Two foot

Made:
London
maker:
Troughton and Simms Limited
Two foot

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Two foot
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Two foot, boxwood slide rule by Troughton and Simms for Trigonometrical and navigational calculations

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1948-84
type:
slide rules (trigonometry) and slide rules (navigation)
credit:
Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge

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