Slide Rule Component, Slide between Two Base Pieces
name: label: maker
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Keuffel & Esser Company, which had its headquarters in New York City, was a leading American maufacturer of slide rules and drawing instruments. Between 1961 and 1971, the company gave the Smithsonian a variety of slide rule parts, including this one. It consists of a slide between two base pieces. All parts are wooden, with plastic top and bottom. There is a plastic inset along one side on each edge piece. There are no scales. There are marks near each end where metal bars would go. A mark on the slide near one end reads: 791051. A mark on both base piece reads: 051.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Hoboken
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and 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: 1983.3008.25
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3008
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3008.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: calculating rule component
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 32.6 cm x 4.2 cm; 5/16 in x 12 27/32 in x 1 21/32 in