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TypeModel No.MakerCountryConstruction
Material
DateScale LengthArea of Use
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Tervakoski Slide Rule
Blundell Harling Ltd.England
Plastic
est. 1960's5.4 cm x 35 cmElectrical Calculations

Notes: "1) The Tervakoski slide rule was ordered by a company making components for electrical capacitors 2) Several complicated scales are believed to be used for power factor correction on power lines 3) Power factor correction corrects for inductive loads (motors) to reduce wire conductor size 4) See ""Tervakoski Rule"" by Colin Barnes, UKSRG Gazette, 16, 2015."


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