slide rule
Date: after 1963
Inventory Number: 2014-1-0113
Classification: Slide Rule
Subject:
Manufacturer: Pickett & Eckel, Inc. (1943-1985)
Dimensions:
slide rule: 0.9 × 30.8 × 6 cm (3/8 × 12 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
leather pouch: 1.4 × 32.8 × 7.8 cm (9/16 × 12 15/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
box: 1.9 × 33.6 × 7.8 cm (3/4 × 13 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.)
Description:
One slide rule, one leather storage pouch, one box.
In Collection(s)
Signedon back of rule: PICKETT
on top of box: PICKETT
on the back of the box: PICKETT
on the rule: PICKETT
on top of box: PICKETT
on the back of the box: PICKETT
on the rule: PICKETT
Inscribedon top of box: PICKETT / (on right side) STUDENT / SLIDE / RULE
on the edge of box: PICKETT / WITH CASE & INSTRUCTION BOOK
on the front of box: PICKETT NO. 120ES
on the back of the box: PICKETT
on the rule: PICKETT / MICROLINE / 120
on the edge of box: PICKETT / WITH CASE & INSTRUCTION BOOK
on the front of box: PICKETT NO. 120ES
on the back of the box: PICKETT
on the rule: PICKETT / MICROLINE / 120
FunctionThe Pickett 120 Microline slide rule provides the following traditional slide rule scales: K (cube and cube roots), A and B (squares and square roots), S (sines and cosines), T (tangents and cotangents), Cl, C, and D (multiplication/division), and L (logarithms).
Curatorial RemarksOriginally owned by Jerry Margolin, engineer at Lincoln Lab at MIT; was a gift of his widow to Lionel Spiro.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.