Artifact Details

Title

Slide rule

Catalog Number

102741653

Type

Physical object

Description

The object consists of a circular slide rule, an envelope for storing the slide rule, and one piece of tephigram graph paper. The object is a pressure-height circular slide rule for determining the pressure of a column of air at various heights and temperatures. The condition of the envelope is fair. The condition of the slide rule is very good.

Date

Circa 1943

Manufacturer

University of Chicago Press

Dimensions

overall: 1/4 in x 15 3/4 in x 15 3/4 in

Category

Pre-computer/slide rule

Credit

Gift of Elaine Chapin and Suzanne Chapin

Lot Number

X7438.2015