FOWLERS DOUBLE LONG SCALE CALCULATER & CALCULATOR, RARE COLLECTABLE

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THIS FOWLER & COMPANY, SALE, MANCHESTER, ESTABLISHED IN 1898, MADE IN ENGLAND CALCULATOR/ LONG SCALE CALCULATOR IS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION, WITH THE CHROME AND GLASS ON BOTH SIDES BEING GOOD, THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES ON THE GLASS WHICH ARE TO BE EXPECTED FOR ITS AGE WHICH IF MY RESEARCH IS CORRECT WAS MADE IN THE 1930's. ITS IN THE ORIGINAL LEATHER BOUND BOX WHICH IS QUITE SCRUFFY BUT INTACT WITH HINGES AND LOCK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER & HAS THE BLUE VELVET INSIDE, THE DIAMETER IS 7cm, IV DONE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESEARCH BELOW; FOWLER & CO DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, & SCIENCE STUDENTS WITH SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER THE SLIDE RULE, THIS CALCULATOR CONSISTS OF TWO DIALS AND TWO ROTATING KNOBS, THESE DIALS ARE SYNCHRONIZED WITH A ROTATING RADICAL HAIRLINE CURSOR TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH CUBES, POWERS, ROOTS, LOG, SIN, COS, TAN AS WELL AS ROUTINE ARITHMATIC. THE RULE IS MARKED "FOWLER'S LONG SCALE CALCULATOR, ESTABLISHED 1898, SALE, MADE IN ENGLAND AND ON THE REVERSE FOWLER'S CALCULATOR, PATENT, FOWLER'S & CO, MANCHESTER. FOWLER'S WAS FOUNDED IN 1898 BY WILLIAM HENRY FOWLER AND JOINED BY HIS SON HAROLD IN 1905. W H FOWLER DIED IN 1932. THIS A 99p START WITH NO RESERVE AND NO BUY IT NOW PRICE. THE AUCTION WILL RUN TO THE END, ANY OVERSEA'S BUYERS PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE THE AUCTION ENDS FOR POSTAGE PRICES.