Slide rule

Description

Mannheim slide rule, Rietz scale group, plastic-coated wood ruler and slide strip, perspex cursor, in two-part green case, by Faber-Castell, Germany, 1940s

Museum reference

T.2005.47.1

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Slide rule

Production information

Faber Castell, Manufacturer
Stein, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Western Europe

Date

1940s

Materials

Wood, Plastic, Perspex, Hardboard

Associations

Inventor: Mannheim, Amedee, 1859 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• Back to School (19 Aug 2013 - 30 Nov 2013)
  Gateway to the Glens Museum