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.
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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 |