ID:
2352
Maker's Name:
Pickett & Eckel Inc., Alhambra, Calif.
Where made:
USA
Dimensions:
15.5 × 4 × 1 cm
Pocket slide rule made of magnesium alloy, with the scales printed on. They are:
LL1,A,(B,T,S,C),D,LL2 / LL3,DF,(CF,C1F,C1,C),D,L
The log log scales are used to raise any number to any power, and the 'pi-folded' scales allow rapid multiplication and division by pi.
The makers claimed that a similar model was used on five Apollo missions.
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