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Title
Mensuration Made Perfectly Easy, by the Assistance of a New Improved Sliding Rule
Reference
YA2001.350
Production date
1819 - 1819

Creator

T Chapman Biography Biography
Birmingham-based publisher, known to be active in 1816 - 1819.

Scope and Content
An early example of a manual instructing the user of the slide rule how to solve various calculations, with examples.
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Scamozzi, Vincenzo Biography Biography
An Italian architect and writer on architecture. He is best known for his two volume treatise L’Idea dell’Architttura Universale (The Idea of a Universal Architecture) which dealt with the theory of architecture.

Subject
Calculators History.
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
System of arrangement
Single item

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ITEMYA2001.350 Mensuration Made Perfectly Easy, by the Assistance of a New Improved Sliding Rule