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From the Archives: Among other interests, Robert A. Millikan, Caltech cofounder and the Institute’s first Nobel laureate, helped design a tiny electroscope to record electrical charges at extreme altitudes.
This cylindrical slide rule was designed to perform exact mathematical calculations for engineers, architects, actuaries, scientists, and financial institutions.
From the Archives: Among other interests, Robert A. Millikan, Caltech cofounder and the Institute’s first Nobel laureate, helped design a tiny electroscope to record electrical charges at extreme altitudes.
This cylindrical slide rule was designed to perform exact mathematical calculations for engineers, architects, actuaries, scientists, and financial institutions.
