Wooden slide rule for artillery rangefinding

Made:
1816-1827 in London
maker:
Joseph Hicks
Wooden slide rule for artillery rangefinding, with cursor, by J

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Wooden slide rule for artillery rangefinding, with cursor, by J
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Wooden slide rule for artillery rangefinding, with cursor, by J. Hicks, London, in leather carrying case, B4354, A8886

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1989-646
Materials:
wood and case, leather
type:
slide rule (artillery)
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust