Hardware Day (July 2017)
Slide Rules! ➔ Pickett teaching-size slide rule
physical object
Identifier
2016.10.1Description
Teaching-sized slide rules were used to demonstrate the use of a slide rule from the front of a classroom.According to the online Slide Rule Museum, 7-foot long models like this one were relatively common, in part because Pickett gave one to every school that ordered a set of normal sized rules for students.
You can try our half-scale version to the right!
Related Term
slide rules (is described by)External links
Demonstration Slide Rules Used for Teaching ClassesEmulation
Simulated Pickett N909-ES Slide RuleRelated people
Norman Ball (donor)Scott Campbell (documented)