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K&E Salisbury Products Division Slide Rules.
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K&E Salisbury Products Division Slide Rules. By Joseph L. Soper. [Pleasanton, CA]: The Oughtred Society, [2007]. First edition. Small 4to softcover. pp. [xiv], 131, illustrated. No index. Copy 1.
Soper became a Keuffel & Esser Hoboken employee in 1966 and was soon transferred to the Salibury Products Plant in Lakeville, Ct.. This wholly-owned division produced slide rules for K&E from ca. 1951 to 1976. It recounts the corporate history of the period including the transfer of Salisbury operations back to Hoboken in 1969 for a brief period that ended in 1970. Useful timeline from 1951 as well as the sale and demise of K&E and its successive corporate owners.
Soper provides a detailed history of the manufacture of slides rules in that period with photographs of equipment and materials.
small 4to softcover
2009.001.0017
2009.001
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Museum Collections.
Soper, Joseph L.
1st edition
Oughtred Society
Pleasanton, CA
2007 - 2007
978-0-9791477-1-5
Date: 2007-2007 Copy No.: 1
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Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-09-28