Boxwood slide rule

Made:: 1700-1799

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Boxwood slide rule, 2' 5 long with one slide, 18th century'
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Boxwood slide rule, 2' 5" long with one slide, 18th century

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1915-397

type:: slide rule

credit:: Thomas H. Court

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