Instructions for Staedtler-Mars Model 944-24 Slide Rule

Instructions for Staedtler-Mars Model 944-24 Slide Rule

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Description
This tan, 36-page booklet is titled: Staedtler-Mars Instructions for Use, Modles [sic] No. 944 24 No. 945 24 Bamboo Slide Rule. The back cover is marked: Printed in Japan.
The instructions define the scales; explain how to multiply and divide; solve problems of proportion; discuss squares and square roots; calculate cubes, cube roots, 3/2 power, and 2/3 power; explain logarithms; provide processes for trigonometric functions; discuss the P or Pythagorean scale; explain the LL scales; and define this rule's five gauge marks. The German firm of Staedtler distributed the rule with which the booklet was received (2009.0019.02). Ricoh, the Japanese company that made the rule, presumably prepared the instructions.
Reference: Paul Ross, "Relay/Ricoh Slide Rules," Journal of the Oughtred Society 9, no. 2 (2000): 64–65.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
pamphlet
date made
1960-1972
maker
Ricoh Measuring Instruments
place made
Japan
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 18.3 cm x 12.8 cm x.3 cm; 7 7/32 in x 5 1/32 in x 1/8 in
ID Number
2009.0019.02.01
accession number
2009.0019
catalog number
2009.0019.02.01
Credit Line
Gift of Harley Flanders
subject
Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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