F.154 Data Sheet MJS-p-0400
J.B. Carroll, Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer, 1962
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| Country: USA | Primary construction material: pl | Case included?: no |
General Description: Specialty circular military slide rule
Length of 1 decade = 2 in, and overall scale length = 7 in. The largest physical dimension is 5 in.
Front Scales: Yield [ Range Pressure_Height Time ] [ EarlyDose_Energy velocity pressure surfBurst ] time height craterSize
Back Scales: initRadREMS thermRad
Notes: ultimate U.S. bomb effects slide rule; original owner Cecil G Copenhaver, civil engineer, Springfield, IL
References: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA384998.pdf; https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1215016; https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/nuclear-slide-rules/weapons-effects/nuclear-bomb-effects-computer-by-eg-g.html
Date Acquired: 11/12/2025