A circular slide rule from 1881, invented by M. Monsieur G. Charpentier, and rendered beautifully in brass and steel. It was robustly built for every day use. The back bears the maker’s name Morin, 15 Rue Dulong, Paris. Operating instructions are available at Operating Instructions for the Calculimètre (in French)1

 

1 From G. Martin of PhotoCalcul viewed 11 April 2014 (↑)


Pages linked to this page

Creative Commons License This work by Jim Falk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License Click on the logo to the left to see the terms on which you can use it.


Page last modified on 11 April 2014