Instruction Manual for Dietzgen 1771 Redirule Slide Rule

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.

Date Made: 1941-1972

Maker: Eugene Dietzgen Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: MathematicsEducation

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics, Slide Rules

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Credit Line: Gift of Alfred E. Brown

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.0357.02.01Accession Number: 1993.0357Catalog 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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a31f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1422675

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