Slide rule

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OBJECT TYPE: load adjuster
DATE: 1938–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0487.001

MANUFACTURER: Cox & Stevens Aircraft Corp.
MODEL: B24 - D, E & G
LOCATION: Mineola, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 21558
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: base & slide: wood coated with vinylite; lucite indicator

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 3.2 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cox Stevens
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Mineola

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: invented just before WWII (1939-1945); likely used during WWII; the U.S. Army Air Force became the United States Air Force in 1949
Canada: Unknown
Function: used to perform weight & balance calculations for aircraft carrying various loads & whose centre of gravity had to be maintained within certain critical ranges
Technical: used especially on bombers because bomb, fuel & ammunition load combinations could change during flight; this one designed for use aboard B-24 (D, E & G) bombers
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering includes: [on front face] "NOSE/HEAVY/428/LOAD ADJUSTER/B-24D,E & G/COX & STEVENS AIRCRAFT CORP./MINEOLA, N.Y." [on back face] "PROPERTY - AIR FORCES/UNITED STATES ARMY/COX & STEVENS AIRCRAFT CORP./MINEOLA, N.Y." [on edge] "21556/21556"
Missing: N/A
Finish: wood grain edges; front face black detail, yellow & orange fields on white background; back face black detail on white background; clear slide with black line
Decoration: none

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Cox & Stevens Aircraft Corp., Slide rule, between 1938–1950, Artifact no. 1989.0487, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1989.0487.001/

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