Artifact Details

Title

Otis King's pocket calculator, cylindrical slide rule

Catalog Number

X214.83

Type

Physical object

Description

Object is a late version Otis King cylindrical slide rule. It consists of a chromed cylinder, a sliding black cylinder, and one extant measured cylinder (a second measured cylinder appears to be missing). Sliding black cylinder shows which scale is selected.

Date

ca. 1921

Manufacturer

Carbic, Ltd.

Place Manufactured

England

Identifying Numbers

183723 Patent no., on the slide rule.
W1996 Stamped on end.

Dimensions

overall: 1 1/4 in x 6 in x 1 1/4 in

Category

Calculator/mechanical

Credit

Gift of I. Bernard Cohen

Lot Number

X214.83