Slide Rule

Boxwood rule. Inscribed with maker's name 'F. Robson & Co, 46 Dean Street, Newcastle on Tyne.' also George Hamilton, DALMUIR & BARROW' (previous owner?) The donor, David Winstanley, was a ship's draughtsman at Vickers Armstrong Shipbuilders, Barrow in Furness during the 1950s and 60s.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4468
Collection: Testing, measuring and design instruments
Type: Slide Rule
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. Robson & Co
People: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 8 mm x 520 mm x 55 mm
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