Slide Rule (Load Adjuster)

Object detail

Accession number

1978.377.2

Maker

Cox and Stevens Aircraft Corporation

Description

Slide Rule - Load Adjuster. The purpose of the Load Adjuster is to enable personnel engaged in the direct loading of the C47 aircraft to control the location of the final centre of gravity. With the load adjuster, a great deal of information can be rapidly and accurately determined. The rule is a long, thin wooden rectangular shape with a clear Perspex slides in the centre. This slides is affixed to rails on the top and bottom edge, allowing it to move fluidly across the full length of the rule. The top side of the rule has a white paper cover, and divided into three sections. Each section has a scale printed in black. The central section can slide completely out and be used as an independent ruler. There is another printed scale beneath the detachable ruler in the centre.

Marks

Load Adjuster Printed
Loading range Printed

Media/Materials

Organic/Vegetal/Wood
Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Credit Line

Cox and Stevens Aircraft Corporation. Slide Rule (Load Adjuster), 1978.377.2. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Processor, Analog Data Rule, Slide Tools & Equipment for Communication Data Processing T&E Data Processing Devices

Production place

Mineola New York United States of America North America Americas

Collection type

Air and Space Transport

Subject auto tags

Rectangle Office ruler Font Ruler Parallel Number Event Wood Measuring instrument Music

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