24th May, 2023 12:00
Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books
A Fuller's Calculator by Stanley
English, serial no. for 1949, with a label to the lid of the case for 'W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd, London', the spiral slide rule with an inner cylinder with a scale of sines of angles, Birmingham Wire Guages, decimals of a degree hour, decimals of a shilling, and many other scales, the handle and top constructed of bakelite, in mahogany case with mounting bracket, case 46cm
The Fuller calculator, also known as Fuller’s cylindrical sliderule, is a circular slide rule that has a helical main scale that turns 50 times around the cylinder. It is comparable to a traditional slide ruler measuring 25.40m (1,000 inches) in length. It was invented by George Fuller (professor of engineering at Queen's University Belfast) in 1878. It outperformed almost all other slide rules and remained on the marketplace for nearly 100 years despite its price and size.
Sold for £400
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English, serial no. for 1949, with a label to the lid of the case for 'W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd, London', the spiral slide rule with an inner cylinder with a scale of sines of angles, Birmingham Wire Guages, decimals of a degree hour, decimals of a shilling, and many other scales, the handle and top constructed of bakelite, in mahogany case with mounting bracket, case 46cm
The Fuller calculator, also known as Fuller’s cylindrical sliderule, is a circular slide rule that has a helical main scale that turns 50 times around the cylinder. It is comparable to a traditional slide ruler measuring 25.40m (1,000 inches) in length. It was invented by George Fuller (professor of engineering at Queen's University Belfast) in 1878. It outperformed almost all other slide rules and remained on the marketplace for nearly 100 years despite its price and size.
