Object Details
- Description
- This twelve-page booklet was received with 1998.0119.01. It provides instructions for using the Midget circular slide rule manufactured by Gilson Slide Rule Company of Stuart, Fla. It describes each of the scales and gives a sample problem for computing a merchant's overhead costs as a percentage of profit. It advertises Gilson's Atlas and Binary slide rules and provides a list of formulas and equivalent measurements.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Gilson Slide Rule Company
- date made
- ca 1940
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald F. Mela
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.2 cm x 16 cm x .2 cm; 3 5/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 3/32 in
- Object Name
- pamphlet
