Ganga Ram's slide rule for calculating thickness of retaining wall

Made:
1884-1900 in Holborn
maker:
William Ford Stanley
Ganga Ram's slide rule for thickness of retaining walls

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Ganga Ram's slide rule for thickness of retaining walls
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Ganga Ram's slide rule for thickness of retaining walls, patented 1884, boxwood with two slides, made by Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holborn, London, size 10 3/8" x 1 7/8", in cardboard case

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Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1915-389
type:
slide rule (engineers)
credit:
Thomas H. Court