Really impressed by the international slide rules museum
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05-29-2018, 06:52 PM
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RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum
If you're interested in why some of the slide rule scales work as they do, the manual for the K+E Decilon (available for free at the ISRM) has an entire chapter devoted to this subject. I think this manual is one of the best model-specific slide rule manuals ever printed.
Also, some slide rules are "self-documenting" in that they contain, in addition to the typical scale labels such as A, B, C, D, K, etc., the mathematical formula for the scales. For example, if C and D are x, then the square scales A/B are x^2 and cube scale K is x^3. The Faber Castell 2/83N (picture available at the ISRM) is a good example of this. |
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Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - pier4r - 05-25-2018, 07:21 PM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - pier4r - 05-27-2018, 09:09 PM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - John Cadick - 05-28-2018, 04:19 PM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - Helix - 05-28-2018, 12:20 AM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - EdS2 - 05-28-2018, 07:50 AM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - pier4r - 05-28-2018, 09:37 AM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - Benjer - 05-29-2018 06:52 PM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - rncgray - 05-30-2018, 07:08 AM
RE: Really impressed by the international slide rules museum - Garth Wilson - 06-01-2018, 10:29 AM
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