EAA’s Attic — Computer, Triple Slide With Instruction Book
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This slide rule calculator was designed and manufactured by the Standard Aeronautical Co. of Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. It was intended to “supplement the slide rule for the special calculations involved in aeroplane design.”
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