Instruction Manual for Pickett 101-C Circular Slide Rule

Description:

This 24-page booklet was received with 1981.0922.12. Its citation information is: Maurice L. Hartung, Dial Rule Circular Slide Rule: Your Model No. 101-C Instruction Manual (Chicago & Alhambra, Calif.: Pickett & Eckel, Inc., 1957). The back is marked: PRINTED IN U.S.A.; FORM M-18. The Pickett logo on the front cover was used between 1958 and 1962.

The manual provides instructions and processes for the C and CI scales, multiplication, division, combined operations, the A and Af scales (for square roots), logarithms and adding fractions, the LL scale, the DS and DT scales (for drill sizes and double depth of threads), the M scale (for metric conversions), and the S, ST, and T scales (for trigonometry). There are 24 problems and answers on the back page.

Date Made: ca 1958

Publisher: Pickett IndustriesAuthor: Hartung, Maurice L.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: MathematicsRule, CalculatingEducation

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

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Credit Line: Gift of John White

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0922.13Accession Number: 1981.0922Catalog Number: 1981.0922.13

Object Name: pamphlet

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10.8 cm x 8.2 cm x .1 cm; 4 1/4 in x 3 7/32 in x 1/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5073-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904709

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