Object Details
- Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.
- Description
- The citation information for this 52-page stapled booklet is: H. J. Gerber, The Gerber GraphAnalogue (Hartford, Conn.: The Gerber Scientific Instrument Company, 1953). The booklet explains the construction and use of the Gerber GraphAnalogue. (See 1994.0113.02.)
- It then describes typical problems that could be solved with the instrument: plotting a family of curves; reading printed graphs without having to replot them; reproducing drawings at unusual scales; normalizing curves; interpolating points; counting frequency cycles; enlarging or reducing diagrams; determining pressure ratios; solving navigation and center of gravity problems; reading oscillograms and aerial photographs; spacing rivets; setting up engineering scales; determining a rate of elevation; estimating functions; and multiplying and dividing. The company sold specially-sized graph paper that could be laid on the base in order to plot curves.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1953
- ID Number
- 1994.0113.05
- accession number
- 1994.0113
- catalog number
- 1994.0113.05
- Object Name
- pamphlet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .3 cm x 14 cm x 21.6 cm; 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Hartford
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Scale Rules
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Engineering
- Record ID
- nmah_904600
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4e94-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
