RARE STANLEY VINTAGE FULLER CALCULATOR NEAR MINT COND.

The photos you see are of the actual Fuller Calculator in near mint condition that you will be bidding on. This is a rare item and it’s also rare to find one in as nice a condition as this one is, plus it comes with the original instruction manual.  The Fuller Calculator, invented in 1878 by George Fuller of Ireland, was one of the first cylindrical slide rules. If you were to unwind the helical scales, they would stretch about 42 feet. As a result, the Fuller was a benchmark for accuracy, giving results to five figures (although you still had to approximate where the decimal point went). The Fuller came in a hinged wooden box with metal latches. In the 1920s, aviation engineer (and later novelist) Nevil Shute Norway used a Fuller to calculate metal stresses in the frame of the experimental R100 airship, British industry's answer to the German zeppelin. The red link below is a good one to copy and paste in your address bar to go to and see some instructions of how to use the Fuller Calculator

http://www.caffnib.co.uk/fuller.html

I also have a rare Curta Calculator that is up and running. The item number is 350272475120 if anyone wants to go look at it. I Also just got through listing a rare Thacher’s Calculating Instrument made by Keuffel & Esser from the late 1800s and the Item number on that one is  350273309483, but it wont be going up until 5:45 PM PST tonight

I just purchased a huge collection of vintage measuring tools and devices from one of my customers. Her father was an engineer and he passed away. There are hundreds of items and you might want to save me to your favorite sellers list, because it will take me months to list them all.