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Thacher's calculating instrument (cylindrical slide rule) by Keuffel & Esser, 1881
Edwin Thacher, a civil engineer, invented this device in 1881. It is a mechanical cylindrical slide rule designed for rapid and accurate calculations, particularly for engineers and architects. The inner cylinder slides and rotates freely inside the outer cage-like cylinder. The measurements and scales are more accurate than standard slide rules, and the metal construction protects it from moisture and…
ID Number:2026.5.1
Date:1881
"Ma-Chiong" set from the Admiral Oriental Line, ca. 1923
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. This Ma-Chiong set was distributed to passengers during the 11-day trip from Seattle to Asia. “Ma-Chiong” appears to be a different transliteration of the Chinese game Mahjong.
ID Number:2026.6.1
Date:Circa 1923
Life ring from the ferry Kalakala, ca. 1930s
The Kalakala, in operation on Puget Sound from 1935-1967, was designed and built to be fast, to look "futuristic", to showcase revolutionary construction technologies, and to express a buoyant confidence in Seattle's irrepressible progress even in the depths of the Great Depression.
ID Number:2026.13.1
Date:Circa 1930-1940