Object Details
- author
- Smyth, Michael P.
- publisher
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- Description
- 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, Analon Engineering – Science Analysis Slide Rule Instruction Manual (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.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Keuffel & Esser Company
- 1967
- ID Number
- MA.304347.02
- accession number
- 304347
- catalog number
- 304347.02
- Object Name
- booklet
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.2 cm x 13.5 cm; 8 11/32 in x 5 5/16 in
- place made
- United States: New York
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Slide Rules
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Rule, Calculating
- Engineering, Electrical
- Record ID
- nmah_904540
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-30e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
