Instruction Manual for Dietzgen 1771 Redirule Slide Rule

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Eugene Dietzgen Company
Description
This sixteen-page booklet lists no author or date. Its drawing of a slide rule corresponds to 1993.0357.02, with which it was received. The instructions explain how to: read the scales; multiply; place the decimal point; divide; combine multiplication and division; solve proportion problems; read the CI scale; compute squares and square roots and cubes and cube roots; solve problems in trigonometry; and work with logarithms.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred E. Brown
1941-1972
ID Number
1993.0357.02.01
accession number
1993.0357
catalog number
1993.0357.02.01
Object Name
pamphlet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 20.3 cm x 10.4 cm; 8 in x 4 3/32 in
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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Slide Rules
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Education
Record ID
nmah_1422675
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a31f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Instruction Manual for Dietzgen Redirule Slide Rule
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