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Chemical slide rule owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1970. Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co..

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This chemical slide rule used for determining the mass of atoms and molecules belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride. Before pocket-sized electronic calculators became available in the 1970s, slide rules were used as an aid to complex mathematical operations. Ride used this device as a university student. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM21A88_273

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Droits gérés

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43,1Mo (792,4Ko) / 53,2cm x 20,3cm / 6283 x 2399 (300dpi)

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