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Rule, Slide

Object number2015.51.8 a,b

Manufacturer Pickett and Eckel, Inc.

Manufacturer Bloom Engineering Company, Inc.

Date1949

OriginAlhambra, CA

MediumMetal/Plastic/Leather/Thread

Credit LineGift of Terry Gruber

DescriptionSlide rule with brown leather case.DimensionsPart a: Width 1.438, Length 6, Depth 0.313;
Part b: Width 1.938, Length 6.313, Depth 0.438.
Inscriptions(a)
On one side, the top part of the body has "K / A" at left; the slide (middle part) has "B /
The slide has "S / ST / T" at left and demarcating lines with numbers running across the slide.

(b)
One side has gold embossed text "I. B. GRUBER".
Marks(a)
"38 / Pickett" over an inverted triangle is on the right end of this side.

The other side has on the top part of the body "PICKETT & ECKEL, INC. / ALHAMBRA, CALIF." at center and the bottom part of the body has "INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT 1949" at left, "MODEL NO. 200" at center, and "R. C. PICKETT, ALHAMBRA, CALIF." at right.

(b)
Each side has "Pickett" over an inverted triangle near the open end.

One side has gold embossed text "BLOOM ENGINEERING CO., INC."
Historical NotesSlide rule used by Irving B. Gruber. Part of a collection related to Aaronel deRoy Gruber and her husband Irving B. Gruber. Donor Terry Gruber is the son of Aaronel deRoy Gruber and Irving Gruber.

Previous owner Irving B. Gruber (1915 - 2013)

Related person R. C. Pickett

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