Excise officer's slide rule

Excise officer's slide rule, boxwood, 12" long, with four slides, inscribed "Edwd Roberts maker in Dove Court in Old Jewry London", in leather case

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1915-398
Measurements:
Closed: 25 mm x 305 mm x 22 mm, 0.16 kg
Extended: 25 mm x 575 mm x 22 mm, 0.16 kg
type:
slide rule (excise)
credit:
Thomas H. Court

Parts

Excise officer's slide rule

Excise officer's slide rule

Excise officer's slide rule, boxwood, 12" long, with four slides, inscribed "Edwd Roberts maker in Dove Court in Old Jewry London".

Materials:
box (wood)
Object Number:
1915-398/1
type:
slide rule
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Leather case for excise officer's slide rule

Leather case for excise officer's slide rule

Leather case for excise officer's slide rule.

Materials:
leather
Object Number:
1915-398/2
type:
case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum