the Analon slide rule; defines dimensions, units, and dimensional analysis; suggests applications; and provides practice problems.
label: Description
content: The certificate has model number S22-4. The model number for the leaflet about caring for a K&E slide rule is S14-5. The leaflet is small (4 X 3 inches) and was copyrighted in 1944, 1949, 1958, and 1962. Users were to clean the slide rule only with a moistened cloth. Instructions are provided for adjusting and aligning the slide rule.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Calculating
label: Subject
content: Engineering, Electrical
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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 Keuffel & Esser Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.304347.02
label: accession number
content: 304347
label: catalog number
content: 304347.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.2 cm x 13.5 cm; 8 11/32 in x 5 5/16 in