Keuffel & Esser Instructions for 4098 Ever-There Slide Rule

Description:

The citation information for this 16-page tissue paper pamphlet is: Instructions for Operating Ever-There Slide Rule No. 4098 (New York: Keuffel & Esser, 1932). The pamphlet describes an earlier version of 1989.0325.06. It lists various uses for slide rules and provides detailed drawings and explanations for reading numbers and making calculations on the slide rule. Sample problems are solved in multiplication and division, proportion, squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, trigonometry, and logarithms.

Date Made: 1932

Maker: Keuffel & Esser Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: MathematicsRule, CalculatingEngineering

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of William J. Ellenberger

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0933.09Accession Number: 1981.0933Catalog Number: 1981.0933.09

Object Name: pamphlet

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 22.2 cm x 14.5 cm; 8 3/4 in x 5 23/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4f1a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_904703

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