Artifact Details

Title

Radio Communication Slide Rule

Catalog Number

X133.82

Type

Physical object

Description

Radio commincation slide rule consists of circular paper number wheel and plastic guide. Black text stamped on front indicates "manufacturers of communication / receivers, transmitters and parts" with logo of national engineers and manufacturers above. Back of number wheel indicates the times of various countries around the world and center includes black text "the most disctinctive name / in radio communications". There is a circular residue mark on the lower center part of middle of the top of the wheel.

Date

1947

Manufacturer

Engineers and Manufacturers National

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Dimensions

1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.

Category

Pre-computer/slide rule

Credit

Gift of Stanton Vanderbilt

Lot Number

X133.82