Name and Model Number | Faber Castell 366, System Schumacher (Hand-made / Nachbau version) |
Country of Origin | Original – Germany. Hand-made version – U.K. |
Date of Manufacture | Original – Around 1909. Hand-made version - 2012 |
Front Scales | Original – N1 [N2 I2] I1 plus N -> I table on cursor. Hand-made version – I1 N1 [ N2 I2] N I |
Back Scales | None |
Scale Length | Original – Approx 30cm Hand-made version – Approx 80 cm. |
Type of Rule | Slide Rule |
Construction | Wood |
Area of Use | Other |
Comment | Constructed for educational purposes. The orignal has a cursor.
The hand-made has no cursor. An unusual rule, capable of multiplication
of one- and two-digit numbers only. Also arbitrary powers and logarithms.
Works in modulo 101. Divisions are equally spaced; not logarithmically scaled.
German manual at: http://rechnerlexikon.de/files/Schum1909.pdf
English translation of above at:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/66367494/Schum1909.English.pdf |
Rarity | RRRR |
Donor | Collection of Jerry McCarthy |
Match Number | 70
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