Object Details
- Description
- In the mid-twentieth century, engineers designing slide rules often carried out extensive calculations by hand. The documentation for the Georgia Iron Works hydraulic slide rule (2009.0100.01) includes numerous pages of such calculations, as well as four blueprints showing the design of the rule. Correspondence between Danforth W. Hagler, who designed the slide rule, and officials of Pickett & Eckel Company, the manufacturer, is also included. The letters and drawings are dated 1961.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Georgia Iron Works Co.
- date made
- 1961
- Credit Line
- Gift of Danforth W. Hagler
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 cm x 23 cm x 2 cm; 14 31/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 25/32 in
- Object Name
- documentation
