wooden slide rule

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Three slide rules
SMG00048711

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Wooden slide rule, with extra slides devised by R Prosser for clearness in reading. Metal end pieces are on each end, made up of multiple parts, four wooden parts wide, one of these is in two parts.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1922-253/3
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
type:
slide rule

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