General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC SLIDE RULE/ SOFT PLASTIC CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.6 cm

Width

11.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mathematics

Category

Calculating devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

EDGERTON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT LARGEST RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN CANADA DURING PERIOD OF ITS MOST RAPID GROWTH,GREATEST PRODUCTIVITY & DURING WHICH IT DEVELOPED WORLD RENOWNED REPUTATION.

Function

DEVICE USED TO CALCULATE EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, SUCH AS MAXIMUM OVERPRESSURE & WINDS, THERMAL RADIATION, INITIAL IONIZING RADIATION, CRATER DIMENSIONS

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON SLIDE RULE READS "NUCLEAR BOMB EFFECTS COMPUTER/ BASED ON DATA FROM "EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS"/ IN COOPERATION WITH/ EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER, INC." & "CIVIL EFFECTS TEST ORGANIZATION/ AEC-BIOLOGY MEDICINE CONTRACT - AT(29-1)1242"/ BLCK & SOME RED SCALE MARKINGS & LETTERING/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON CASE READS IN PART "EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER, INC./ 160 BROOKLINE AVENUE BOSTON 15, MASS./ Copley 7-9700", "FOREMOST/ IN/ SPACE/ GROUND/ OCEANOGRAPHIC/ INSTRUMENTATION", "This Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer has/ been compiles in cooperation with the Atomic/ Energy Commission, Division of Biology and/ Medicine, and Lovelace Foundation (see photocopy in supp.info.)

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

WHITE & BLUE SLIDE RULE WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PARTS/ RED, WHITE & BLACK CASE

Decoration

LOGO READING "EG&G" ON SLIDE RULE & CASE/ LOGO CONSISTING OF RED & BLACK TAPE MAGNETIC REEL? ON CASE