MCFARLANE'S CALCULATING CYLINDER

SCOTTISH, CIRCA 1835

Fermé21 April 2016

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GBP 2,000–3,000

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MCFARLANE'S CALCULATING CYLINDER
SCOTTISH, CIRCA 1835
the composed of three rotating sections with printed paper scales, cartouche signed McFARLANE'S CALCULATING CYLINDER. GLASGOW.
6in. (15cm.) long

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This slide rule in the form of a cylinder would have been used to determine interest for fiscal calculations. Other examples are known in the collections of IBM and the Science Museum in London.

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SCOTTISH, CIRCA 1835

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