Instructions for C-Thru Pocket Slide Rule

National Museum of American History

Object Details

C-Thru Ruler Company
Description
This single sheet of paper was received with 1988.0807.02. It describes how to read the scales for two inexpensive student slide rules, the pocket-sized model 27 and ten-inch model 88, made by the C-Thru Ruler Company of Hartford, Conn. The postal code indicates a date between 1943 and 1963. The back of the sheet is stamped: GEORGE A. NORTON (/) 132 SWANN ROAD (/) WASHINGTON 23, D.C.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Norton
1943-1963
ID Number
1988.0807.06
accession number
1988.0807
catalog number
1988.0807.06
Object Name
sheet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 21.5 cm x 14 cm; 8 15/32 in x 5 1/2 in
place made
United States: Connecticut, Hartford
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
Education
Record ID
nmah_904577
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-3236-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Instructions for C-Thru Pocket Slide Rule
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