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Make Faber Castell, Germany
Model 1/28 - Super Business
Notes

1. This rule was designed for business use with pre-decimal currency in Britain. (Before 1971 the unit of currency was the pound sterling divided in 20 shillings each of which was divided into 12 pence).
2. The rule has CF and DF scales folded at 3.6, rather than 3.14. However having scales being folded at 3.6 is common for commercial rules. For some reason interest was usually based on 360 days per year.
3. The cursor has a hair line to conveniently multiply by 365 rather 360 but only on the CI scale.
4. The rule has gauge points at 12 and 144.
5. The rule has log-log scales, for compound interest calculations, on the reverse of the slide. It is necessary to remove and reverse the slide to use these scales. On most rules the log-log scales are on the stock.
6. On the bottom edge the rule has a scale for converting shillings and pence to decimals fractions of a pound.
7. Among the conversions on the back are some rather unusual Russian units (Arschins and Tschetwerts for example).

Front view
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Detail - front left
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Detail - front right
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Detail - cursor
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Detail - slide reversed
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Detail - edge of rule
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Detail - conversion table
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Manufacturing date May 1960.
Length 10"
Material Celluloid on wood.
Scales K, DF [CF, CI, C / ll1, ll2, C ] D, A
Cursor Oerspex, multi-line.