Instructions for Otis King's Pocket Calculator

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Carbic Limited
Description
This trifold pamphlet reprints the text found in 1987.0788.06, except for the section on [Pounds] Sterling Calculations, which is omitted. The columns of text are also laid out slightly differently, so that the page length is shortened from eight pages to six. These instructions accompanied 1989.3049.02. See also 1989.3049.04.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of LaVerne Watkins
ca 1965-1968
ID Number
1989.3049.03
nonaccession number
1989.3054
catalog number
1989.3054.01
Object Name
book
leaflet
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 21.5 cm x 11.3 cm x .1 cm; 8 15/32 in x 4 7/16 in x 1/32 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Slide Rules
National Museum of American History
subject
Mathematics
Rule, Calculating
Record ID
nmah_905181
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-323b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Instructions for Otis King's Pocket Calculator.
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