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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1304.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Faber, A.W.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Federal Republic of Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD; "FRENCH IVORY"; GLASS AND METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Naval architecture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Faber
- Country
- Federal Republic of Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS ONE USED SINCE THE 1930S. GENERALLY USED UP TO THE 1970S WHEN ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS BECAME COMMON.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF BASIC EQUIPMENT USED BY MR. JAMES WATSON IN HIS CAREER AT VARIOUS CANADIAN SHIPYARDS AND IN THE FEDERAL GOVT. - Function
-
USED FOR QUICK NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS SUCH AS MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION, EXTRACTING ROOTS ETC. - Technical
-
THE ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR HAS NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY SUPPLANTED THE SLIDE RULE BECAUSE OF ITS GREATER EASE OF USE AND WIDER VARIETY OF FUNCTIONS. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED IN MIDDLE BELOWADJUSTABLE ARM: '1/61/361 [DRAWING OF SUSPENDED SCALE] A.W. FABER "CASTELL"'/ INCH SCALE [1 TO 10] ON ONE SIDE AND CENTIMETRE SCALE [1 TO 29] ON OTHER SIDE/ 4 SCALES MARKED ON TOP/ ON BOTTOM VARIOUS EQUIVALENT MEASUREMENTS INDICATED [FAIRLY ILLEGIBLE]/ SCRATCHED IN BOTTOM: 'J.C. WATSON/ 4-4-36'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- STAINED AND VARNISHED WOOD; WHITISH FRENCH IVORY WITH BLACK MARKINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Faber, A.W., Slide rule, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1995.1304, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1304.001/
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