The Slide Rule, The Practical Manual by Charles N. Pickworth Book on CD

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The Slide Rule
The Practical Manual
Book on
CD
By: Charles N. Pickworth
©1908
123 pages
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Contents
Introductory
The mathematical principles of the slide rule
Notation by powers of 10
The mechanical principle of the slide rule
The primitive slide rule
The modern slide rule
The notation of the slide rule
The cursor or runner
Multiplication
Division
The use of the upper seales for multiplication and division
Reciprocals
Continued multiplication and division
Multiplication and division with the slide inverted
Proportion
General hints on the elementary uses of the slide rules
Squares and square roots
Cubes and cube roots
Miscellaneous powers and roots
Power sand roots by logarithms
Other methods of obtaining powers and roots
Combined operations
Hints on evaluating expressions
Gauge points
Examples in technical calculations
Trigonometrically application
Slide rules with log-log seales
Special types of slide rules
Long scale slide rules
Circular Calculators
Slide rules for special calculations
Constructional improvements in slide rule
The accuracy of slide rule results
Slide rule data slips
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