George Fuller's spiral cylindrical slide rule
- Made:
- c. 1880 in London
- maker:
- George Fuller and
- William Ford Stanley
Fuller's spiral slide rule, no. 849, made by W.F. Stanley, with an instruction booklet, c.1880. The spiral slide rule was invented to increase the length of the scale, and hence the accuracy, of the conventional slide rule. The Fuller's instrument also contains printed mathematical tables.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 1906-57
- type:
- slide rule (spiral) and slide rule (spiral) and spiral slide rule
- credit:
- J.C. Stevens Auction House
