Loga-Calculator cyclindrical slide rule

Heinrich Daemen-Schmid1900-1935

Bank of England Museum
London, United Kingdom

A cylindrical slide rule on a metal frame. Slide rules were an early version of a calculator which had a logarithmic scale written in a spiral around the outside of a cylinder. This slide rule was used at the Bank of England.

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Title: Loga-Calculator cyclindrical slide rule
Creator: Heinrich Daemen-Schmid
Date Created: 1900-1935
Location Created: Switzerland
Physical Dimensions: 64 x 23 x 21 cm
Type: slide rule
Medium: metal, paper

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