Accession No

0073

Brief Description

5 gauging slide rules, 19th C

Origin

England (?)

Maker

Class

calculating

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass)

Dimensions

all rules approximately length 325mm; width 45mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Hutchinson Collection

Inscription

Description Notes

Each rule made of wood with central slide and ends bound in brass.
0073.1 one side: upper part of stock has scale ‘per cent under proof’ divided [41] - [88], numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has one scale starting on upper edge and continued on lower, divided 80 - 95 and 95 - 99, numbered by 1. Lower part of stock has scale ‘per cent under proof’ divided 88 - 99, numbered by 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.
Other side: very worn. Upper part of stock has scale which is per cent over and under proof, divided 50 - P [0] - 30, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has single scale in two parts divided 0 - [43] and [34] - [81], numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Lower part of stock has scale of ‘per cent over proof’ divided [25] - [69], numbered by 5, subdivided to 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1. Paper stuck to scales has obscured parts of them.
0073.2 one side: upper part of stock has scale ‘per cent below R’ divided [17] - 85, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has one scale starting on upper edge and continued on lower, divided 80 - 95 and 95 - 99, numbered by 1. Lower part of stock has scale ‘per cent below R’ divided [81] - [99], numbered by 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.
Other side: upper part of stock has scale which is per cent below and above R for ‘28 under P’, divided [33] - R [0] - 80, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has single scale in two parts divided 0 - [45] and 35 - 80, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Lower part of stock has scale of ‘per cent above R’ divided [75] - [135], numbered by 5, subdivided to 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1. Indecipherable MS in ink on lower part of stock.
0073.3 one side: upper part of stock has scale for per cent under and over proof, divided 54 - P [0] - 26, numbered by 2, subdivided to 1. Slide has one scale starting on lower edge and continued on upper, divided 0 - 46 and 40 - 86, numbered by 2, subdivided to 1. Lower part of stock has scale for per cent over proof divided [25] - [69], numbered by 2, subdivided to 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.
Other side: almost all of scales worn off.
0073.4 one side: upper part of stock has scale ‘per cent below D’ divided [46] - 90, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has one scale starting on upper edge and continued on lower, divided 80 - 95 and 94 - 99, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.5. Lower part of stock has scale ‘per cent below D’ divided 88 - 99, numbered by 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.
Other side: upper part of stock has scale which is per cent below and above D for ‘8 over proof’, divided [55] - D [0] - 20, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Slide has single scale in two parts divided 0 - [45] and [35] - 80, numbered by 5, subdivided to 1. Lower part of stock has scale of ‘per cent above D’ divided [15] - [56], numbered by 5, subdivided to 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1. Indecipherable MS in ink on lower part of stock.
0073.5: one side: upper part of stock has scale ‘per cent under proof’ divided [59] - 93, numbered 60, 62...80, 81, 82...93, subdivided to 1. Slide has one scale starting on upper edge and continued on lower, divided 84 - 97 and 96 - 99, numbered by 1. Lower part of stock has scale ‘per cent under proof’ divided 90 - 99, numbered by 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.
Other side: upper part of stock has scale which is per cent over and under proof, divided [59] - P [0] - 26, numbered by 2, subdivided to 1. Slide has single scale in two parts divided 0 - 48 and [35] - 86, numbered by 2, subdivided to 1. Lower part of stock has scale of ‘per cent over proof’ divided 24 - 70, numbered by 2, subdivided to 1; also ‘thermometer scale’ divided 30 - 80, numbered by 10, subdivided to 1.

Condition fair (paper stuck to 0073.1 and 0073.3 very worn on one side); complete

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