Slide rule, Thomson's patent

Thomsons' patent slide rule for involution, evolution

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Thomsons' patent slide rule for involution, evolution, compound interest etc.

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1883-1

Materials:: box (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

type:: slide rule (thomson)

credit:: Thomson, J H

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