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Globetrotter slide rule, 1960s

Mathematics

1960s

Globetrotter Series ready reckoner calculating rule for mileage between British towns and gallons of petrol against price, by Blundell Rules Limited, Weymouth.

Ready reckoner, c 1820.

Mathematics

c.1820

Twelve inch wooden rule with tables for multiplication and the conversion of British measures and money, stamped "Bate London", c. 1820

Ready reckoner 'Prompt' calculator, 19th century.

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c.1863

Ready reckoner "Prompt" calculator invented by Am. Maurand for converting between British Imperial Measure and the French Metric System, French, 19th century.

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